Founders Double Trouble: Satisfyingly Two-Faced

By Ryan Gerstel

The first thing you notice when you see Founders Brewing's Double Trouble is its unique label design. 

The image features a mustached man wearing a curious but bitter expression. As the name of the beer suggests, the face is double. When holding the bottle upside down the mustached face becomes clean shaven with a friendly and sweet smile. 

Double Trouble has a dank pine scent containing hints of citrus fruit. On first taste, the beer washes over your palate with a crisp, zesty flavor which is faithful to its 86 IBU's but does not overwhelm you as some beers with the same IBU's do.

The initial flavor quickly retreats and is replaced with a tongue-tickling spice. As the beer makes its way towards the back of the tongue the 9.4% ABV and those IBU's take center stage, . A bitter dryness takes over when it finally reaches the final taste buds that parches the palate and leaves you wanting to immediately take another sip.

But in the end, Double Trouble's peculiar double-faced label sticks in my mind. When it's tilted to take a sip, the sweet-smiling face reflects Double Trouble's initial smooth and fruity flavor.  Once upright, the face reverts back to the mustached man donning that curious, bitter facial expression. 

Beer Advocate Score: 93