Two Brothers Brewing Company Heavier Handed India Pale Ale

Heavier Handed India Pale Ale

 

Two Brothers Brewing Company in Warrenville, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - Imperial / Double Autumn
Score
7.20
ABV: 8.1% IBU: 84 Ticks: 25
Heavier Handed is one of a series of special limited-run beers in the styles that are more extreme or unusual. This Artisan Beer is in celebration of our new French oak tanks, called "Foudres". Tons of fresh, wet hops from Washington State power through this stepped up version of our seasonal IPA.
 

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7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle Savor Columbus, OH 10-8-2014

Tried from Bottle on 04 Apr 2021 at 14:06


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

bottle 22oz. pretty good imperial ipa. very true to style and easy to drink. good beer

Tried from Bottle on 22 Apr 2017 at 20:38


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Tasting at Matt’s
Cloudy light amber color, ssmall head. Nice aroma of toffee, fudge, biscuity malt. Some malt flavor, light residual sweetness, strong bitterness, but it tastes like infinitely old.
Since there is no BBD on the bottle, the brewery is to blame. Not very pleasant.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Dec 2015 at 18:11


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Pours a clear, golden-copper, with middling head. Aroma is grassy and floral, with some caramel and other toffee notes. Flavor is pretty sweet, with a lot of hop bite underneath. Notes of licorice and chocolate in this, along with citrus and tropical fruit from the hops. Rather a bitter finish. Sweeter than I really want from a double IPA.

Tried on 26 Dec 2015 at 16:50


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Draught @ Albion. Cloudy dark orange with small frothy beige head that leaves a ring quickly, faint orange peel aroma, medium carbonation, sweetish orange peel taste, medium bitter finish with sticky sweet orange aftertaste. A bit too sweet for my taste.

Tried on 17 Dec 2015 at 17:20


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled in fall 2015. Pours slightly hazy deep orange/copper color with a 2 finger dense and rocky light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, apricot, melon, lemon zest, orange peel, pine, caramel, toffee, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with good balance and complexity of juicy citrus/tropical/piney hops and moderate dark/bready malt sweetness; with good strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, apricot, melon, lemon zest, orange peel, pine, caramel, toffee, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Moderate amount of pine/citrus rind bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, apricot, melon, lemon/orange peel, pine, caramel, toffee, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice complexity, robustness, and balance of juicy citrus/tropical/piney hops and moderate dark/bready malt sweetness; with a great malt/bitterness balance with zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from bitterness that increases through the glass. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a smooth, moderately sticky/resinous, and creamy/bready balanced mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a light warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this is a damn nice East coast DIPA. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of juicy citrus/tropical/piney hops and moderate dark/bready malt sweetness; and very smooth and easy to sip on for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Dec 2015 at 21:55


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

22 oz. bottle, pours a cloudy orange with a small beige head. Aroma is very malty, with floral honeyed hops, syrupy caramel malts, and light spiciness. Flavour is on the sweet side, with caramel malts, floral and resinous hops. Perhaps a little old, though there's no bottling date. Well-balanced and the malt profile carries this.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Jul 2015 at 01:49


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bomber. Nose of tropical fruits, oranges, peaches. Cloudy salmon orange color. Tart citrus flavor, quite bitter and dry. Big grassy, leafy hop flavor, minerals. Pretty decent as it finishes dry and isn’t syrupy.

Tried on 01 Nov 2014 at 19:52


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

An orange amber DIPA with a thin off white head. In aroma, sweet vinous malt with treacle, floral hops, like a Barley Wine. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity malt with treacle, vinous notes, iodine, alcohol warmth, floral hops, very nice. On tap at Breukelyn Bier Merchants.

Tried from Draft on 09 Nov 2013 at 13:38


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

28th September 2013
Borefts Beer Festival 5. Day 2. Post fest Tulip Hotel Tasting. Lightly hazy amber beer with a tidy white head. Palate is light and minerally crisp. Light pale malt base, Good hops - orange and orange marmalade, pine and mellow lemon. Finishes light. A light and tasty DIPA.

Tried on 01 Nov 2013 at 09:20