Hop Centric
Two Brothers Brewing Company in Warrenville, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
7.40
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This hefty beer is balanced at the start with some nice caramel and brown sugar notes.
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
10th September 2010
Slight haze on this amber beer, good off white head. Slightly soft and slightly syrupy palate, Sweetish caramel malt backbone. Nice semi sweet hops. A little mango and orange with a trace of grapefruit. Cool pine notes. Minerals. Finishes soft and smooth. Hugely drinkable tasty beer delivered in a lovely palate. Delicious!
Slight haze on this amber beer, good off white head. Slightly soft and slightly syrupy palate, Sweetish caramel malt backbone. Nice semi sweet hops. A little mango and orange with a trace of grapefruit. Cool pine notes. Minerals. Finishes soft and smooth. Hugely drinkable tasty beer delivered in a lovely palate. Delicious!
Tried
on 26 Jun 2012
at 16:49
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22 ounce bottle into tulip, 2011 bottle. Pours slightly hazy reddish orange color with a dense 2 finger light khaki head with great retention that reduces to a fairly thick lacing cap. Some fairly thick lacing clings to the glass as well. Aromas of huge caramel sweetness, orange, grapefruit, pine resin and a bit of pineapple; with a bit of alcohol. Decent aromas but not what I was hoping for. Taste of big caramel, pine resin, orange, grapefruit, and spiciness. Big amount of bitterness on the finish, as expected, that lingers for a while with citrus, pine, and caramel flavor. Fairly full bodied with medium carbonation; with a slick and sticky mouthfeel. Well balanced with bitterness and sweetness. Alcohol is fairly well hidden for being almost 10%, but the big warming on the finish lets you know it’s there. Definitely a sipping beer, not drinkable at all, but that was expected. Overall, a very nice DIPA to be enjoyed very slowly.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Aug 2011
at 21:35
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
On tap at Stags Head. This beer smells so amazing. Its a huge fruit hop bomb of aromas that is just terrific. tastes of delicious sweet grapefruit, piney hops, earth, caramel with just enough bitterness. really really good
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jul 2011
at 06:58
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bomber. Clear, amber body. Frothy, off-white head, slowly diminishing. Light aroma of caramel, toasted grain, orange, citrus, leaves, alcohol and honey. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. It finishes moderately sweet and moderately to heavily bitter. Medium body, creamy texture with average carbonation. I expected a big burst of juicy hop aroma, but found the nose to be muted for a iipa. The aroma also had a sweet syrupy smell that didn’t work well with the caramel or orange. The flavor is nice in the beginning, but finishes overly husky, sweet and alcoholic.
Tried
on 04 Sep 2010
at 18:55
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Kinda boring DIPA. Pine/citric, pineapple, floral and grassy notes in the nose, though not nearly as intense as hoped for. Fairly boozy for the style. It’s not the sweetest DIPA around, but it leans that way and the light malt notes come through too strongly in the taste for me. Finishes a bit paint thinner bitter and boozy. It wasn’t as bad as my review seems to be suggesting, but I tried it against some excellent West Coast DIPAs, so I’m feeling kinda biased. Mouthfeel could be a bit lighter. Ok to good.
Tried
on 22 Aug 2010
at 14:04
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Enjoyed at Hop Juice Fest at Two Brothers. Aroma was of stale hops and roast beef, which is kinda weird but that’s what I got from it. Appearance cloudy brown with little head. Taste was of spicy hops, good balance. I’ve tried past batches of Hop Juice, it’s pretty good but not particularly worth $6 for a small 8 oz pour like it was at the fest.
Tried
on 13 Jun 2010
at 16:11
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22oz bottle-pours a pours a big shaving cream off white head that laces and copper color. Aroma is resin/perfumy, secondary medium malt-some caramel. Taste is sweet/syrupy medium malt-caramel/toffee, resin/tea, slight pepper hops bite. Tingles on the tongue, some alcohol.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2010
at 08:01
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Location: 22 oz bottle from Whole Foods - Bowery, 10/30/09
Aroma: The part of the aroma that stands out is a lot of citrus fruitiness, along with some resiny hops.
Appearance: It pours a nice looking caramel-orange color with a thick, foamy tan head and lots of lace.
Flavor: This beer is quite sweet and fruity up-front with a nice hop bite that starts subdued, but grows as it warms.
Palate: The mouthfeel on this beer is fairly creamy with a medium body and some back-end alcohol burn.
Overall Impression: I thought this beer was pretty good. I got a lot of citrus in the nose (which was to be expected from the name), and gave off a nice impression of what might be coming next. At first, the flavor was a little sweeter then I was expecting without quite the hop bite I might have guessed, but as the beer warmed just a bit the hops really came out. Eventually, I got a big fruity/citrus flavor up-front with a powerful hop backing that just really shows up more and more as the beer opens.
Aroma: The part of the aroma that stands out is a lot of citrus fruitiness, along with some resiny hops.
Appearance: It pours a nice looking caramel-orange color with a thick, foamy tan head and lots of lace.
Flavor: This beer is quite sweet and fruity up-front with a nice hop bite that starts subdued, but grows as it warms.
Palate: The mouthfeel on this beer is fairly creamy with a medium body and some back-end alcohol burn.
Overall Impression: I thought this beer was pretty good. I got a lot of citrus in the nose (which was to be expected from the name), and gave off a nice impression of what might be coming next. At first, the flavor was a little sweeter then I was expecting without quite the hop bite I might have guessed, but as the beer warmed just a bit the hops really came out. Eventually, I got a big fruity/citrus flavor up-front with a powerful hop backing that just really shows up more and more as the beer opens.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Oct 2009
at 13:38