Two Brothers Brewing Company Heavy Handed India Pale Ale

Heavy Handed India Pale Ale

 

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

  IPA Regular
Score
6.86
ABV: 6.7% IBU: 62 Ticks: 39
Heavy Handed IPA is brewed to celebrate the harvesting of the hops every year. Within moments of harvest we add freshly picked "Wet Hops" to this IPA. Since the hops have not been dried before use, they add a wonderful character found in no other beer. A hop lovers dream.
 

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7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottled. 2011. Earthy hops soil aromatics. Reddish brown puur. Mild head. Pretty ok. Not a spectacular one.

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 01:07


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Keg at Whole Foods Wauwatosa,10/20/16. Clear copper, large creamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of pine, resin, citrus, lime, toffee. The taste is bitter piney hops and toffee malt. Medium bodied, lingering bitterness.

Tried on 16 Dec 2016 at 22:07



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. Light hazy amber beer, tidy white head. Palate is light and minerally crisp. Light pale malt base. Good orange and orange marmalade hops. Touches of pine and lemon. Finishes light. Good stuff!

Tried on 18 Aug 2015 at 14:50


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

Bottle shared at the holiday tasting
Cloudy golden with a medium sized off-white head, good lacing. Mild aroma is floral. Taste is floral, caramel and pine Decent

Tried from Bottle on 14 Dec 2014 at 20:39


9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Reviewed from notes. Rcvd in trade.

She pours a nice cloudy burnt orange color and leaves the same colored body with a nice one finger white foamy head that leaves super nice spotty spider web lacing. The way the head dies is enthralling as it lingers a bit, turns lumpy, picks up the pace and then slows down, not sure how else to describe this, but what a show! The body is clear yet there is no carbonation seen rising. The smell has a magical earthy, bitter hoppy and malty, aroma that wants to pierce my olfactory senses but maintains a super nice balance between all. Its practically almost perfect.
The taste brings back the earthy, hoppy, maltiness and gives a good citrus back-up that I really like.
On the palate, she sits about a medium, with a superb creaminess, nothing harsh on the tongue. Though the ABV is fairly high, this is a fairly drinkable IPA.
Overall, for a long time I didn’t like IPA’s and then I learned to distinguish between English and American and thought I liked the English more, this one really changed my mind.

Tried from Can on 25 Jan 2014 at 00:24


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

Tap at the Bad Apple, Chicago. Poured a cloudy medium bet with a round white head and some lace. The aroma is big hoppy malt and dough. The flavour is medium bitter with a dry yeast liqourice slightly medicinal palate.

Tried from Draft on 17 Oct 2013 at 19:46


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

Draft sampled at The Bad Apple, Chicago. Pours cloudy amber brown with an off white head. Aroma of peppery saison yeast and caramel malt. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Tried from Draft on 17 Oct 2013 at 19:41


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

Willamette. Dark Amber Color, Medium Head, Decent Lacing. Not much of aroma, very faint floral notes, barely traces of pine hop. Malty, Sweet, Pine, Hop Bitter. Medium Body, Wet Finish. Really Nice. Enjoyed It. Recommended. *** Centennial #2. . Dark Clear Copper Color, Medium Foamy Head, Decent Soapy Lacing. Faint Floral Hop Aroma. Malty, Sweet, Pine, Hop Bitter. Wet Finish. Really Nice. Enjoyed it. Recommended *** Cascade. Slightly Hazy Reddish Amber Color Medium Big Head, Light Web of Thin Lacing. Faint Hop Aroma. Sweet Malt, Light Pine, Resin, Hop Bitter. Medium Body, Wet Finish. Nice. Recommended....

Tried on 14 Oct 2013 at 20:13


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft. Hazy amber color, medium white head. Aroma of citrus, pine, flowers. Taste is bitter grapefruit.

Tried from Draft on 02 Mar 2013 at 17:20