Heavy Handed India Pale Ale
Two Brothers Brewing Company in Warrenville, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
6.89
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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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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz bottle. Orange-brown color, with a massive head. Dry, astringent hop aroma. Lots of fruity hop tastes, from earthy to hardcore tropical grapefruit. The wet hopping really smooths the bitter hops out, making it more thick and full versus dry and sharp. Certainly a top-notch IPA, way better than average.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jun 2009
at 02:17
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Archer Liquors. Reddish copper color with a decent beige head. Aroma of resin. Medium body with fine carbonation. Flavor is lots of hop - not just pine - over lightly roasted malt. Goes through a number of things - floral - sweet - bitter into the finish. Leaves a nice hoppy ending, but not super bitter. Really good ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2009
at 22:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(11/23/08) Draught at Hop Leaf in Chicago. Deep amber color. Aroma of fresh piney hops and some cookie-ish malt. Flavor starts with sweet malt, caramel and some cookies. Continues with bitter hops, some pine needles and some citrus notes. Medium-bodied. Decent.
Tried
on 30 Jan 2009
at 12:00
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
courtesy of imperialking. Pours copper with thick white/tan head. aroma has light notes of hops and fruits, malts. Taste, malty, lightly fruity with grapefruit and citrus with a nice bitter finish. Notes of sweet brown sugar, well balanced not too bitter, smooth and thick mouthfeel. Simple not too complex and straight to the point. I enjoyed that one a lot.
Tried
on 23 Jan 2009
at 15:50
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a red-chestnut color with a large orange-tan head. The aroma was moderate notes of pine, grapefruit and sweet malts. The flavor was sweet and tangy with notes of pine and grapefruit and light nutty malts. The beer turns bitter and sour towards the finish. The finish was long and hop. Solid if unremarkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2009
at 22:47
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
bottle - Pours copper with a giant, billowy, white head. It took a long time to pour this one. There is a strong, citrus hop smell. The citrus was so apparent that I wondered if they had dumped grapefruit juice in it. Like the aroma the flavor is hoppy and very citrusy. I like the fruit notes though they are almost overdone. It works for this medium bodied IPA though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2008
at 23:42
3.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2
Mild deep white bread aroma. You know, like cutting off the crust and leaving just the white stuff? In the glass has an IPA olfactory, floral hops and such. Filtered clear ruby iced tea color. As expected on the flavors, rude bitter medicine. Lingering finish . IMHO, a decent IPA that lives up to the style. I’m done buying IPA, my baddy. Somebody give me a chaser.
Tried
on 03 Nov 2007
at 13:25