Two Tugs
Half Acre Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Perennial Artisan AlesBrown Ale - Imperial Rotating Out of Production
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Score
6.83
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We invited Phil Wymore, former Half Acre brewer and current mastermind behind Perennial Artisan Ales out of St. Louis, to the brewery for a collaborative brew sesh. The outcome is Two Tugs, a brawny brown ale that unites two corners of Illinois. The aroma presents elements of molasses, toffee, and dark cherry, adds elements of licorice, hazelnut and chocolate to the taste, and finishes strong and warm with stone fruit on top of more sweet chocolate. Related to Thunder & Son in style and spirit, but more of a smaller cousin than a twin brother. 8% ABV.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ Papsø. Pours a dark amber brown color with a small off-white head. Has a slightly roasted malty hoppy caramel aroma. Roasted malty caramel spicy flavor with hoppy hints and hints of chocolate. Has a roasted malty caramel hoppy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2013
at 03:08
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 22fl.oz.Clear medium to dark red brown colour with a small, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, burnt caramel. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, caramel, dark malt. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20130315]
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Apr 2013
at 09:18
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ Papsoe tasting. Very dark brown with small tan head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, dark fruits and caramel. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, dark fruits, medium sweet, little coffee, little liquorice, hop and a little bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2013
at 23:43
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
22 fl oz bottle. Pours almost clear and golden deep amber with a small tan head. Aroma is toasted malty, caramelish, breadish and toffee. Toasted malty, caramelish and medium dry and bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2013
at 12:11
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled. A dark red beer with a tan head. The aroma has notes of hops, alcohol, malt, and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of alcohol, malt, caramel, and hops, leading to a dry and bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2013
at 10:02
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ Papsoe tasting. Hazy reddish brown with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, dried fruit and moderate hoppy. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish with warming alcohol. 150313
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2013
at 09:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 65 cl. Courtesy of kristina. Pours a clear reddish brown with a small, off-white head. Sweet nutty nose with somewhat greasy hops. Medium body, burned caramel, nuts and again somewhat greasy hops not adding all that much bitterness. But quite a pleasant Imperial Brown. 150313
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2013
at 09:36
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at the taproom. Pours a near clear dark brown with a brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has coffee up front with a hint of dark grains underlying. Flavor starts with some coffee but mellows to dark grain and roasted malts.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Dec 2012
at 15:04