mcberko (47456) reviewed Cane and Ebel from Two Brothers Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
On tap at Two Brothers, pours a clear dark amber with a medium beige head. Aroma brings out earthy hops, light toffee and sweat socks. Flavour is similar, with sweaty herbal hops, earthiness and a light toasted caramel. The hops are really sweaty, as with their other hoppy beers I've had. Not a fan.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Sidekick from Two Brothers Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
On tap at Two Brothers, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out earthy, spicy hops and some subdued tropical fruitiness. Flavour is herbal in the hop department, with biscuity malt to back. Not a fan of the hop character here, as it's rather herbal and somewhat vegetal. Meh.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at Two Brothers, pours a clear golden blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out lots of spicy coriander upfront, with some orange peel and fluffy wheat. Flavour is along the same lines, with spicy coriander, clove, orange peel and a little banana. Pretty standard stuff, but it's well-made. Decent.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Not bad, it’s a good dry sour with true (not artificial seeming) blueberry aromas and flavors. Never too fruity or sweet: tart, crisp and drinkable. Purplish color and foamy quick head.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
From tap. Pours hazy yellow, small white head. Aroma is mild estery, slight fruity. Mild fruity, mellow estery and wheaty. Medium dry. Slight estery, vague estery fruity finish. Mild spiced.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12oz bottle pours with a clear gold body that supports a thin off white head. The aroma offers up earthy floral and herbal hop notes, an earthy berry sensation, minerals, more floral hop notes and then a bit of earthy sorghum (or something). The taste delivers a bitter hop juniper berry sort of floral essence that then picks up some malts and a mineral malty, slightly cracker like character. It gets more floral and spicy and dank without being onion like. Hmm. Interesting beer. There’s good balance between the bitter hops and whatever else is going on in here.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
Draft at Two Brothers Craftsman restaurant. This is Two Brothers’ entry in the current trend for "juicy" pale ales. My draft glass hit the right notes in presentation, light orange body under a foamy head. The smell, refreshed regularly as the foam broke up, brought out a bit pine hops, but with a match from light citrusy notes. The taste has bitterness of course, but also the "juicy hop" they were shooting for gave it s bit of lemon note, with a bit of other citrus juices. My first thought was a favorable comparison to a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale.
jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Wobble IPA from Two Brothers Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Crisp, very hazy golden coloured body with a nice, smallish pure white head that perhaps is nearly two centimetres tall. Aroma of fresh grass, very floral notes and quite a bit of piney bitterness, with a smooth malt scent and a touch of alcohol, all noticeable. Medium-bodied; Assertive grassy flavours with a distinct herbal quality, some flowers and a bit of malt, all with a smooth, but bitter finish. Aftertaste shows the hops in a decent light, albeit a definitely herbal and grassy twinge, along with some malt that supports the bitterness and a touch of fruits near the finish. Overall, a relatively smooth IPA with some good flavours, a solid profile, yet a very easy-to-drink and approachable beer with a slightly lighter-than-normal alcohol content. I sampled this twleve ounce bottle purchased from New Beer Distributors in New York, New York on 21-January-2017 for US$2,00 sampled at home in Washington on 17-February-2017.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Beer sent for review. For 2016, instead of three single hop releases, Heavy Handed went all Cascade. The beer pours a deep amber to brown, darker than the usual IPA, under a sudsy head. I get piney notes of Cascade hops in the nose, without much bitterness, followed by a hint of resin. Wet hop beers are usually described as "sticky," and this one fits the mold. Sticky like diluted tree sap, in fact. But there’s also a caramel toasted malt note that’s close to an English brown ale, with extra carbonation. But the hops stay in the forefront. Not quite "green" as with some fresh-hopped ales, but definitely strong enough to let you appreciate the effort that does into this trendy offshoot. This also should be noted for leaving s hoppy and lactic aftertaste, and a bit of alcohol-induced giddiness.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 ounce can into tulip glass, best before 4/7/2017. Pours fairly crystal clear reddish orange/light purple color with a 1-2 finger dense light pink head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of tart blueberry, lemon, cherry, green apple, red grape, wheat, cracker, light lacto funk/vinegar, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of fruity/acidic yeast, blueberries, and moderate pale malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of tart blueberry, lemon, cherry, green apple, red grape, wheat, cracker, light lacto funk/vinegar, and yeast earthiness. Moderate fruity/lactic tartness on the finish; with lingering notes of tart blueberry, lemon, cherry, green apple, red grape, wheat, cracker, light lacto funk/vinegar, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice robustness and balance of fruity/acidic yeast, blueberries, and moderate pale malt flavors; with a great malt/tartness balance, and zero puckering/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from tartness, lightly increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth and moderately creamy/grainy/acidic balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.2%. Overall this is a nice fruited sour ale. All around good robustness and balance of fruity/acidic yeast, blueberries, and moderate pale malt flavors; very smooth and refreshing to drink with the balanced tartness/acidity. Not a whole lot of complexity, but still really tasty and nicely enjoyable.