Two Brothers Heavy Handed India Pale Ale

Brewed by Two Brothers Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Warrenville, Illinois USA

Dark Copper with little head, low carbonation and a slight chill haze. Aroma had hints of citrus, however, very faint hops aroma for an IPA, just too malty. The hops flavor did linger after ever sip. Not bad, but there are definitely better IPA’s.

Bottle. Pours a dark copper with a creamy off-white head. Aroma was all hops: piney and citrusy. Taste was sweet and bitter. Upfront grapefruit hops, followed by some sweet maltiness, into a dry hoppy finish. Very balanced and it was very rich on the palate.

cask at chicago’s clark street ale house. cask conditioning is great for super hoppy american IPAs. the warmer temperature and flatter carbonation at which this beer was served lent the beer a more tame but balanced profile. not much to say except well done warrenville. oh wait, here are my notes: beautiful red/brown color. mustard head and a lot of head for a cask. beautiful texture. easy 5. probably could use more flavor (it’s no alpha king). highlight is easily the smoothness. served very warm (good). sharp hops in flavor. not my favorite IPA by any means.

Fresh grape fruit taste, with a perfeckt balance, with the sweeines. A nice US IPA.

Lot 2525 bottle drunk on 4/22/06
Orange copper with a heavy strawberry blond highlight. White head is small, remaining briefly at partial cover and mostly at a ring. No lacing, light chill haze. Aroma is coppery, rather metallic and odd. Very dry, centennial-like bitterness and some plant-like notes. Dry, herbal, citrus tea, you might say. Not overly aromatic, but rather dull leafiness. Everything is so dry, with crystal malts papery and rather hard. Munich malt sourness is notable.br>Flavor is caramelly and lighlty sticky, though drying out with a citrus zest, herbal tea spiciness and green, wet, leafy hops. Quite plant-like. Some spicy hops mix with lighlty toasty malts while carbonation, low and large-bubbled, still provides some refreshment as it pulls the spiciness along. Flavor is bitter, but other than orange tea, it just dosent have all that much hop flavor. Mlats are dry and not overly deep. Fresher bottle from the fridge that I had a week before this showed much more bitterness, but in my opinion, not much else. And bitterness levels are not really indicative of quality. Just too wet, no pun intended (it’s a wet-hop ale). Large, loose-bubbled carb is not engaging enough and hop flavors are too dull.

In the bottle. Pours a dark copper color with a rapidly dissipating head and awesome lacing. Strong aroma of citrus & pine. Sweet malt aroma peaks out as well. The sizeable hop bitterness masks the malt in the flavor. As this warms, the floral and malt aromas begin to compete for the piney hop bitterness. Thick chewey finish that makes the mouth dry.

Pours deep gold into a shaker. Conglomerate head leaves lacing as it recedes. Citrus and pine notes. Light carbonation -- very little mouthfeel. Bitter finish. Just sort of slips down....

Cloudy light brown color with a small head. Flavor of citrus and hops. Lightly carbonated. Not my style of beer.