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Two Brothers Heavy Handed India Pale Ale

Two Brothers Heavy Handed India Pale Ale - India Pale Ale (IPA)

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86
overall
Brewed by Two Brothers Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)

Warrenville, Illinois USA

bottled
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
3633.47/5.03.46/5.06.7%71.8Shaker, Tulip
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Commercial Description:
Wet hops are added for the right amount of flavor. 62 IBUs.

2006 Heavy Handed Hop Varieties (list from http://www.twobrosbrew.com/)
Lot 2556 Willamette; Lot 2706 Galena; Lot 2806 Baby Cascade; Lot 3006 Cluster

2007 Heavy Handed Hop Varieties (list from http://www.twobrosbrew.com/)
Lot 2547 Willamette; Lot 2617 Cluster; Lot 2687 Centennial; Lot 2847 Baby Cascade

2008 Heavy Handed Hop Varieties (list from http://www.twobrosbrew.com/) Lot 2528 US Tettenang; Lot 2678 Baby Cascade; Lot 2748 Columbus-West Field; Lot 2798 Galena; Lot 2908 Centennial; Lot 2928 Columbus-East Field
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 Lubiere (4463), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Dec 30, 2005  
Red copper IPA with a thin white head. Restrained hops in aroma with light caramel notes. Good whiskey malt base with nice Fuggles hops (or very British style), lightly floral. Nice and fresh, lighter bodied, a bitr week for an IPA, more like a pale ale. On tap at the Map Room, Nov. 12, 2005.


 walleye (876), Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Dec 27, 2005  
from the bottle. poured a nice clear amber with lot of bubbledand a off white head that left some lacing. aroma got a nice balance of hops and honey and maltsand a nice light citrus. flavor hops, malts and bitterness that didn’t sit to well and some fruit and the honey comes out as it warmed


 JoshuaB (422), Detroit, Michigan, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/104/511/20
Dec 20, 2005  
More of an APA than an IPA. To tell you the truth, Ive been much less than impressed with Two Borthers’ offerings, and this is no exception. Pours a crystal clear copper orange with some whitish head that dissipates rather quickly. No bubbles anywhere to be found. I really hate filtration and force carbonation. Nose is rather light, a mix of floral and citric hops, along with some dough. Taste is rather weak, certainly not "Heavy Handed". Begins with a rather thin and boring malt mixed with some more floral hops. Finishes bitter and dirty, almost a dusty or ashen taste. The only thing going for this beer is its extreme sessionabilty, not something I was expecting from reading the label. Where did the 62 IBU’s go?


 timmy300 (199), bloomington, Illinois, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Dec 13, 2005  
I would have really enjoyed this ipa but it had an overly sweet sticky finish..........


 hammenlind (738), Sundbyberg, Sweden
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Dec 13, 2005  
Pours slight hazy amber with a thin white head. Mostly hops in aroma with some floral/grassy notes. Flavour is well balanced and citric with a quite decent bitterness. Malty and somewhat roasty. Long aftertaste.


Boesky (39), Galesburg, Illinois, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/514/20
Dec 5, 2005  
Bottle. Medium copper color, subdued nose. Slight metallic bitterness up front, with a malty sweetness to the middle. Finishes dry, if a little weak.


 KariCupcake (214), Lenox, Massachusetts, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/56/104/515/20
Dec 2, 2005  
No aroma that I could discern. Very big hoppy flavor, yet it was also very smooth. Overall it was good, but nothing special.


 MI2CA (1260), Noblesville, Indiana, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
Nov 27, 2005    Updated: Nov 13, 2006
12oz - Aroma is floral hops with a touch of carmel malt. Pours a transparent copper color with a very small head and little lacing. Flavor is wet floral hops with a small carmel malt back. Much more balanced than the "Hop Juice". Palate is smooth. An easy drinking IPA. - UPDATE - had this on tap at Charlie’s Ale House in Wheaton, IL and notched up the aroma one point and everything else stayed the same. The floral hops were sharper and more pronounced in the aroma. Otherwise, the rating is the same.



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