Two Brothers Hop Juice

Brewed by Two Brothers Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Warrenville, Illinois USA

Ruddy peach color, cloudy as heck, nice 1/4" creamy white head.. Juicy, piney, grapefruit, fresh and hoppy, vibrant. Big, tart bitterness on the palate....caramel malt creeps in, spreads around...citric hops pop up and pucker the place...then all eventually fades back and rounds out...softly departing the tongue. Taste again, and it’s back, this odd, potent mix of some sour funky stuff and an out-of-whack hop attack...plenty malt balance, but maybe too much for a 100 IBU, 10 % DIPA...I need it fresher, bitterer, maybe a little punishing....that’s what it’s about, man! Although the alcoholic content does indeed start to creep up, this feels like a very hoppy IPA, but still doesn’t seem enough...at least not enough to match the Stone-like boasting on the label. "Don’t come crying to us if it’s too much for you;t his is for hopheads only!" Yes, it is, I can concur, but yet it’s not as big as all that, and I know Two Brothers can do better

Pours hazy orange. Nice hops aroma. Flavor has a lot more sweet malt than is needed to balance the hops. Some nice pine and grapefruit flavors though. Good, but I don’t know how often I would buy a bottle in the store.

Pours hazy copper/orange with a 1 finger off white head. Aroma of sweet malt, caramel, and hops. Flavor is heavy on sweet malt and honeysickle with the hops in the background. Nice medium body with creamy mouthfeel. Not as balanced as I would have liked, a little too sweet. Solid IIPA though.

Pours a nice orange color, not much in the way of head, but seemingly a lot of carbonation. Pretty hoppy, if watery. Not overly metallica or flowery, just a run of the mill IPA. I would never have guessed it was actually a double IPA if it didn’t say so on the bottle. Perfectly sippable, just lacks any real punch. A totally OK beer, but at this price, I expect more. Bomber for this was was just a couple bucks cheaper than Dreadnaught, so I don’t really see me ever getting this one again.

quite a nice ipa. nice caramel sweetness in a quality straw malt backbone. the hop character is grapefruit with moderate bitterness. the carbonation is moderate and the beer has a good nose to it. one can hardly sense the alcohol. good beer. really not exactly a blast....but good beer.

Bomber. Pours a slightly hazy orange copper with a one finger head that left really good lacing. Nice freshly opened bag of hops aroma. Flavor was left a little shy of the aroma. The caramel sweetness is balanced by massive hop flavor, but it’s lacking the bitterness on the tongue in the finish. Medium body, somewhat dry texture, and light carbonation round out a very impressive beer from Two Brothers. It is a shame it will be gone, but with all those hops I think a bottle or two will last a little while in my stash.

Pineapple and roasted malt aroma with hints of bread. Thick, sustained head and rose colored body. Flavor is bready and hopped up. Bitterish, buttery, lighty hay and some caramel sweetness. Medium rich palate. Good.

Pours a deep amber with minimal head and some lacing. Aroma is s fruity sweet flowery hop aroma. Flavor is sweet malt, fruits, hops and grapefruit. Dry and surprisingly light bodied, bitter finish.