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Two Brothers Hop Juice

Two Brothers Hop Juice - Imperial/Double IPA

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 Percentile 
94
overall
Brewed by Two Brothers Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA

Warrenville, Illinois USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
4343.68/5.03.67/5.0Special9.9%67.4Snifter, Tulip
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Commercial Description:
Hop Juice is one of a series of special limited-run beers in styles that are more extreme or unusual. This one is a real hop blast, dripping with the resiny soul of fresh Northwest hops. Don't come crying to us if it's too much for you; this one's for hopheads only! And get it now, cause when it's gone, it's gone. Boo hoo. 22.7 Plato 100.1 IBU
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 smith4498 (816), Miami, Florida, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Mar 9, 2009  
Bottle shared by Beerlando. Pours orange copper color with off white head. Sweet grapefruit aroma. Flavor is sweet toffee and grapefruit with a good amount of hoppiness. Medium body with average carbonation and a syrupy mouthfeel.


 j12601 (1149), Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
Mar 9, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a clear orange amber with a small to medium sized head. Aromas are piled high with sticky citrus hops. Medium, bordering on thick bodied, sweet and malty. Finishes with a nice long quinine bitterness.


 GodOfThunder (855), Orlando, Florida, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Mar 9, 2009  
Thanks Beerlando. Aroma is citrus and vanilla, with a good amount of sweetness. Flavor is also sweet, with more citrus and vanilla with a little bubble gum.


 carl4beer (394), Fairfax Station, Virginia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
Mar 7, 2009  
22oz. pours copper with small head. aroma is caramel with a bit of malt. mouthful is full with a nice complement of hops. finish is bitter and grows with each sip. a little heavy but a nice DIPA.


 jgb9348 (2492), Arlington (Pentagon City), Virginia, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Mar 5, 2009  
Nice deep amber coloured body with a super thin tan head (that fades right away) and very little else. Aroma of pure hops (high a.a.), malt, cane sugar and even some nuts. Medium-bodied; Super strong hoppy flavour with a potent maltiness, strong sugars and the mouth-coating consistency that makes an IIPA exactly what it is. Aftertaste shows so much of the hops, but also a bit of the sugars and plenty of the full malt. Overall, a decent IIPA, a bit less obtrusive than others and more palatable to me. Worth trying if you prefer IPAs over IIPAs, but could stomach the latter. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased at Rick’s Beer & Wine in Chicago, Illinois on 13 January 2007.


 tennisjoel (931), Shakopee, Minnesota, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/59/104/516/20
Mar 1, 2009  
Orange body. Thin head. Pine is strong here. Nice carbonation. This is a solid brew from these guys, and I think for me this is a hit or miss brewery. Mark one up for the hit column.


 Narnad (681), Wonder Lake, Illinois, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Feb 19, 2009  
Pours a nice amber color, slightly murky looking with no head. Aroma has a watered down citrus flavor with some pine notes behind it. Sweet caramel malt notes also are present. Flavor starts with a citrus hops flavor melded with a caramel malt and moves into a light pine hoppiness middle and ends with a sweet caramel and grassy hops ending. Alcohol is pretty well hidden. Overall I was expecting a much strong hopped beer by the description but the beer works and is definitely drinkable but I think it could be better.


 Beerlando (2281), Orlando, Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Feb 14, 2009  
Fresh bomber. Pours a clear, dark, orange-amber color with a small, frothy, cream colored head. Micro-spot lacing marks the glass. The aroma shows a prominent toffee malt base, with notes of biscuit and cookie, and a surprising dose of smoked dark fruit. Citrus hops and pine resin are there, but don’t quite stand up to the huge malt. Flavors show a bit more balance, with the citrus and pine hops pushing forward a bit. Gone is the odd smoked note, but buttered toffee and glazed biscuit are still there in a big way. Medium-full bodied and slightly syrupy, peppery citrus bitterness comes through on the finish. Pretty nice, but not nearly as hoppy as advertised.



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