Two Hearted Ale

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

12 oz. bottle on 8/10/09. Pours hazy golden orange decent head. Beautiful lavender floral hops with a hint of lemon. Very refreshing lemon honey sweetness on the tongu. Then, and slow very mild bitter finish. Leaves a great sweet floral honey aftertaste on the tongue. Nice amount of activity on the tongue and a smooth medium body. Absolutely amazing for the ABV and so incredibly refreshing.

Appearance: Pours a hazy golden color with a medium sized white frothy head. Lots of carbonation streaming from the bottom. Smell: Citrus with a wonderful floral and pine hop smell. Not overpowering but just right. Taste: Malty and sweet at the beginning and then the hop flavors take over. The citrus taste is pleasant and not overpowering and the floral and pine hops blend well together. There is a semi-bitter hop finish at the end which leaves a smooth aftertaste. Mouthfeel/drinkability: Actually has a light but sticky mouth feel. Carbonation is just right. The hop finish and aftertaste is really good.

Tap @ Dexter’s Pub - Had this one a million times, but finally getting around to rating it. Pour clear amber with a big white head. Smells great, with crisp, citrusy hops and some biscuity malt. It just smells really fresh and clean. Tastes sweet and hoppy, starting with the citrus hops up front, then transitioning to the dry, bitter hops on the finish. No matter how many times I come back to this one, I find it never disappoints.

Bottle@Akkurat Apperance: Golden copper with a big, white, head. Aroma: Citric notes, Hops, Caramel, Pine. Flavor: Toffee, Caramel, Pine, Citric Notes, Hops. Palate: Very balanced IPA with nice initial sweetness and some refreshing bitterness at the end making this an easy drink. Damn good IPA. Period.

Bottle. I drank this at a crappy fish shack in Mackinaw, MI. SENSATIONAL IPA! Lemon-citrus odor explodes and wakes up the olfactory. Thick, syrupy body. One of the best beers I’ve ever had.

Like drinking something made from Pine Sol, or maybe a pine tree air freshener. Nice color though. Can this be right? Number 2 IPA on the charts? Are you all insane? What do you think an IPA is? It should make you cringe, not something to refresh your sensitive palates. I can name at least a dozen better and cheaper IPA brewers. Your all sheep.

Well here it goes. Poured into my pint glass the beer is a nice shade of gold/orange. The head is enormus. Bits of sticky lace remain after it settles down. The cap stays put on top of my glass holding in all the flavor. The smell is awesome. So piney. It has a strong grapefruit/ citrus smell as well. There’s also a lovely floral boquet that wafts up to my nose. The first sip is a punch inthe mouth. It tastes like the most floral christmas tree I’ve ever smelled. In a good way. So tart and bitter it makes me pucker. I love it. The feel seems very sticky and dry. It just sort of sets up shop in my mouth and stays there. I am really starting to appreciate hops. This beer does nothing but feed the fire that has been started. Bring on the big boys.

This is a world class beer and I thank Hopscotch profusily for the bottle! Pours a straw / orange thick brew with a robust cream head. Very aromatic: florals, pine a fresh citrus. Tart, balanced, creamy, drinkable with a huge hop aftertaste! Even get a taste of a little honey up front! A classic!