Two Hearted Ale

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

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

Beautiful hoppiness in the nose. Nice floral notes as well. Pours with about an inch of head. Nice clean finish which means you can enjoy your hops while being able to drink multiples if you’re into that sort of thing.

UPDATED: FEB 19, 2011 Bottle from Bullit. Sweet hoppy aroma & flavour. Amber brown colour. Dry aftertaste. Good one.

A floral and hoppy aroma. The taste has a hop sweetness that is only comparable to the sweetness that vanilla adds to dishes, more of a floral and less of a sugar sweetness-- the flavor is followed by hop bitterness with a very slight touch of pine bitterness. The beer feels like it fills your mouth, not watery or syrupy, just right with a healthy dose of carbonation. Very good beer.

Good beer with strong alcohol content. Has pretty good aroma, but not a wonderful as their Hopslam. Golden / brass color with a decent white head. Taste pretty bitter, but not too bitter for those non-IPA fans. Does have some IPA after bite though. Would recommend.

Clear yellow beer with an off-white head. Very hop-fruity aroma, but not very bitter for an american IPA. Medium body and very easy to drink.

A little dated, had at the Detroit Airport. Still tasted awesome considering the setting and the layover. Pours a slightly cloudy dusty brown with a thinning white cap. Aroma is intense pine hops and light citrus. Taste is a blast of pine hop with a dry bitterness. Nice aftertaste of citrus. Great, great beer.

Light amber pour with a thin ring of white head. Smell: Quite fragrant: hops, floral notes, a little sweetness. Taste: Hops, citrus, grapefruit, orange, malt. Bells two hearted ale has a slightly bubbly mouthfeel with a crisp clean finish that lingers slightly....Plenty of hops throughout! A pretty good IPA, but not among my favorites. I was slightly disappointed with this beer. For all of the press and accolades Bells has been getting recently I really was expecting more from this beer. (It was rated #11 in the best american breweries of the decade 2000-2009) So far with Bells beers I’m 0-2, though I have yet to try the stout. From what I’ve seen so far, I’d have to say that Bells is as almost as overrated as Dogfish Head.

I haven’t had this in a while, it was the first IPA I really loved. It is nice and citrusy with a medium to low bitterness.