Two Brothers Domaine DuPage

Brewed by Two Brothers Brewing Company
Style: Bière de Garde
Warrenville, Illinois USA

12 oz. bottle - purchased at hop devil grill; pours cloudy amber with quickly fading head; lots of caramel and sweetness in the aromas; florals very understated; drinks rich and smooth and not quite as big as the aromas; very sweet overall

Poured cloudy amber with a thin tan head. Aroma - Caramel and faint roast malt. As promised this one has a big sweet caramel taste up front with some earthy hops, malt and nuts. I’m a sucker for caramel and have a sweet tooth, so this one fit the bill quite nicely.

Bottle, thanks to akevitt for sharing. Pours a clear amber-brown body with a rather short-lasting light tan head. Aroma of sweet and caramel malts, sugar, and a hint of floral hop. Flavor is not quite as intense as the aroma, with a stronger presence of caramel malts and floral hops. Smooth mouthfeel and medium bodied. Sweet malt finish with a slight bitter tangyness. Very drinkable.

Aroma is malty with a roasted scent in the back. Color is a deep amber with good carbonation and a nice tight head. Taste is malty and bitter. Starting with a medium body it goes down crisp. Finish comes on with a full malt flavor a little roasted taste and a mild bitterness. After taste is more bitterness and a faint alcohol taste. Not a style I like, but this is a tasty brew. Very well balanced and has a nice complex flavor.

Mostly clear, amber/copper color, small head, turns to nil. Aroma of caramel malt, sweetness, fruit, flowers, and Belgian yeast. More of that on the tongue once it hits the palate. Nice biere de garde, though it tastes a lot like a Belgian amber or pale ale. Sweetness stays on top, rich malt, easy drinkability. Tasty stuff. Almost too sweet, but it grows dry, but lingers on the tongue. Nice. I’ll have another. Well, one more. After that I need some hops.

Pours a copperish golden with a white head. Has a mild aroma of spice and bread, with some floral hops. Flavor is slighlty spiced with some caramel malt and a bit of toasted malt. Some hops is evident.

Transparent copper look. Basic wet bread and crushed grain aroma, lightly metallic and mineral and pervaded with maple sweetness. Nutty malts. Nothing brisk, nothing dry, nothing dusty. Hazelnuts, and caramel; more brown ale than biere de garde, seemingly. Sweetness still frames the flavor, with a cold, damp lager characteristic about the malts; cinnamon, pears, brown sugar, apple juice. Yeast presence is absent, and it is as such quite removed from the territory of its style, while nuts and breads are most prevalent. So the provided flavors are pleasant and always substantive, and if it could be called a brown ale with maybe a touch of belgian malt I could be quite happy with it. Medium body with an autumnal feeling of leafiness and distant crisp sensations; finishes with a slow settling of floral hops that cleans it up somewhat, and returning to brown banana and vague maple glazed pit fruits on a chunky smack. For something that is by no stretch a stock or farmhouse ale, it retains a fair amount of warmth and subtlety, which is enough to salvage it and make it agreeable.

Pours a clear copper with thick white head that dissipates to a thin layer. Aroma is definite earthy malts with light notes of coffee beans and chocolate. Flavor is malts, toasted caramel with light bitter notes. Body is medium, a bit creamy but light carbonation. Nothing to complex.