Two Brothers Heavy Handed India Pale Ale

Brewed by Two Brothers Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Warrenville, Illinois USA

Draft at the Tap Room in Warrenville. Medium amber hue with full, white lace and little head. Citrusy, light grapefruit, orange rind, with floral & pine notes which follow to flavor. A bit of malt sweetness with the fruit, but blanketed nicely by the hop dryness throughout. A very representative IPA

Surprised to see how brown it poured. More malty than some. Nicely hopped and carbonated. Thanks to Piscator for the sample

12oz bottle....pours a dark caramel brown with a thin circular film of soapy white head... aroma of subdued caramel malt, soap, and honeydew? somethings awry but still somewhat greenlike... flavors of sweet caramel, green vegetables, slightly bitter. hard to tolerate.

Lot 2687. Aroma is nicely hopped and sweat. Appearance is a deep amber almost brown. The flavor is classic centennial hop all the way. The palate is that nice grippy IPA mouthful.

Draft at capones. Pours an amber body with a thin white lacing. Pine, hop resins, grapefruity. Light malty sweetness to balance this one. Simple fresh hopped flavors. Decent brew.

Draught at Capone’s: Aroma of floral hops, pine, and grapefruit. Poured amber in color with a small, dense, off-white head that lasted throughout. Good lacing. Medium to heavily bitter flavor. Tastes of hops, pine, spruce, light pineapple, resin, and grapefruit. Light to medium body. Thin texture. Average carbonation. Hoppy thin finish.

Hello IPA, how are you today? Yes, I know, I know, I’m on record as not liking your type. Can we get past that and form a friendship? Well, perhaps. What are you going to give me? Are you the typical IPA, all lip and no substance? Can you give me more than a bold whiff of fruit? Clearly you have the orange aroma thing. But what does your dark amber color hold for my tongue? The fact is that, if I’m right--and I think I am--you’ll suggest that you have some complexity, perhaps a taste of sweet malts (if only you were a double IPA!) but you’ll continue to be your uninspiring IPA self. I’m sorry, it’s just not going to work out. It doesn’t matter how hard I want to try, or how nice you try to be with a tempered finish. At the end of the day I just don’t understand your type. You can’t make love happen like that. There’s no flicker between us, so we’ll have to part and look for other partners. It’s not about you, it’s about me. O.k.? Let’s just be friends.

Really off the beaten path for an IPA. Complex in a really good way. Sort of treading water between the APA and IPA realms, regardless I thought it rocked out. Fresh citrus aroma, I can sense the fresh whole hop flowers that went into this beer. Heavy malt nose to boot. Thick, dark copper in color with a lasting, creamy looking tan head and tons of lacing. Creamy and bitter with a full body. Smooth, very malty and rather thick. Not your typical flavor per style, this one seems to play more for the malt with the fresh hops contributing just enough to do their part. Biscuits, nuts, and toffee. A touch of brown sugar and honey. Grainy and a bit grassy with a subtle yet sharp hop flavor of pine and citrus. Spicy tea and vanilla bean. Yeah this is a good beer experience.