Two Brothers Hop Juice

Brewed by Two Brothers Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Warrenville, Illinois USA

Pours dark amber, white amber. Grapefruit all the way with a resiny sharp bitterness to it. The IBU’s are definitely noticeable and all you can taste is the resiny grapefruit hops, a touch of sweetness is there but your left with a lingering bitterness.

Bottle: Amber body with orange head, rocky, good retention with lacing. Cream, round pine aromas with gram cracker notes. In the mouth, it starts out with lots of malty sweetness with sugar cane and floral-like sweet notes. Nice balencing bitterness, much more mild than I expected. still. very tasty.

Bottle from the Spirit Haus. Consumed July ’06 in Amherst, Mass. Much like the HopSlam, and Stone’s 10th Anniversary IPA, this beer is a little bit over-hopped. I love hops, dont get me wrong, but I also appreciate balance. Very stinky, sweet, resinous PNW hop aroma. A little bit of sweet malts are there too, but its mainly hops. Flavor is very strong fresh hops and alcohol. As it warmed a bit, the alcohol was a little sharp and pestering. Good, but not great.

22 oz. Bottle: Pours a crystal clear fiery amber with an escalating, frothy head that doesn’t stay. The nose is a picture of balance - sweet caramel malts and juicy citrus hops are harmonious. A dirty yeast profile is the only hindrance. The full body isn’t too bitter, but packs enough punch to balance the malty body. The balance continues throughout, although the hops seem slightly soggy under the weight of the malt. A little better hop definition and this would be out of this world. As is, pretty dang tasty.

On tap at Sheffield’s. Lots of c hops in aroma and taste. Good, but not as over the top as the name would suggest. It’s amazing....some time ago, this may have been the hoppiest beer on the market. These days....it’s above average, but nothing crazy.

Bomber - Poured an orangish dark amber in color with a small white head that faded fairly quickly but produced some decent lacing. Aroma is somewhat sweet and strong with fruity hops with some resiny pine. Flavor is very strong of fruity hops and medium bitter. Very little malts to balance this brew, but the unbalanced nature seems to fit the name... enjoyable by more than hopheads, but truly a hop head’s dream... I like it a lot!!

Draught: Strong, bitter hop aroma. Floral and piney. Poured amber in color with a small, creamy, white head. Great lacing. Clear. Not sparkling. Flavor is all hops! Unbalanced, as not malt flavor is present. Not all that bitter to me. Soft carbonation. Light to medium body. Dry, medium-bitter finish. A nice IIPA, but could be more bitter.

Pours a moslty clear light amber/deep copper with a fluffy sticky beige head and some great laceing. Aroma is sticky pungent, rapefruit, minty and pine, with a bit of alcohol and solvent. Sticky pine, lemon, very bitter and resinous with a moderate to light malt backbone. Pretty good DIPA.