Two Brothers Hop Juice

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

Pours rich medium / dark amber with a small head that still gives good lacing. Aroma is all hops, mainly citrus and perfumy with some pine mixed in as well. Medium / full bodied with light carbonation. Floating hops or yeast were suspended in the glass like a snow globe. Starts with a semi-sweet grainy malt that is quickly overtaken by the hops. Finish is heavily resiny & oily. There are lots of heavy hops - a combo of citrus, pine, perfume and wood - quite a variety of hop tastes, but it is missing spiciness. Nice IIPA.

Very indicative of style, here. Pours a muddy amber brick with a diminishing head and chunky yeasty "floaties". Definite floral hops, pine and some grapefruit to the nose. Pine and grapefruit are found in the flavor, especially as the beer warms, along with caramel malts and a special Thai peppered hop permeating the pull. This makes for a lingering, spicy-peppered bitter finish, highlighting the back portion of the palate. Nicely carbonated (not too much), leaving a semi-oily mouthfeel. Good brew, and very hop complex.

Thanks to Wallybrau for getting me this. 22oz bottle poured a dark amber color with an off-white head. Floral, hoppy aroma. Some strong malt notes as well. Good botter hop flavor with some citrus and a dry finish. Hoppiness is balanced with some malty notes, a bit too much malt in my opinion. Seems like too many of the DIPA’s use a lot of malt in order to increase the alcohol level. Good beer nonetheless.

(22oz. bottle) Pours a lightly cloudy amber body with an average off-white head and good lacing. Potent aroma of pineapple, grapefruit, and light notes of breadiness. Flavor of caramel malt and hops; descent balance, although the hops seemed a bit weak for an IIPA. Bitter finish.

Bottled. Dark hazy orange colour, mediumsized creamy off-white head. Aroma is hops and yeast. Flavour is hoppy, grassy and alcoholic. The alcohol and hops reaches their peaks in the finish and leave a wellbalanced flavour afterwards.

Pours an orangish-amber color with a thin off-white head. Aroma is of citrus and pine hops, sweet malts, and caramel. Flavor starts off as citrus and pine hops that give way to floral hops and caramel. Decent bitter finish but not as much as a double IPA should have. Good but certainely not my favorite.

[Bottled, sampled at Oliver Twist, Stockholm] Cloudy golden colour. Flowers, sweetish, tropical fruits in aroma - bit restrained, I want more aroma hops. Flavour is fresh flowery with tropical fruits and a big bitterness. Super smooth body. This was indeed a laid-back IIPA. I’d prefer a load more of high alpha hops when it comes to flavour and bitterness. Still, this is a pretty big beer.

(04.28.06) One pint, 6 oz brown bottle from DiCarlo’s, Libertyville, IL. A double IPA with 9.9% ABV, 22.7 P, 100.1 IBU. Poured hazy orange with small white head. Some white particulates. Soft carbonation. Fruits, hops and sweet malt aroma. Medium bodied ale that starts with light malt sweetness and pronounced citrous hop flavor. Finished with light hop bitterness. Well balanced ale with a firm supportive malt base and a leaning towards hop flavors. More hop flavor than bitterness. An excellent drinkable beer.