Two Brothers Hop Juice

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

Bottle shared with HogTownHarry, blankboy & tupalev - courtesy of HogTownHarry. Bright sunset red-orange with a small orangish head. Smells like CitraSolv concentrated orange cleaner and pure grapefruit juice - I mean that as a compliment. Smooth mouthfeel, and very nice flavour - hops are big and bold, but not obnoxious, with lots of sweet grapefruit notes. Hard to believe it’s 9.9% - I could easily put back a few pints of this, but I expect I would regret it the next day...

22 oz bottle. I thought this was remarkably balanced for a beer called ’Hop Juice’. It pours with a dark orange body with a small white head that has good lacing. Aroma is very citrusy - grapefruit and orange. Hops dominate the flavor but is very nicely balance by an orangey sweetness. Very tasty.

Bottle @ Oliver Twist, Stockholm
Thick overwhelming hop aroma somewhere in between flowers and fruits. Grape fruit is of course very much present and is a bit soapy. This beer is, however, not sweet at all. Hops are the focal point and it is very much present. Green teeth and all that. Alcohol content is very much hidden...

Pours a murky amber with lots of large particles. Aroma of a sugary malt with mild hops. Flavor is nice intense sweet hoppiness with real bite. The sweetness offsets the solid hops and makes this a pleasurable IPA (Double that is).

Bottled. Deep amber, minimal head. Fruity, flowery hop aroma. Dry and surprisingly light bodied. Very drinkable for it’s size. Pleasant lightly resiny notes mingle with sweaty grapefruit. Very bitter finish. Fresh and (given it’s size) very drinkable with all focus on the hops.

Hazy orange color - biscuity aroma, with copious piney hops - it has the delicate nature distinctinve of most TB beers, but the aggressive, brutal hoppiness expected of the style layers itself on top of that much better than expected - it certainly is juicy, because the mouth waters from the well-blended hops - a nice accomplishment from a brewery that I thought couldn’t make a decent "big beer."

Nice orange copper color with a medium foamy head and sediments floating around. Mega intense hop dolds nose. Suprisingly smooth with a nice medium hoppy taste that lasts medium long. As it warms up it gets harsher.

Fresh hop nose - like hop cones right from the vine. Hazy dark copper color, foamy head. Full caramelly malt with a HUGE hop end. High res hop bitter across the mouth. Hops a-go-go, but fresh and controlled. Excellent.