Two Brothers Hop Juice

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

I really wanted to love this beer. The label is great to start. Secondly, it poured this amazing opaque orange with very little head and tons of lacing. And third, the smell hits my nose with an orgasmic sweet flowery hop smell that just drives me crazy. There is very little carbonation and feels flat and stale in the mouth. I kept smelling and smelling as I was drink to try to liven up the texture but it wouldn’t work. It is almost soupy on the palate and would probably taste better at room temperature. The only highlight of the taste is the brewers yeast and hops that finally give back some sort of texture out of th bland body. It wasn’t completely terrible, the flavor was unique and extremely hoppy, but it just didn’t drink like I though or enjoyed.

Very cloudy dark amber color with smallish white head. Aroma is full of resiny, citrusy hops, with hints of caramel and cherry. Flavor is hoppy, dry, citrusy, herbal, notes of honey and caramel.

Bright, apple-hued glow. Mellow carbonation; soft texture. Chewy-sweet caramel malt flavors. Grassy bitterness. Dripping with pine juice. Overall, kind of stark and odd in some ways; flavors and aromas didn’t seem to meld very well. All right beer, but nothing special.

As far as IPAs go, this one was certainly not one of the greats. It really seemed to lack in anyn body or character beyond the hop profile. While I love the hoppy brews, this just didn’t have much else going for it.

Pours dark golden/orange with off white head. Lots of resiny hops, very bitter hop esters, very extract like. Flavor is all hops through and through almost no malt for balance whatsoever. Great hop profile just lacks malt and body. Just o.k. IMO.

Powdery, vitamin-like hop aroma, with hints of pine, lemon and grapefruit. The smell if soft, lke a pillow, not expressive like the best Double IPA’s. Nice mouthfeel. The flavor is, well, like a high alcohol 1.25 IPA. Not very hoppy, considering the potency and style, in the mouth, this is equally as malty as it is hoppy. Butter toffee, toffee and caramel flavors, while the hops accent the finish, with a fine pine-like, bitter hop finish.

Head is initially small, frothy, off-white, fully diminishing. Body is medium amber. Aroma is lightly malty (caramel, toasted bread), moderately hoppy (resin, apricot). Flavor is moderately sweet, moderately acidic, moderately bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, moderately acidic, heavily bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation, lightly alcoholic. Poorly balanced, boring and one-dimensional.

No head. Clear dark orange. Aroma is citrus hops, lots of alcohol. Taste is caramel, toffee, big bitter hops and of course alcohol. Finish is bitter and alcoholic, dry. A ho-hum beer, too alcoholic.