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Irritated Koala
Two Brothers Brewing Company
- From:
- Two Brothers Brewing Company
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Black IPA
- ABV:
- 6.1%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.73 | pDev: 11.26%
- Reviews:
- 9
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 23, 2015
- Added:
- Jun 10, 2014
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 9
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Rated by aussiebeer from Illinois
4.5/5 rDev +20.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +20.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Loved it, don't know why they retired it. Maybe it has a koala in the title
Jun 23, 2015Reviewed by secondtooth from Indiana
4.03/5 rDev +8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.03/5 rDev +8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Had to try this one as a serious tea nerd as well as beer nerd, so seeing it on Beef O’Brady’s menu had me excited.
Appearance: Dirty tea brown and amber. Light head and limited lace.
Aroma: Sweet tea and a hint of fruitiness. Really impressive and very unique.
Taste: Very much a musty black tea. A little hint of hops is present, but this is the penultimate hybrid of tea and beer. Description as “black IPA” on beefs menu seems inaccurate. This, to me, is a wholly new style of beer.
I would gladly buy a sixer of this one.
Mar 24, 2015Appearance: Dirty tea brown and amber. Light head and limited lace.
Aroma: Sweet tea and a hint of fruitiness. Really impressive and very unique.
Taste: Very much a musty black tea. A little hint of hops is present, but this is the penultimate hybrid of tea and beer. Description as “black IPA” on beefs menu seems inaccurate. This, to me, is a wholly new style of beer.
I would gladly buy a sixer of this one.
Reviewed by mschantz from Colorado
3.34/5 rDev -10.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.34/5 rDev -10.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Perhaps biased by the name, but to me the color reminded me of dark ice tea. 1/2 inch of nice head that stuck around a while. Again the smell as that of a sweet tea. Taste followed but with a nice slight bitterness. The hops imparted citrusy lemon flavor that resulted in a taste not unlike an Arnold Palmer with s bit of smoke. One of those interesting beers that I am glad I had but not one I need to enjoy more than once.
Dec 26, 2014Reviewed by hosehead83 from Ohio
3.5/5 rDev -6.2%
3.5/5 rDev -6.2%
Dark tea color with a relatively short head of bone-white foam.
Aroma-Citrus hop note, faint tea
Taste-Upfront dark tea essence, smoky, citrus, herbal hops, rather flat finish.
Unique flavor and complexity, but doesn't quite tie it all together.
Sep 08, 2014Aroma-Citrus hop note, faint tea
Taste-Upfront dark tea essence, smoky, citrus, herbal hops, rather flat finish.
Unique flavor and complexity, but doesn't quite tie it all together.
Reviewed by TMoney2591 from Illinois
3.25/5 rDev -12.9%
3.25/5 rDev -12.9%
Served from tap in a snifter at Bigby's Pour House - Rolling Meadows.
I had to try it. How could I not? Anyway, it pours a clear smoky topaz topped by a finger or so of glowing off-white foam. The nose comprises dark tea leaves (didn't come across as Lapsang Suchong to me, at least compared to the leaves I've got in a tin in the kitchen), mild pine resin, and light toast. The taste brings in more of the same, along with some sweet biscuit, mild treacle, and greens. The body is a light medium, with a light moderate carbonation and a silky-ish feel. Overall, an interesting black IPA, one that didn't rub me the same wrong way as most black IPAs do, but one that still didn't do it for me. It's not bad, but the flavors don't work well enough for me to ever want to have another any time soon.
Sep 08, 2014I had to try it. How could I not? Anyway, it pours a clear smoky topaz topped by a finger or so of glowing off-white foam. The nose comprises dark tea leaves (didn't come across as Lapsang Suchong to me, at least compared to the leaves I've got in a tin in the kitchen), mild pine resin, and light toast. The taste brings in more of the same, along with some sweet biscuit, mild treacle, and greens. The body is a light medium, with a light moderate carbonation and a silky-ish feel. Overall, an interesting black IPA, one that didn't rub me the same wrong way as most black IPAs do, but one that still didn't do it for me. It's not bad, but the flavors don't work well enough for me to ever want to have another any time soon.
Irritated Koala from Two Brothers Brewing Company
Beer rating:
85 out of
100 with
70 ratings
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