Hop Centric Double India Pale Ale
Two Brothers Brewing Company

Hop Centric Double India Pale AleHop Centric Double India Pale Ale
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From:
Two Brothers Brewing Company
 
Illinois, United States
Style:
Imperial IPA
ABV:
9.9%
Score:
89
Avg:
3.96 | pDev: 11.62%
Reviews:
485
Ratings:
1,056
Status:
Active
Rated:
Apr 07, 2019
Added:
Mar 12, 2005
Wants:
  45
Gots:
  101
Formerly known as Hop Juice.
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Ratings by jcurtis55:
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Reviewed by jcurtis55 from Indiana

3.83/5  rDev -3.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
I was a newcomer to craft beer when I tried this and this is my first experience with heavy hops. Maybe I should have tried a regular IPA before jumping right to a double IPA. I wanted to check out what hops were all about.

From the first sniff, there’s no longer any doubt about what hops smell like. I really had to sip this one and take my time, but it grew on me as I drank it. I would suggest you have someone to share this with since it only comes in a 22oz bottle. Lot's of pine flavors.

It’s a nice clear orange-copper color. I didn’t get a lot of head, but got long-lasting lacing as the level dropped. The alcohol level was hidden well. I enjoyed the taste as the beer warmed a bit, or maybe my taste buds adjusted after a few swallows. I didn’t really get the bitterness I was expecting but that may be my inexperience with hoppy bear.

All in all, I enjoyed my first experience with a double IPA. This definitely qualifies as a hop bomb.
Jul 23, 2011
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Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -11.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Murky dark orange hue.

White head; Nice lace.

Orange, with a spicy edge on the nose.

Medium mouthfeel.

Orange flavor with a hint of metal.

Deep but slightly disappointing.
Apr 07, 2019
 
Rated: 4.25 by Nurt20 from Illinois

Jan 26, 2019
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Reviewed by ChrisMon02 from Ohio

3.91/5  rDev -1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
12 oz bottle poured into a snifter.

Clear Orange with a decent egg shell head. Smells of hop oil, slight touch of mint and caramel malts. Classic taste with a slightly bitter finish. Pretty balanced and drinkable for such a high ABV. Not a standout but still rather enjoyable.
Sep 03, 2018
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Reviewed by SB2017 from Iowa

3.05/5  rDev -23%
look: 4.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
What a beautiful looking beer. Deep amber almost red, wonderful lace, a medium lasting finger of off-white foam. Its super nondescript on the nose, smells very very sweet. Despite its hoppyness the taste of the beer is quite sweet as well. Very strong malts in there. Almost as though someone mixed a bunch of hops into a 40 of Olde English 800. And that's not necessarily a bad thing. This beer looks and feels great, but it's just not super strong in flavor. It's bright, clear, and sweet, but the overall maltiness of it renders it a little weak, since while the hops here are delicious, the grains do it no favors.
May 08, 2018
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Reviewed by DMarlinJ from Michigan

3.88/5  rDev -2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Has all the look of a great double IPA. It lacks in aromatic hops, more in malt smell, bready and a bit stank. Tastes balanced and not heavy or overly sweet, nice clean hop bitters. Pine resin mostly without a sticky linger. No alcohol burn for the abv level. I miss depth in flavors. Mouth feel is clean and medium carbonation. Overall it's very good but nothing stands out to bring me back to it, the flavor is just not compelling for me.
Jan 26, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by h4ger from Connecticut

Jan 13, 2018
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Reviewed by 1000lbgrizzly from Illinois

4.04/5  rDev +2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Clear orange-brown body with fine streams of carbonation, fizzy/fine off-white head and an intricate web of lace. The nose is pure hop essential oil and faint caramelly-malt; bitter orange concentrate, pine oil, and biscuit/bread crust malt. Pure and intense. The taste is orange/grapefruit bitter to the point of being chemically, plus pine resin, a touch of alcohol and spice, and a moderate amount of malty sweetness. The body is full, sticky, moderate carbonation.
Intense and straightforward but balanced focused. Big flavor, varied but withing a tight range, a hint of the strength behind this, and palatable but harsh for the unprepared. I liked it, there was definitely skill behind this guy but I think it still left something in the still.
Nov 07, 2017
 
Rated: 4.11 by agreenman19 from Connecticut

Oct 11, 2017
 
Rated: 4.04 by harrisjohnson from Maryland

Aug 30, 2017
 
Rated: 3.5 by WillieThreebiers from Connecticut

Aug 24, 2017
 
Rated: 3.5 by ColForbinBC from New Jersey

Aug 14, 2017
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Reviewed by ocelot2500 from Maryland

4.27/5  rDev +7.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours a clear, dark copper color with a tight, white head that leaves plenty of lacing.

Smells of big pine and citrus hops.

Tastes of the big hops layered over and equally big malt backbone. Hops lead off with notes of pine, grapefruit, and flowers. This gives way to caramel and toffee malt notes. Plenty of sweetness to back up the hops. More hops come towards the end with some herbal and mint notes. Finishes with some lingering hop bitterness.

Mouthfeel is medium-full with a smooth amount of carbonation.

Overall, this is a tasty DIPA.
Jul 30, 2017
 
Rated: 3.8 by MaxOhle from Illinois

Jul 26, 2017
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Reviewed by rdilauro from Connecticut

4.01/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Pours that nice orange hue we all come o expect from a high hopped brew. The ivory laced head lasted just a few but it still looked awesome on top of the orange. The pine tar resin grapefruit tropical banana nose was as present as I was expecting.
The initial taste was big and soft. Not what I was expecting. I was looking for that crisp, dry clean taste. Seems that I might have reached my limits on DIPAs
Hard to believe this one had a 100 IBU rating an 9.9% abv. Neither value came across that hard. Perhaps because this was a big soft beer, 100 IBUs were well contained. If I was to have guessed, around 75-80IBU and a 7%abv.
Jul 25, 2017
 
Rated: 3.79 by oldvines from Illinois

Jul 22, 2017
 
Rated: 4.08 by chrismattlin from Ohio

Jun 28, 2017
 
Rated: 3.85 by Tbone2131 from Connecticut

Jun 21, 2017
 
Rated: 3.12 by Minnesota_beer_guy from Minnesota

Jun 05, 2017
 
Rated: 3.5 by markjarema11 from Alabama

Jun 04, 2017
Hop Centric Double India Pale Ale from Two Brothers Brewing Company
Beer rating: 89 out of 100 with 1056 ratings