Circus Penguin
Two Brothers Brewing Company

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From:
Two Brothers Brewing Company
 
Illinois, United States
Style:
American Pale Ale
ABV:
5.9%
Score:
80
Avg:
3.5 | pDev: 14.29%
Reviews:
27
Ratings:
69
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Mar 31, 2015
Added:
Feb 25, 2012
Wants:
  4
Gots:
  2
Our first annual Brewers Choice artisan release beer, an organic beet and blood orange pale ale.
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Ratings by beagle75:
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Reviewed by beagle75 from Iowa

3.37/5  rDev -3.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Poured from a bomber into a tasting glass.

A: Clear, medium golden color with a sparse surface residue of white bubbles. Scant lacing remains on the glass and fine solids hang motionless in the column.

S: Mostly floral, lighter citrus, lightest malt. All qualities are generally mild and refreshing.

T: Begins dry, with early floral hop aromatics and chalky base malt. Sweetness enjoys a brief peak into the middle alongside moderate citric acidity. Floral qualities persist to the finish where bitterness is more aggressive than expected, and detached from other aromatic flavors.

M: Thin viscosity, slightly acidic on the palate, with moderate carbonation.

D/O: This is an interesting ale of the palest variety that struggles to really distinguish itself. While early aromatic qualities are titillatingly floral, heavy bitterness and synthetic plastic tend to give back any ground that was gained. There is such an obvious disconnect between bitterness and earlier aromatic flavors that the source of those flavors is revealed not as hop but other flavor adjunct such as the blood orange. Still, it presents a flavorful blond ale with pronounced floral qualities, derived from whatever source, that drinks easily enough.
May 11, 2012
More User Ratings:
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Rated by rossracing from Illinois

5/5  rDev +42.9%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
what a gret magical night
Mar 31, 2015
 
Rated: 2.75 by jzlyo from Iowa

Nov 18, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by BRami127 from Illinois

Sep 21, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by bigbluebeerguy from Kentucky

Jun 29, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by Latarnik from New Jersey

May 23, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by CSO from Illinois

May 01, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by sweetlou25 from Illinois

Nov 27, 2013
 
Rated: 2 by Nofear048 from Illinois

Nov 20, 2013
 
Rated: 3.25 by gratefulbeerhead from Indiana

Oct 20, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by pathman from Ohio

Jul 14, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by jschott75 from Illinois

Jul 04, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by bhurley from Illinois

May 30, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by spycow from Illinois

May 01, 2013
 
Rated: 3 by coffygrinder from Pennsylvania

Apr 23, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by Jamison85 from Indiana

Mar 27, 2013
 
Rated: 3 by t0rin0 from California

Mar 04, 2013
 
Rated: 3.25 by TheSSG from Illinois

Jan 20, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by mishtif from Illinois

Jan 16, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by DrFunkenstein from Pennsylvania

Nov 20, 2012
Circus Penguin from Two Brothers Brewing Company
Beer rating: 80 out of 100 with 69 ratings