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Hop Centric Double India Pale Ale
Two Brothers Brewing Company
- 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:
- 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 GeoffRizzo:
Reviewed by GeoffRizzo from Texas
4.07/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.07/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Murky bright orange in color, tender yeasty-hoppy sediments which eventually come together to form a well maintained white dusty head. The nose contains a large offering of citrus hops, your a-typical grapefruit rind and orange peel scents and warming further reveals some caramel malt notes. No question that the body is hopped-up, but how do they get there? Floral and piney hops dominate with a mild caramel malt backbone. Grassy hops and tropical fruits become bitter and sticky and some sweet alcohol and candy is left stuck on the palate. The 9.9 ABV is quickly noticeable; can there be a sessionable-DIPA? If so, we've got a winner here!
Feb 25, 2007More User Ratings:
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
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, 2019White head; Nice lace.
Orange, with a spicy edge on the nose.
Medium mouthfeel.
Orange flavor with a hint of metal.
Deep but slightly disappointing.
Reviewed by ChrisMon02 from Ohio
3.91/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
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, 2018Clear 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.
Reviewed by SB2017 from Iowa
3.05/5 rDev -23%
look: 4.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
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, 2018Reviewed by DMarlinJ from Michigan
3.88/5 rDev -2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
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, 2018Reviewed by 1000lbgrizzly from Illinois
4.04/5 rDev +2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
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, 2017Intense 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.
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
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, 2017Smells 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.
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
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, 2017The 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.
Hop Centric Double India Pale Ale from Two Brothers Brewing Company
Beer rating:
89 out of
100 with
1056 ratings
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