Two Brothers Hop Centric
Hop Centric is one of a series of special limited-run beers in styles that are more extreme or unusual.
This one is a real hop blast, dripping with the resiny soul of fresh Northwest hops. Don’t come crying to us if it’s too much for you; this one’s for hopheads only! And get it now, cause when it’s gone, it’s gone. Boo hoo.
22.7 Plato
100.1 IBU
This one is a real hop blast, dripping with the resiny soul of fresh Northwest hops. Don’t come crying to us if it’s too much for you; this one’s for hopheads only! And get it now, cause when it’s gone, it’s gone. Boo hoo.
22.7 Plato
100.1 IBU
3.7
647 reviews
Warrenville, United States
Community reviews
I had this at Global Brew. Pours reddish with a off white head. Taste pine, musty, hint citrus. I thought this was good. I would drink this again.
Clear, reddish orange, darker in color than usual IIPA. Aroma is not strong, some citrus and pine. Flavor is huge though, lots of orange, caramel, apricot, grapefruit. Resiny, hoppy, sweet, a little boozy. Perhaps a bit malty for some but solid and enjoyable overall.
Pours a murky copper-orange with a small off-white head. Aromas of citrus hops, lots of grapefruit and oranges. Tastes of juicy fresh hops-- delicious! Nice body, creamy mouthfeel.
3/24/15 (Draft - Iron Horse Ale House Chicago) - Solid pour, slight tan head, copper red look. Nominal scent, great hoppy taste. Solid feel and texture, moderate carbonation, strong texture, bitter taste and kick going down. Overall excellent beer.
Great hoppy beer. One of my favorites. Its fresh but bitter with a wonderful aftertaste and nice head
Pours a murky copper with thin off white head. Light lacing left throughout. There’s a tropical fruit, pine, caramel, and light booze aroma. Medium body that’s smooth and creamy on the palate, with a light alcohol warming on the back end. Flavor’s of grapefruit, pine, caramel, apricot, citrus, and spices. A decent brew overall. An average DIPA, but definitely worth picking up.
This beer is a slightly hazy burnt orange with an off-white head. The aroma blends resiny and citrus hops with light notes of caramelly malts. The taste is quite bitter, slightly sour, and a touch sweet, but the sweetness comes through more in the aftertaste as the bitterness gradually fades. The palate fuses a soft carbonation, thick texture, a medium body.
12 oz Bottle. Tasted on 12/9/14. Bottle from Gomer's in Kansas City. Pours to a light Amber color with a medium head. Aroma has notes of leather, resin & earthy notes. The taste has pine, resin a darker malt & slight booze. As it warmed the flavors blended better. Overall a pretty good DIPA.
Poured from a bottle bought outside of Chicago. Pours a clear golden with an orange hue. Aroma of pine and citrus.Flavor is clean with a medium body and rich malty sweetness There is a delicious juicy hop character that blends very well with the malty sweetness. Right up front is lots of caramel and a significant amount of sweetness but it blends perfectly into the high hop flavor and bitterness in this beer. Pine and citrus come through in the flavrwith just a touch of bitterness at the end. This beer leaves a clean palate with fading hops, caramel sweetness, and a hint of alcohol warmth on the tail end. Hop Centric is a delicious and well-rounded beer that is a must try for all DIPA lovers. It is pretty rich and probably too malty for some but it is still a helluva beer.
Tasted from a 12oz. bottle. It poured a hazy orangish hue with a frothy light orange head and minimal, streaky lacing. Aroma of hops and yeast with hints of citrus & grass. Heavy taste of hops that is well balanced with malt and alcohol. While this delicious Double IPA brings it with 9.9%abv, it is still incredibly drinkable and welcoming.
Pours a translucent copper with a thick white head. Aroma of bitter pine, sweet caramel malt and alcohol. Taste is sweet and malty, bitter pine and citrus. Fairly balanced but a bit too much of a malt presence for my liking.
Yellow amber aroma, little head with slight lacing. Spicy hop aroma. Hoppy crisp flavor with a small amount of carbonation. Slick and resiny.
12 oz. bottle poured. Rich caramel appearance, bitter hop aroma. Strong hop taste with a bitter finish.
Initial mild spice that is not indicative of hoppy beers. A mild orange spice that is smooth on the tongue. Little aftertaste but a taste of allspice continues.
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Pours a slightly hazy darker golden color with off-white head. Pine, citrus, and floral notes on the nose; follows onto the palate. Finishes with just a little bread. Nice DIPA.
On tap at El Bait Shop. Pours a bright mahogany/ copper color with an off-white head. Aroma is barleywine-like, maltcentric, slight fruity and sweet. Fruit is tropical and bordering on dark fruits. Taste is definitely hop forward with a a clean, piney taste. Deep caramel malt backbone and the fruit is like the aroma, straddling tropical and dark. Medium body with a dry finish an a little acidic burn.
12 oz bottle. Pours a deep copper with a medium sized cream colored head. Aroma of tangy malt, orange citrus and hops. Taste of tangy malt, grapefruit, oranges and hops.
Bottle. Clean, full amber in glass. Aroma of orange, caramel and pine. Rich smelling. Taste has a pronounced malt backbone with some bitter citric hops over top. Sweet throughout, even with the hops pulling the other way. Alright, but not a go to.
I don’t rate my beers, but had to bust out one for this gem of a caramel bomb. I take great umbrage with u people rating this crap so high. Nose is of delicious caramels and a bit of orange marmalade. Nice deep copper/amber appearance w a quickly fading head. From there, bollox. Caramel and orange blahhhhhhhh. This is yet another caramel nasty bomb of a dipa. Screw u people who rated this up to a 98. My cat knows to bitter a dipa better than this.
On tap poured into a sampler glass. The aromas start off with a bit of orange soda, sugar, and a bright cleanser note. This eventually settles to more of a grapefruit, caramel, bread crust, and marmalade combination. It pours a nice, clear orange with a light, creamy white head. A thick ring is retained with a nearly full surface. It leaves behind a dense, micro bubble sheet lace. It’s highly bitter with a medium sweetness. There’s lots of soft carbonation to go along with the thick texture and full body. It finishes with notes of resin, burnt caramel, bitter citrus and pine. The aftertaste is big and lingering with a toast and dry spice character.
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Bottle from Tipples. Lot 1554 but no bottle date. Pours a deep dark orange red color with a beautifully creamy two finger off white head. Aroma is floral hop notes, rich bready malts, crisp and grassy. Flavor is big time caramel malts here, light fruity and floral hop notes, and a dry floral finish. Medium plus mouthfeel, strong bitterness, and medium plus carbonation. The malts really dominate here and it comes off like a very solid American style barleywine than a hoppy DIPA. No bottle date but I assume this is fresh based on the source of the bottle. In any case solid beer, but go in thinking the other end of the DIPA spectrum from the likes of Heady Topper or even Enjoy By.
Neither as tongue-ruining nor uniquely bitter as I expected by a 100 IBU pale. It was smooth for this level of hops which I appreciate and am in slight awe of. Fruity finish. Not unique nor deep enough for perfection but still an "A-"
On tap.
Deep bronze colored pour with ample foam; toffee, toasted oak, strawberry, grapefruit and pine in a classic, heavy aroma. The flavor is full of toffee and woodsiness; firmly sweet and aggressively bitter, with a highly resinous texture. Yet, the body is somewhat quaffable and not entirely overwhelming. Lasting, bitter and oily finish.
Drinking this conjures a weird flashback to my early memories of this style - to the late nineties and early aughts examples that were just packed with crystal malt sweetness and overwrought by design. Many of these, including this one, are really quite alright; their bold and brutish flavor was a major checkpoint in craft beer history. But given how the style has developed, there isn’t a reason to seek out this bullying flavor anymore.
Usual pine/resin - carmel malt and bitterness, I wish it were more pronounced. Nice amber in the glass. Expected more hop bitterness due to the abv. Good attempt, as imperials become the norm, this one will be considered average in the long run.
Pours Amber with a long lasting ivory head. Good lacing. Malt, citrus, pine, orange peel aromas. Sweet malty flavor with a strong hoppy bitterness. Resin, pine, citrus, and floral notes. Smooth creamy mouthfeel. Low carbonation. The finish is dry. Good double IPA.
22 oz bottle at home from backlog notes. Pours a hazy golden amber color with a small off white head. The aroma and flavor have citrus and resiny hops, caramel malt, the nose is welcoming, but the flavor is more watery and doesn’t back it up, bitterness is on the mild side especially for a DIPA.
Bottle. Poured a dark honey. Aroma of malty caramel grains and floral hops. Toffee. Grains. Bitter finish. Average carbonation. Ok.
Amber with thick foamy head. Strong floral hop aroma. Taste is chewy resinous caramel malt and earthy resinous hops. Bitterness is pronounced but not overpowering. Nothing about this one blows me away. Not bad but an average IIPA.
On tap, pours slightly cloudy amber. Expected happier nose, so disappointed on the aroma. Nice hop bitterness offsets significant malty smoothness. Overall enjoyable, but I expected something more on the hop profile.