Two Beer Dudes: Two regular dudes who happen to be huge fans of American craft beer.

MI Fuzz

Speciation Cellars

American Wild Ale

7.4 by scot

Purchased at Sicilaino’s about 8 months ago. No date on can. Pours with huge, pristine white foam. Tight bubbles. Light straw to straw in color. Slight chill haze in an otherwise clean beer - not a full can pour. No lacing. Aroma is lightly tart, lemon, and some barnyard funk. Taste is tart with a heap of funky goodness, enveloping lemon and faint cherry. Nice long finish with the tart fruit shining. Light body with a spritzy carbonation. Dries the palate but there is some juice i...read more

Overall Rating: 7.4 by 1 dude 100%

Madagascar Las Lajas

4 Hands Brewing Company

Milk/Sweet/Cream Sout

7.6 by scot

Purchased from Tavour. Received in the last couple of weeks. No date on can. Pours opaque with a picture perfect brown sugar foam that is trophy and creamy. As it slowly erodes, thick lacing abounds. Aroma is vanilla and sweet cocoa, not milk chocolate. No barrel. Rich hot chocolate mix. But I want more complexity. Taste is a bit different than the nose. The finish: wait a few seconds and blast off with a lingering sweet hot chocolate, brown sugar, vanilla and hints of the barrel. Char, ...read more

Overall Rating: 7.6 by 1 dude 100%

Hello Darkness XO

River North Brewery

American Imperial Porter

7.8 by scot

Purchased from Tavour. 2026 variant. No date on the 375 ml bottle. Pours without any head. Opaque. Viscous. Aroma is rye whiskey - fantastic rye whiskey. Charred or burnt almonds. Brown sugar without a cloying sweetness. Taste follows the aroma. Quite a bit of rye whiskey: vanilla, burnt oak, and rye. Medium to medium heavy body. Good carbonation up front. Dries the palate. This is a really nice beer. I always enjoy a rye whiskey beer. But this is not ground breaking. Sort of...read more

Overall Rating: 7.8 by 1 dude 0%

Bind

Anchorage Brewing Company

American Wild Ale

8.8 by scot

Purchased at Iron & Glass, Minooka a couple of weeks ago. No date on bottle. Artwork on bottle is really cool. Poured somewhat clear with a purple/red driven foam that was chased away as it poured. No lacing. Aroma really hits my wheel house. Tart, sweet, berry medley with hay and other earthy barnyardness. The berries, tart and sweet all vie for favor on the nose, making for a fun ride. The taste is a joy. The tart hits along with the berries, early, then the middle some sweetness ...read more

Overall Rating: 8.8 by 1 dude 100%

Caneberry Cuvée

pFriem Family Brewers

American Wild Ale

8.0 by scot

Purchased from Tavour recently. Date on bottle of 12-10-2025 with the bottle stating it is a 2026 release. Pours clear. Purple, like Barney. Limited, light purple foam with large bubbles that dissipates as quickly as it pours. No lacing. Effervescent. Aroma is sweet, acidic berry, hay, and hints of barnyard. Sweet and acidic berry delight explode the sense but are well balanced. Hints of wine on initial bottle crack. Taste is acidic throughout. Not as balanced as the aroma. Almost one-sid...read more

Overall Rating: 8.0 by 1 dude 100%

Brew It And They Will Come

Brothership Brewing

American IPA - Imperial New England (INEIPA)

8.5 by scot

Purchased at Iron & Glass, Minooka on Friday, 05-08-2026. Date on can of Pours with the typical haze for the style. Opaque. The straw color and the thick frothy, white foam creates a pretty sight for a thirsty beer drinkers' eye. Great retention and tons of thick, creamy lacing. Aroma is mango, sweet, peach, apricot, and hints of passion fruit. A great medley of scents. Taste is more peach forward than anything else with a very sweet finish, which lingers. Mango, passion fruit and a...read more

Overall Rating: 8.5 by 1 dude 100%

Revenge

Anchorage Brewing Company

American IPA - Imperial New England (INEIPA)

6.5 by scot

Purchased on Friday, 05-08-2026 at Iron & Glass, Minooka (only had a half case, maybe as we don't get Anchorage often). Date on can of 04-05-2026 - about a month old. Pours opaque and dark gold in color. Huge, white foam covers. Somewhat quickly recedes back to a large bubbled ring. Aroma is a bit subdued compared to expected craziness that could come out of Strata. Sweet, orange, pine, resin, and dank. They are all there but none jump out. Melon and cannabis join late and as the bee...read more

Overall Rating: 6.5 by 1 dude 0%

Triple Dank Shark

Great Notion Brewing

American IPA - Imperial New England (INEIPA)

7.2 by scot

Purchased from Tavour, received about a week ago. Can't read date on the bottom of the can. First beer from Great Notion. Pours with a huge pure, white foam that densely covers. Great stating power with thick, sporadic lacing throughout. Aroma is citrus, grass/earth, sweet, and mango. Taste is dank. Really dank. It starts on the front of the tongue, goes to the back, lingers, creating some bitterness, and through to the deep, dark lasting finish. Pine, lemon, and grapefruit seem to lend...read more

Overall Rating: 7.2 by 1 dude 0%

Cosmic Bowl

Hop Butcher For The World

American IPA - Imperial New England (INEIPA)

7.4 by scot

Purchased at Iron & Glass Minooka on 04-24-2026. Date on can of 04-21-2026. Poured into a large Tree House snifter that I picked up at the brewery. A delight on the eye. The color is a glowing yellow with almost a finger of off-white foam. Retention is okay, leaving some large bubbled lacing behind. Aroma jumps out. Sweet, mango and peach. A "green" earthiness comes about along with hints of dankness. Taste is a bit muddled. Mango and sweetness are the most distinguishabl...read more

Overall Rating: 7.4 by 1 dude 100%

Euchre Music

Hop Butcher For The World

American Pale Ale

7.4 by scot

Purchased on 04-24-2026 at Iron & Glass Minooka. Date on can of 04-22-2026. Pours clear with ever so slight a chill haze. Straw to light gold in color. A half-finger of snow white foam covers, mostly receding quickly, but leaving behind a covering that stays throughout. Nice lacing: thick and clingy. Aroma is sweet - candy like. Dank, pine, and resin cut through the sweetness. Grapes. Taste. In the finish there is grape, pine and dank. The dank lingers. Up front some sweetness. L...read more

Overall Rating: 7.4 by 1 dude 100%

Square In A Circle In A Square

Hop Butcher For The World

American India Pale Ale

7.0 by scot

Purchased at Iron & Glass Minooka on Friday, 04/10/2026. Date on can of 03/24/2026. About a month old which is pushing it for me in terms of how old I like to review these beers. The two week mark is typically the sweet spot. Pours opaque, as expected. Golden. A beautiful inch of snow white foam covers. Great staying power. Lacing is thick and sticky, leaving nice lacing throughout. Ripe mango jumps out as soon as the pour begins. Sweet orange. Creamy? Taste Is more orange with s...read more

Overall Rating: 7.0 by 1 dude 0%

Tranquil (2025)

Riverlands Brewing Company

American Imperial Stout

9.3 by scot

Purchased this beer at Riverlands after experiencing it on tap. It is a phenomenal beer. The lack of adjuncts is what I treasure! Pours dark like used moil with a similar consistency. Very little mocha foam that doesn't fully cover. Leaves immediately. No lacing. There are some legs though. The aroma invites with complex barrel notes. Oak, blended bourbon, vanilla, dark sweetness - not quite molasses but deeper than brown sugar. The barrel character here is exquisite. Taste carries th...read more

Overall Rating: 9.3 by 1 dude 100%