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

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Hop Butcher For The World

American IPA - Imperial New England (INEIPA)

8.6 by scot

Purchased from Flight Bottle Shoppe on 2021-01-07. Date on can of 2021-01-04. Pours cloudy with ample white foam. Great retention with thick lacing. Aroma of orange, clementine, and dank. There is a sweetness right behind those hop aromas as well. Taste is more indiscriminate. Sweet base gives way to orange and light tropical flavors. Overall, muddied. Light end of medium body with medium body. The flavor is still sharp but the hops have melded together to make it more difficult to mak...read more

Overall Rating: 8.6 by 1 dude 100%

Thematic Glow

Hop Butcher For The World

American IPA - Imperial New England (INEIPA)

7.5 by scot

Purchased at Flight Bottle Shoppe on 2020-12-10. Date on can of 12/07/20. Pours cloudy with two fingers of thick, off-white foam. Great retention. Wispy but thick clinging lacing. Aroma of ripe mango and apricot. A green resin aroma comes out on the backside. Orange and hints of pineapple. Taste is more raw hop. Green, grass, weed, resin, and dank. Residual hop burn and/or bitterness in the finish that leaves it open ended for me. Body is spot on as is the carbonation. Dry. The arom...read more

Overall Rating: 7.5 by 1 dude 0%

Airglow

Hop Butcher For The World

American Pale Ale

7.6 by scot

Purchased at Flight Bottle Shoppe on 2020-12-10. Date on can of 12/09/20. Pours cloudy with an inch of slightly off-white foam. Great retention. Aroma of tropical: mango and passion fruit (just not intense passion fruit if you have it fresh you know what I am talking about). Dank. Taste has similar traits to the aroma just subdued. Body is thin but there is a lot of carbonation trying to beef it up. Dry after initial juiciness. There is nothing wrong with this beer as there never is fro...read more

Overall Rating: 7.6 by 1 dude 100%

Double Charlatan

Maplewood Brewery & Distillery

American Imperial IPA

9.1 by scot

Purchased at Flight Bottle Shoppe on 2020-12-11. Date on can of 11/25/20. Pours clear (been a while since I have had a clear beer). Huge pure white foam covers. Thick lacing throughout. Aroma jumps out of the can and glass. Peach is huge. Orange and mango are there to add complexity. The taste of peach is huge and throughout. Once again orange and mango add depth. There is a carbonation bubble and spice bitterness to the finish. Big end of light body with average carbonation. Bone dr...read more

Overall Rating: 9.1 by 1 dude 100%

Morning Luau

Riverlands Brewing Company

American Imperial Porter

8.3 by scot

Purchased at Flight Bottle Shoppe on 2020-11-19. Date on can of 11/12/20. Pours opaque with an inch of mocha foam. Good retention for the style and for having coconut in the beer. No lacing. Aroma of cold brewed coffee, chocolate, and hints of coconut. Solid on the roast too. Taste is coconut and coffee up front. Roast starts to build in the middle along with hits of chocolate. The finish brings a combination of coffee and roast that then lingers, almost becoming bitter and creating a ro...read more

Overall Rating: 8.3 by 1 dude 100%

Neon Green Relish

Hop Butcher For The World

American IPA - Imperial New England (INEIPA)

9.0 by scot

Poured from a can purchased at Flight Bottle Shoppe on 2020-12-03. Date on can of 12/23/20. Pours cloudy with a frothy inch of white foam. Good retention. Ringed lacing throughout. Bright golden orange. Aroma is mango, papaya, cedar, green herbal, and pine. Taste of sweet papaya, mango, and cedar. The cedar lingers into the finish and is throughout. Hints of alcohol. Medium body with almost high end of carbonation. Dry. I love me some Sabro hops. The cedar flavor that it brings to m...read more

Overall Rating: 9.0 by 1 dude 100%

Beef Dipped

Hop Butcher For The World

American IPA - Imperial New England (INEIPA)

7.4 by scot

Purchased at Flight Bottle Shoppe on 2020-12-03. Date on can of 11/30/20. Pours cloudy with a huge white head. Recedes gingerly, frothing and becoming meringue as it meanders downwards. Aroma is sweet, ripe berries with dankness, and hints of grapefruit. Taste is sweet, dank. The middle is noted with pink grapefruit that really lingers, along with dankness, and possibly green hops to really build a bitterness in the finish. Definitely a greenness to the finish that lingers along with the ...read more

Overall Rating: 7.4 by 1 dude 0%

Bourbon Barrel-Aged Q.O.R.I.S. the Quasher Quadruple Oatmeal Imperial Stout

Hoppin' Frog Brewery

American Imperial Stout

5.8 by scot

Purchased at Flight Bottle Shoppe on 2020-10-08. Date on can states best by 08/12/23. Pours opaque with an inch of rich, dark mocha foam to cover. Foam quickly recedes. No lacing. Aroma is dark brown sugar richness. Bourbon, leather, and tobacco. Taste is rough around the edges. Alcohol is right up front and throughout. It is joined by brunt ash and smoke in the finish. The alcohol continues to burn down the throat. Light end of big body, maybe seeping into medium body. Light to med...read more

Overall Rating: 5.8 by 1 dude 0%

Volume To 11

Riverlands Brewing Company

American IPA - Imperial New England (INEIPA)

7.2 by scot

Purchased at Flight Bottle Shoppe on 2020-11-19. Date on can of 11/12/20. Pours cloudy with a couple of inches of slightly off-white foam. Retention is good with the top becoming rocky as it recedes. No lacing. Aroma of hop resin on the backend. Sweet orange, pineapple, grapefruit, and herbal. Taste of sweetness, orange, pineapple, grass, and herbal. There is an alcohol burn in the finish that lingers along with sweetness and resin. Light body with medium carbonation. Quite juicy but d...read more

Overall Rating: 7.2 by 1 dude 0%

Interocean

Hop Butcher For The World

American IPA - Imperial New England (INEIPA)

7.3 by scot

Purchased at Flight Bottle Shoppe on 2020-11-12. Date on can of 11/10/20. Pours cloudy with a half inch of white foam. Most of which quickly runs away to hide, leaving rings of lacing. Aroma is sweet orange with doses of tropical fruit, cantaloupe, and green/grass. Big on the sweetness. Taste is similar to the nose but I get more tropical flavors. There is also hints of alcohol in the finish that creates a sense of bitterness. Heavy end of light body as it gives me the feeling of being w...read more

Overall Rating: 7.3 by 1 dude 0%

Farmed Fresh

Hop Butcher For The World

American IPA - Imperial New England (INEIPA)

9.3 by scot

Purchased at Flight Bottle Shoppe on 2020-11-19. Date on can 11/17/20. Pours cloudy with over an inch of white foam. Recedes gracefully leaving thick, creamy lacing behind. Aroma of mango and resin. There is orange as well. Taste follows the nose completely. Mango is definitely the front runner. Resin and dank in the finish. Medium body with medium high carbonation. Dry. This has a well rounded flavor, finish, and aroma. This is one of the better beers that HB has put together lately...read more

Overall Rating: 9.3 by 1 dude 100%

Duchess the Elephant

Hop Butcher For The World

American IPA - Imperial New England (INEIPA)

9.0 by scot

Purchased at Flight Bottle Shoppe on 2020-11-05. Date on can of 11/02/20. Pours opaque with a finger of white foam. Fleeting foam does leave sticky, thick lacing behind. Aroma of bright lemon and orange; the citrus shines. In the background is ripe mango and papaya cocktail. Hints of herbal. Dank Taste is more ripe tropical fruits with the dankness taking it up a notch. Finishes with a surprising bitterness that may be more resin than anything. Burn of alcohol. Medium body with light ...read more

Overall Rating: 9.0 by 1 dude 100%