Two Heads is located on Piper Street Bathurst NSW. Nick lived on this street and won the first ever home brew competition – this hoppy beer sitting between a pale and a IPA is the result of his collab with this brewery.
Poured into a shaker glass we see an IPA looking colour – burnt orange which is hazy with some carbonation seen. Head disappears quickly leaving just a rim on the glass. Aroma is Devine. Nice caramel malts, with juicy pine and mandarin. There are tropical aromas of sweet mango, some passion fruit, and stone fruits like apricot and some peach. Very impressive. First sip is even better. Bitterness is very restrained on the palate and just glides down with minimal carbonation. More flavours of caramels, pine, peach, mandarin. It actually reminds us of a Balter IPA in a way. We notice 6.4% Alc vol and think wow. Hard to detect. The more we drink we just love the piney dry finish and the fruity, spicy, hoppy mild to moderate body that has a nice malty finish on the palate. Very smooth and easy to drink. There is some lacing on the glass. We feel this is certainly in the category of an IPA. Nice use of hops with a judicious bitterness. A touch more bitterness and this would easily rival the top shelf around. We like what we see here. Tasty drop.