Bells Hopslam

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

Pours hazy dark orange with white frothy head. Big hit of hops and citrus. Sweetness to balance the high alcohol. A nice beer.

Pours a deep orange. Wreaks of floral and citrus hops. Some sweet sticky notes as well. Taste is a overwhelming rush of citrus and sweet caramel. Some hints of honey. Mouthfeel is very full, chewy. Awesome awesome beer. Tops on my IIPA list.

12oz bottle, thanks to beernbourbon. Resinous hop aroma full of spruce, citrus and flowers, there is a faint malty aroma as well. Slightly murky amber/orange with a very small off white head. Sharp bitter flavor that finishes sweet. Medium bodied with a soft carbonation and a dry alcohol finish. Very well balanced Imperial IPA, wish this was available in Alaska.

From a 12 oz bottle obtained from Eric in Indiana via a trade this poured a an orange color with a robust off-white head and really thick lacing. The nose on this is powerful and full of citrus and pine hops. The mouthfeel is amazingly rich and smooth, sort of along the line of olive oil. Flavors are a very good balance between malst and hops, with a long bitter finish. A simply sublime DIPA.

Dear God- Thank you. Respectfully submitted, Nick. I’m dead serious, this by far my favorite beer. The genius at Bells Brewery who invented this beer deserves whatever he desires. If I could ship this beer back in time, I bet I could encourage our founding fathers to build a time machine into the future.

Red orange (about an 11 on the Lovibond scale? I happen to have one in front of me as I rate, ha) with a large off-white head that is slowly but mostly diminishing. Humid sweet and citric hop aroma - peaches and grapefruit - very pleasant, puckering and heavy. Highly bitter, moderately sweet malt flavor, loads of tingling pine resin and sticky sweet caramel malts. Cool, tongue-numbing finish. Bitterness hides the alcohol quite well, but you can still get a hint of alcoholic burn at the immediate end of the flavor profile. Superb double IPA.

Bottle, The Den, Kalamazoo. Dark orange colour, off-white head. A pine-hop bomb from the aroma along with grapefruits. Flavour of bitter pine and flowery hops, with sweet malts. Starts very bitter and ends balanced with a long bitter-sweet freshness. Amazing beer.

Got this one in a BA trade (thanks mflick). I know it was a bit "faded" or "past-peak," but it was still awesome. Pours a nice golden-amber with a white head and good lacing. Floral and citrusy hop aroma jumps out in your face from the get-go along with sweet malt. Flavor is sweet malt and honey followed by citrusy hops. Incredibly balanced. Smooth palate with hoppy oiliness. One of the best there is.