Bells Hopslam

Bottle thanks to Bobby91w, thanks so much my friend! Pours a very nice golden orange with a smallish white head that falls off quickly to a thin white lace ring around the Leffe chalice it’s in. Aroma is citrus, honey and some pine. Flavor is huge hops, pine, caramel, honey, slight malt with a very piney long bitter finish. Very nice beer. This one will stay on the most wanted list.

Wow what a great beer. this has to be one of the best beers on the face of the earth. God bless Larry Bell for coming up with this recipe. What a great aroma. what a great finish and what a great beer...A+++++++++++

Bottle into red wine glass. Thanks Uwftke26! Pours the color of polished copper, a glowing hazy gold-orange, with foamy moderate off-white head that fades quickly. Nose is grapefruit rinds and a big floral note, almost herbal. All hops, with a bit of sweet caramel malt behind trying to break through. A bit of piney astringency as well. Big and bold on the tongue, carbonation may be a touch aggressive. Some caramel up front, underneath a slightly astringent big, heavy rind-like citrus bitterness. both aspects seem to grow towards the finish, the caramel getting bigger and more intense and the astringent hop note pairing with the citrus to really explode on the swallow. A bit of alcohol heat comes through as well. Finish is long, bitter. Mouthfeel is fairly sharply carbonated, a bit syrupy. Overall, disappointed in this one. Granted, this one isn’t quite fresh - but the big flavors seemed a bit disjointed, and lacking in complexity and subtlety. The huge sweetness coupled with the piney astringency was a bit much in this one. Would have like for the massive sweetness to have been toned down just a bit.

On tap @ WOB. Aroma will knock you on the floor. grapefruit, honey, and hops flavor. ABV is masked by the wonderful taste. Overall the best Double IPA i’ve had yet.

Just able to get this in IL again. First bottle. Pours bright orange. The aroma blew me away. Big fruity hops with a little pine. Mouth feel is medium, which is just about perfect for a double ipa. A bit sweeter and not as bitter as I expected, but it is incredible! Well worth the wait.

12oz bottle from Willow Bend Liquors in Lutz, FL. Pours a cloudy golden-yellow with a thin white head. Aroma is alot of grapefruit, some honey, and other hops. Flavor is mostly sugared grapefruit, honey, and some bitter hops...Not nearly as bitter as I expected. Nice sweet, bitter aftertaste. Very smooth. Medium mouthfeel. This is really good...but not as good as Two Hearted in my opinion.

The aroma sucks you in, and the taste (from first touch of the tongue through aftertaste) does not disappoint. Definitely a sipping beer, but simply delicious.

PPWD Trade Show. This was the only Bells that I had not previously tried that they had there. I think that the name says it all. You taste and then a couple seconds later you get hit with what can only be described as a Hopslam. Great beer if you like the hops.