Bells Hopslam

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

12 oz bottle-pours a rich white head that laces and gold color. Aroma is great, sweet pine/resin, some medium malt. Tastes is nice sweet pine/resin hops, bitter follows, then some light/medium malt and sugar. Slightly syrupy and medium body. Thanks to emacgee for picking this out.

Amber pour with a white, fading head. Huge floral and grassy hop aroma. Some citrus and caramel in the nose as well. The flavor is dominated by hops, mostly floral and grassy, with the bittering hops bringing up the rear. The malt character is just enough to keep the hops from being oppressive. The carbonation is strong and helps to distribute the massive flavor. This is the real deal if you are looking for a beer that delivers giant hops without being a novelty brew. Great effort and well worth trying.

Bottle. Pours golden-orange and very slightly hazy. Pretty off-white head that quickly fades to a island of filmy bubbles. The aroma is honey, citrus and flowers, and is just about the greatest thing ever. The taste is bitter, but not shockingly so, and nicely balanced by the biscuity sweet malt. Slightly oily body, little in the way of fizziness. As it warms, the alcohol makes its presence known despite being initially muted. Just a lovely, lovely thing.

Pungent and refreshing aroma, with the over the top hop flavor we crave, a crystal sunset color, and completely satisfying finish on the palate. Hop lovers in our region count the days for this seasonal, and no other hop beer comes close. If you don’t like hops, rating this beer is meaningless. IPA’s are in a class of their own. But, if you love the Imperial IPA range of beers-- HOPSLAM is the final answer to your inner hop yearning!

Bottle. Pours a hazy golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is grapefruit, lemon peel, and pine. Flavor is honey and lots of hop bitterness. This may be an old bottle because the hops don’t taste particularly fresh. This just seems like it’s missing something to me. Mouthfeel is kind of disappointing as well, it just feels thick and clumsy and not at all refreshing. This one’s kind of a bummer.

Bottle from Lonetree. Clear orange with a fizzy white head. Grapefruit caramel and toffee aroma and taste with some nice sticky citrus notes to the finish. Great brew.

Pours amber with white head. Aroma is ridiculous hoppy strawberries. Amazing. Flavor is more delicious hops and strawberries with a sweet sugary component and a bitter but clean finish. Dry but delicious. Hop head delight.

Bottle from Archer Liquor. Batch 8907. Copper amber color with a frothy off-white head. Genuine cat piss aroma. Well, could be grapefruit. Medium body with creamy carbonation and hop burn. The oil is strong. Theres a lot of floral/citrus over some caramel. Honey? This is really super stuff. Finishes floral, mildly bitter and incredibly incredible.