Bells Hopslam

(bottle) Hazy orange beer with a medium off-white head. Sweet, refreshing hop aroma - citrus, grapefruit, floral, grass, peach - strong and aromatic.. Grapefruit, hope flavor with orange. Very bitter, but balanced and smooth. Medium, slightly oily body.

Bottle. Poured a clear syrupy apricot color with medium carbonation that mellowed away into some nice lacing. Aroma of vanilla, honey and hops. Flavor of hops, grapefruit, sugar and some noticeable alcohol. Finished was a bit too abrasive for my preference, but a solid DIPA nonetheless.

Not quite as hoppy as the hype but the hops is for sure there. Poured very amber in color, almost red. Very bitter but the honey (or other sweetner) compliments the bitter very well. Probably has the best after taste of any DIPA I have had to date. I was expecting to be knocked on the floor from what I have heard. Though I did not fall I still recommend this beer to try.

Trying not to "rate the hype". Bottle poured into a pint. Poured a hazy orangy amber, with a small but fluffy head. The smell was hops - resin with a background of citrus. The mouthfeel was thick but less than expected, the spice of the hops immediately began to tingle my mouth. The spicy pine flavor of the hops hit before the grapefruit/blood orange citrus and it stayed that way. It finished thinner than expected, and I was lost for a descriptor for the spice lingering until I saw ginger described in another review. That’s the finish. A fine big bruising DIPA, though lacking a little in finesse.

On tap at Jerry’s in Chicago. I normally don’t like double IPA’s, but this one was excellent. complex flavors of grapefruit and orange.

355 mL. Pours a translucent light orange with a fluffy, off-white head that settles down. Not too much lacing. Aromas of wet hops, some tropical fruit, grapefruit, orange peel, white sugar. Taste is beautifully smooth and not too heavy with lots of grapefruit, citrus hops, orange blossom honey, and some butter. Rich and slightly oily on the palate but finishes clean with a quick spicy and acidic bite akin to ginger. Very easy to enjoy. Overall very well balanced for the amount of hops dumped into the vats. 10% abv is masterfully hidden. Awesome.

12 oz bottle. Pours a hazy golden orange with tight, dissipating light head. Monstrous citrusy nose, blood oranges and grapefruit rind with a healthy dose of bubblegum sweetness. Sweet and spritzy on the palate with a nice syrupy quality, starting with more citrus rind before a honeyed sweetness fills the mouth, only to be dominated by a resiny coating of alpha acids. Ends slowly with a puckering, lengthy herbal bitterness. Another stellar beer from Bells.

very good beer, i tasted this and founders double trouble today with hopslam going to 17.99/six same as troubles 11.99/four i preferred the founders.