Bells Hopslam

Bottle..Batch 8907... I love the aroma of this beer..the apricot/grapefruit aroma was so intense yet pleasurable that i sat and smelled this beer for a good 5 min just enjoying the armoma...the sweet intense flavor with the power of the hops were a real treat..buy this beer..enjoy

Tap @ Jupiter Beerfest. Wow, was this good! Aroma had moderate amounts of roasted and caramel for the malt, heavy pine, grapefruit and perfume for the hops, light broth for the yeast, with mixed berries in the background. Head is average size, frothy, white with good lacing and is mostly lasting. Color is sparkling clear dark amber. Flavor started lightly sweet and acidic and the finish was long with light sweetness and moderate amounts of acidity and bitterness. Palate is medium, oily, with a lively carbonation and a lightly astringent finish. An awesome DIPA, one of my favorites. So why the hell can’t we find this in FL? Time to step up production? Follow up: Vine and Barley in PSL has this on tap, and even better than out of a bottle.

Orange-copper colour with athin head. Aroma is citrus hop, buttery maltiness. Flavour was again citrus and lighter herbal/floral hop. Paler malt tones, medium bodied bit not imparting a lot of discernable malt sweetness. Slightly sticky, herbal bitterness and honey like in the finish.

Bottle thanks to MrChopin. Batch 8277. Hazy dark orange pour with a finger of white foam. Butterscotch and caramel malt aromas with hints of citrus and honey, big grapefruit citrus hop aroma. Taste is sweet, honey, crystal malt and a nice bitter finish of citrus and grapefruit hops. This bottle is a year old and a bit maltier than I expect new stuff is but still fantastic.

TAP: at The Bulldog Lowertown (St. Paul, MN) on 1.25.09. A rich gold/orange pour, not murky. Moderate head with some lacing. Citrus and hop on the nose, but not overpowering. Hops are well balanced, but come on strong at the end. Great taste, full mouthfeel.

Draught at Flannigan’s. Poured in tulip glass with reasonably moderate head. Aroma strong of hops, grapefruit and a few other mild citrus tones. Taste of grapefruit with a bitter bite at the end. Slightly salty taste due to the high ibu profile. Very little alcohol bite. extremely well-balanced. By far one of the best IPA’s.

Bottle pour cloudy orange with a small white head. Very aromatic, herbal, citrus, and grassy. Flavor hops, hops, and the more hops. Aroma has much more character than the palate. Some hints of caramel, citrus, and pine. Alcohol is well hidden and not overly bitter.

Batch 8277, with a year on it, which I slightly preferred to the fresh batch consumed at the same time. Hazy orange pour. A moderate white head leaves a generous lacing. Floral honeyed aroma, hops and sweet fruits are balanced. Flavor is similar, hops are more floral than citric, sweet honey elements dominate, a bitterness like grapefruit zest is present, as are juicy-fruit and yeasty elements. On the palate, creaminess and a fieriness like crystallized ginger are perfectly harmonized.