Bells Hopslam

Bottled (from Cracked Kettle). Deep orangeish golden colour, mediumsized white fluffy head. Aroma is huge fruity and floral hops along with rather sweet alcoholic notes as well as some slight notes of mild cookies and bisquits as well. Flavour is big time the same in a rather crisp and biting way. Flavour is really wellbalanced for being such a bomb, also hides the alcohol very well in the flavour.

One of my favorite, if not my favorite, beers of all time. (2008) Oh man... there is a market out there for silly hop-infested beers for the wacky hopheads out there, but when something like this is so perfectly and deliciously balanced, it deserves supreme credit! (2009) Got some of this years batch... simply AMAZING.

Bottle from the good folks of Hopcat. Pours a dark amber/orange with a big, creamy tan head. Leaves plenty of sticky lacing. Aroma is massive of citrus, floral hops and resin, some brown sugar and caramel balances it out nicely. Flavour is big, loads of grapefruit, pine and resin, very bitter, with some malt to hold the raging bitterness in check. Medium body, lively carbonated. Feels sticky and sugary, but in a good way. A good one.

A very dark orange golden color with a big creamy, frothy, off-white head emerges from the bottle when pouring. Aroma is a lot lighter than I was expecting but still a good strength. A perfect melding of citrus, pine and floral hops with a heavy undertone of sweetness from the caramel malt. Flavors are very smooth with a very piny hop note hitting first, followed up by an orange citrus and sweet caramel malt note, a grapefruit citrus moves in towards the end giving with a slightly acidic bit and finishes with a slight dryness that puckers the tongue. Density is fantastic with the brew, carbonation is a moderate rate Overall a fantastic brew with a great sweet malty presence and a full bouquet of hops that spans almost every range of flavors from hops.

Pours golden amber with a small off white head. Aroma is citrusy, piney hops with a little bit of tropical fruit. Flavor is big bitter citrusy hops with an amazing floral bouqet and fruity notes. Always a favorite.

Aroma of large amount of hops and potent grapefruit and citrus. Similar flavor with the addition of a slight caramel flavor. Very well balanced complex character and very good, but I don’t have any other Double IPA’s to compare it to.

Bottle at Akkurat, Stockholm
Golden color; big solid head, leaving a nice lace behind. The aroma is original, like fresh cream, then the hops of course, extremely fruity, grapefruit overall. It has a strong toffee flavor, with just some required sweetness; the most interesting side here is an original cookie flavor; as in the aroma, the hop shows a very good grapefruit presence. Strong final, well balanced, still with some residual sweetness to complement the fruity hops; there is also a light cheese character.
This beer has many interesting sides, more original than the average Double IPA. Excellent.

2009 Bottle @ Cracked Kettle. Amber/Orange with white head. Hoppy hoppy hoppy sweet fruity grapefruit citrus nice balance.