Bells Hopslam

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

[To Celebrate my 1500th rating - thanks for providing me with this Papsoe!] Hazy orange with huge off white long lasting head. Sweet fruity aroma with notes of melon, grapefruit and hops. Sweet flavor with loads of hops and notes of melon, grapefruit and carame. Soft mouthfeel and a very bitter end. Lovely!

Bottle. Malt, grapefruit and red berries in the aroma. tart flavor with grapefruit and red berries, pushing the firm oily hop character into the background. Soft, tasty, well balanced, still with a firm bitterness, especially in the aftertaste. Nice!

12 oz bottle poured into a snifter...Nice orange color w/ a one finger white head that lingered around and provided some film. The nose was fruity and hoppy. It smelled somewhat like white grape juice mixed with some citrus juice. Flavor was a terrific mix of caramel, citrus, and subtle spice....a little sweet a little bitter.The palate was oily, w/ a slightly bitter dry finish that quickly faded. AWESOME DIPA!

poured an orangish amber with about a larger head, that stayed as a film. Aroma was fresh fresh hops, like from the freezer in my garage, quite floram and spicy. Flavor was good, spicy, citrussy, with malt and alcohol really holding up. Well balanced IPA, but the flavor just wasn’t quite there, I enjoyed two-hearted more. mouthfeel was full and oily. A good beer, but I didn’t love it.

Bottle thanks to Drnk_McDermott. Pours a cloudy orange with a frothy white head. The aroma was just great; some fruity and ripe hops. The taste was initially not really bitter, instead it was a smooth and tasty malt with some sweet citrus. The finish is dominated by a lasting bitter hops, but not brutally bitter. Some honey also. Just pure goodness.

Well, let’s see what all the hype is about- 12 oz. bottle (Batch 8277) poured into tulip. Poured transparent dark copper orange, thin white ring around the glass for a head, aroma of citrus and floral hops. Hits the mouth with a defined medium body, hops are present throughout the tasting and even after swallow, finish is complete, slightly bitter, and has a slight honey note (go figure that one), alcohol is not noticeable at all. Color me unimpressed- it’s contemporaries (DFH 120, Avery’s Maharaja, Stone’s Ruination) are unique in their own ways, Hopslam seems a bit run of the mill for a double IPA. Major let down- you can purchase 2 6er’s of Two Hearted for nearly the same price as 1 6er of Hopslam back in Michigan when in season. Do that instead kids, and quit hyping things up.

JRerate: On tap at Barleys-Columbus OH. Nice hop nose. Sweet, hoppy, tangy, fruity and VERY fresh. Thick mouth. Very nice beer. just what we need-another review of this beer. Gold, no head. strong hop nose. Smooth taste not a hop bomb. Similar to 3 Floyds Dreadnaught. Nice beer.

Bottle: pours a dark amber color with a thin white head, sweet aroma of peaches and hops (though not overpowering, more subtle), taste is only slightly hoppy up front but the hops really come on in the finish, very nice DIPA. Glad I finally got my hands on one of these.