Bells Hopslam

Poured a mellow amber color with a thick head. A strong hop aroma with a hint of honey. A strong but smooth hop flavor due to the taste of honey. Finishes very smooth for a high alcohol beer and lacks the unpleasant bitter aftertaste of some hoppy beers. An excellent beer for hop heads everywhere.

This is a very hoppy beer that does not sacrifice complexity and balance to bring you some fantasic bitterness and hop flavors. In other words it’s not a cascade bomb. I very much enjoyed this dry and bitter ale, with hints of fruitness and just a touch of sweet flavor. The aroma however was the best part for me, it was just fantasic with bits of grass, flowers, and lovley hops.

Bottle 355ml
Appearance: Clear , bright gold-amber ale. Rocky, fragmented head on top.
Nose :Fresh west hop aroma, citrus with malt base , fresh clean in its character. Good straightforward hop aroma. 7+
Flavor/Palate : Full bodied , one dimensional hop feel. Leaf-e wet in character. Golden clean malts are present but the they are slammed by hops.

Aroma is a massive orangey hops sensation, decent malt says hey as well, deep amber, medium sized custard head. Flavour has orange tones from the hops, malt is well placed too. Medium bodied, balance, alcohol isn’t apparent. Terrific! Thank You Radek Kliber.

Re-rate 1/18/09. This years batch just hit the shelves here so this stuff is fresh. Golden-orange color, moderate head that settles to a thin film and yields some blotchy lacing. Massive hoppy aroma, loads of grapefruit and some pine as well. Huge hoppy flavor, not surprising based on the aroma, and overall this is very tropical, grapefruit, orange peel, lemon, mango. I wouldn’t classify it as easy drinking or smooth this go around as this is quite puckery but that’s the way it should be. The West Coast rules the hoppy beers but here’s an East Coast IIPA which can stand up to most of those as far as quality goes. Original Rating: This is one fine beer. Pours a clear light orange color with a medium sized head. A wonderful grapefruit hoppy aroma. The flavor is grapefruit hops with a good amount of sweet fruitiness and maybe some caramel. Bitter, dry with a pretty clean finish considering the style. This has got to be the smoothest beer with this much alcohol I have ever had. I have got to get more of this stuff!

It is good stuff.....just not like the IPA’s that we get in cali.......I found it lacking in hop complexity...why can’t all the IPA’s be california IPA’s(sung to the tune of the beach boys) ok I just moved to wisco....and tried a better/fresher bottle....it is not quite as good as the elder.....but wow I mistook this beer as not the real thing....damn fucking good...guava and passionfruit/grapefruity hop flavor...dangerously drinkable for the abv....going to drink the shit out of this while it is fresh....

Lovely bright golden pour with long-lasting head and lacing. Aromatic bouquet includes a whack of honeydew and sundry fruity esters as well as rosemary and other aromatic herbs. Firm, gentle, silky body. Not a hop assault. Batch 8277. Smooth and delicious, no sharp edges, no tacky sweetness, not chewy, alcohol barely detectable. Inviting and deeply satisfying. Great beer, Thanks McBackus for the bottle.

This is much better than Three Floyd’s Alpha king. The honey is detectable, and gives this brew a uniqueness. A super IPA X2. A lot like Stone’s Ruination IPA only with a lot more alcohol kick. I have cellared a case of this stuff. It will be heavenly after a year or two !!