Bells Hopslam

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

Bottle. A unclear orange beer with a dense orange head. The aroma is nicely hoppy with notes of citrus, alfaacid, grass, and grapefruit. The flavor is also very hoppy with notes of grapefruit - which makes it very acidic, combined with more subdued notes of caramel. The hops gives it a dry and rather bitter end, and the body is quite powerful.

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of JCapriotti. Pours a very cloudy amber with a small, off-white head. Extremely fresh aroma of pine needles and peaches - some really great esters up there. Medium body with some sweet caramel, but otherwise completely dominated by the excellent aroma hops that don’t leave any excessive bitterness. Lovely indeed. 291206

Bottled at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Pale amber, no head. Enormously powerful lychee-like hop aroma. Fairly sweet wih it’s of caramelly maltto balance out the massive hop content, Like hop juice, but pleasantly soft, weaving a cottony fabric of hops around my tongue. Despite everything it still feels nicely drinkable. Very American and very good. One of the most aromatic beers ever.

ZBF2008@RB table: 12 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy slight brown and with a lacing white head. Solid pine hops aroma, full caramel malt base. Solid bitter hops and caramel malt flavour. Dense flavour and with a lingering pine note into the finish. Lovely.

Bottle. [Thanks to ????] @ <a href=http://ratebeer.com/events-detail.asp?eventID target=_new> Zythos Bier Festival 2008, Sint Niklaas, Belgium. Unclear medium orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, heavy hoppy, pine, grape, orange - pineapple. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (010308)

Bottle, 10% at ZBF08. Very nice caramelly aroma. Good hoppiness. Nicely caramelly flavour, burning hops in back of throat. Good sweetness. 8 3 8 3 18

Bottle at Alvinne pre-ZBF09. Good caramelly hop aroma. Hazy golden colour. Very small white head. The flavour is nicely caramelly with a little sweetness. Good hop bite. Sweet, grassy and biting. 8 3 8 3 18

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.

Bottle. Hazy orange coloured with a white head. Aroma of hops, pine needles and fruits. Flavour of fruits, grape fruits, pine needles and hops. Long dry hoppy finish.