Bells Hopslam

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

Bottle thanks to ucusty. Bottle marked 8277. Pours with a small white head covering a hazy orange body. Some good lacing. Aroma of citrus hops (mainly orange), and a large caramel back bone. Taste is very malty (drinking a winter bottle in the summer). and some slightly orange hops in the finish. Creamy mouthfeele lively bubbles. Would not age too well.
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Batch 8907. Pours with a huge, fluffy off-white head with tight bubbles. Clear golden body underneath with a few particles. Great lace and retention. Aroma is quite strong and room filling. Pungent with pine, melon and honey. Alcohol and caramel on closer inspection. Dank C-hops. Taste is big and hoppy with orange and citrus bitterness up front and through the mid palate. Finishing with lingering notes of honey, caramel and floral hops. Silky mouthfeel. Really good!

Bottle courtesy of hopscotch. Pours a hazy light orange color with floaties and a thin white head. Superb aroma of resinous and citrusy hops. The beer leaves a dry feeling in the mouth, there’s a solid flavor of resinous and citrusy hops with a decent malt backbone and a bitter finish. The body has a light to medium thickness with a creamy texture and moderate carbonation. I love IPAs and Imperial IPAs, Bell’s does those style with extreme effectiveness, hopslam is a testament to the brewery’s talent.

Bottled. The aroma has pine, grapefruits and aprikot. hazy, orange coloured with an off-white head. The taste is bitter with a little malty sweetness. There is pine, some grapefruit and aprikot. For an IPA the balance is good. Crisp, refreshing mouthfeeel.

This brew is a hazy orange/amber color with a medium thick cream-colored head that dissipates slowly. Thick coating of lace on the entire glass. Huge grapefruity hops in the nose, along with a touch of sweet malt. Medium-bodied with a rich hoppy character that is full of zesty citrus and some pine. The alcolhol is well-hidden but you can tell it is there. Some sweet malt and fruit flavors are underneath as well. The finish is nicely bitter and lasting, retaining the citrusy hops feel. Not one of the "punch you in the face" IIPAs but very good in its own right.

In short: A sweet, alcoholised and intensely juicy hopped American IIPA.
How: Bottle 12oz, fresh, from tertons, thanks a lot Nelson!
The look: Clear dark-golden body topped by a medium white head
In long: Nose of grapefruit, citrus, pine-tree and caramel. Somewhat sweet, sweetness got a bit annoying after a single bottle. Quite a bit of honey and oily caramel. This thing has a ton of hops but almost felt unbalanced towards the malt sweetness. Interesting complex hops profile with flavours of citrus, grapefruit, pine-tree and more… Alcohol somewhat apparent. A splendid IIPA from Kalamazoo, a city that is a lot more fun to pronounce than it is to visit.

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.

This beer had such a massive amount of citrus hops it felt like one of those vitamin C tablets you let desolve in your mouth. Massive orange pithy taste with an acidic citrus finish. Some nice tropical fruit notes develop as well, hints of mango and grapefruit. I’m amazed you don’t taste any excess alcohol on this one, I didn’t realize the ABV was so high. I’m not sure they could have found a way to put enough malt sweetness in this one to counter the citric burn, this one will really stick to your palate, so don’t plan on drinking much afterwards.

12-oz., courtesy the generous crackings of BitBucket. Pours a nice medium-dark copper with a fairly thin, bubbly/sudsy white head that wanders off after a while. Big nose of orange and grapefruit, very Simcoeish. Some pine in there as well. Lovely nose. Assertive (if not insane) attack: medium high body, active carb, big bold hop flavors (there’s that citrus and pine again). Some sweet caramel malt goodness but nothing too competitive; this is the hops’ serve and few IIPA malt volleys are big enough to break it. Tingly, lingering sweet-bitter finish. Great balance and structure throughout. Wonderful stuff. Wish I could drink it all the time.