Bells Hopslam

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

Bottle from Sprinkle. Light amber pour. Aroma is sweet and hoppy. Kind of fruity as well. SWeet hoppy flavors. Unlike the type of 2IPAs Iget out west. Well balanced with just a little too much sweet. Alcohol is very well hidden.

Pours orange/amber, off white head. Aroma, floral hops. Taste, super hoppy, floral/pine with lots of alcohol. Leaves a nice fruity and honey presence. Just not a big fan of extreme hoppy beers.

12 oz. bottle courtesy of a trade with Sephiroth. Pours a cloudy orange gold with a thin white head that faded to a white film after two sips and left a very thin coating of lace after each sip. Very pleasant floral aroma with some notes of citrus as well. I was very happy not to get hit with the usual grapefruit and pine aromas of some uber-hopped beers. The flavor was well balanced between sweet caramel malt and bitter citrusy hops. Sharply bitter, but thankfully not acrid. The alcohol was very well hidden. Well done.

hazy straw colored pour thick off white head nice lacing. Great aroma light malts (carmel) lots of sweet hops strawberries & tropical fruits, very nice stuff. Palate is well coated lightly creamy. Flavor is some hop w/ a touch of spice lots of fruit strawberries mostly some grass & a dry finish. Very good stuff.

from a shared 12 oz bottle. Orange/light amber in color. Aroma is grapefruit, orange, some pineapple like hints. Taste is citrus, grapefruit and orange, even some mango thrown in. A light to moderate amount of bitterness throughout the taste and slightly lingers in the finish. Bittering is lower than other commercial DIPA’s that I have had, but the sweet fruit qualities of the malt and hops together really blend nicely together. I am thinking a bit like Oskar Blues Gordon, but better. I would like to get my hands on more of this.

12oz bottle-pours orange with tons of yeast floaties-definately taking away from the appearance here. Its good to see its bottle conditoined, but this is not the best appearance for shure. awesome fresh hop cone nose-floral, citric, coconut, tropical fruits. very pleasant. flavors are citric, with lots of hops, but not overly bitter-nice sweetness, but not cloying like some IIPA’s. some light pine and grapefruit, but definately a more citric IIPA. body is very pleasant and lush with mild carbonation. This is definately a top notch IIPA and i cant wait to sample the rest of my 6 pack. I will be revisiting this one along the way

Deeply hazed gold, thin creamy white head. Nose was chock full of crushed pine needle, grapefruit and orangey notes, and just a slight touch of toasty sweet malt. Flavor is straight up hop juice tones of grapefruit, florals, and grass. Starts slightly sweet, but blasts you with a moderate bitterness from start to finish. Full bodied, soft carbonation and smooth, bitter finish. Without a doubt, this will get you a hop fix. Great brew! Thanks for the hookup Eyedrinkale...

12 oz bottle thanks to my Secret Santa. Lots of fresh hop aromas. citrus and fruit. Flavor was very similar with a nice fresh hop finish. Very very citrusy. Nice bitter hop character. Very Yummy.