Bells Hopslam

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

Cloudy, with an orange yellow hue. White small head that mostly diminished, poor lacing, visible carbonation. Nose was sweet, bitter, grapefruit, pineapple, and very hoppy. Flavour was thin, sweet, bitter, very hoppy and a somewhat lingering hoppy aftertaste. Mouthfeel was hoppy and thin. Medium body. Truly is a hopslam to the throat.

Pours a hazy yellow, orange color with a fluffy white head. Aroma is floral citrus hops with some malt background. Flavor is real bitter, spicy, grapefruit hops.

Bottle, poured into imperial pint. From the pour, this looks delicious. Cloudy yellow orange pour. Smallish head with some layering. Aroma is hop (of course) but catch some grassiness and citrus in there too. Taste is an expression of the aroma, with fabulous body. The taste had almost a cask quality to it. Just a ton of complexity in the taste, from initial to finish, where there is a nice bitterness. I was shocked to see 9.5% on this one, since I did not at any point detect alcohol. In fact, I had two of these quite easily. As mentioned by others, this is a dangerous brew.

(BONUS BREW FROM SLIFFY.THANKS MAN)pours a thick apricot juice like looking body.(alot like kerns)not much head.aroma is apricot,oranges,pine,and ice tea.flavor is a rush of hops.(or a "hopslam")pine needles,apricots,oranges,grapefruit....its all there.pretty bitter finish.nice brew overall.

Small white head, looks good, fair retention and a thin stringy lace. Hazy, orangey copper colored ale. Fairly aggressive nose, fruity, tropical, melony and some bubblegum notes as well. Body is medium, palate is lightly oily, a hint resiny. Plenty of hop flavors! Fruity, peaches, pears, grapefruit, light notes of pine and some burnt wiring and a hint pineappley. Malts are hidden in the big hop bill but appear as light caramel notes peaking threw. Finish is lightly sweet and hoppy with a fair bite. Props to my Secret Santa for this one!

12oz Bottle pours out a hazy light copper topped with a off white head. GREAT power aroma on the HOPS and citrus. A GREAT Double.

So I’m casually checking out what my local place with 16-20 taps (Isaac Newton’s) has and I realize they have this beauty on tap - one I’ve been trying to get my hands on for awhile. So I rush out with growler in hand. I hope a case of this happens to land in my local store, but in the mean time I’m psyched to try another highly rated beer from one of my top 4 or 5 favorite breweries (albeit, only about an hour after trying a great Pizza port IPA). Sounds like a challenge/treat for my hop lovin’ palate. Nice looking copper/caramel color with medium sized foamy head. Sweet floral hop aroma with substantial sugary malt goodness in the nose. Sweet and sticky hop flavor is wonderful! Tastes from bitter to sweet roll across the tongue in a fantastic tasting brew! Sweet malts mix with wonderful hop taste. This is probably the smoothest DIIPA I’ve had and I just want more. Bells Rules!

From a 12 oz bottle obtained from Eric in Indiana via a trade this poured a an orange color with a robust off-white head and really thick lacing. The nose on this is powerful and full of citrus and pine hops. The mouthfeel is amazingly rich and smooth, sort of along the line of olive oil. Flavors are a very good balance between malst and hops, with a long bitter finish. A simply sublime DIPA.