Bells Hopslam

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

Draft at Issac Newtons. Bottle thanks to Stoutlover72, Thanks for this awesome beer. Holy F’n smell. Very grapefruit, star ruby grapefruit smell. Fantatsic!!! Very cloudy look with thin head and stays till the end. Great flavor that may not be as good as the smell makes it out to be but whatever. Good mouthfell and slightly sticky. One of the best IIPA’s I’ve ever had! Very smooth and it’s balance is spooky*

Bottle from trade with OhioDad. Thanks Scott! Pours a hazy orange with lots of carbonation and beatiful white lacing. Earthy, floral and citric hop aroma-a lot of grapefruit. mmm. This is tasty. A bit of pine needles, more grapefruit, fresh chewy resinous hops, and a sharp and efficient malt backbone. A great double ipa with very nice balance. I like hop heavy IIPA’s and this one does it just right. This is wonderful stuff.

Bottle courtesy of cmr1517. Pours a hazy amber color with a minimal head - decent lacing. Nose is sweet malt and citrus hops. Palate is grapefruit, pine, malt and a slight honey aftertaste. Mouth feel was a lot thicker and creamier than expected. A really nice IIPA.

12oz bottle Batch 7741 courtesy of mreusch- A medium amber body with a nice white head and has a nice aroma of citrus, hops, and grapefruit. Taste of hops and more hops with a nice bitterness on the back end. A great tasting IIPA.

From a 12 oz. bottle with a short blurb and batch number on the back label, 7690, packaged on Oct.26.06, sampled after few hours in the refrigerator in a chalice. Poured a cloudy golden orange with a fluffy, foamy white head that slowly settled into a thin creamy lacing, small amount of ringed sticking. The aroma of American DIPA heaven, pine resins, floral leafiness and grapefruity and a subtle caramel in the background along with small whiffs of alcohol. Good, even and steady carbonation, and a crisp, hop slick, creamy smooth light bodied mouthfeel. Delicious hop taste without being a complete taste bud killers, only a slight numbing of the tongue, grapefruit juicy along with the a little rind, piney with a little oiliness, a subtle floral leafiness, the hop bitterness is actually pretty soft. but has a rolling, lingering presence in the palate, the alcohol is well masked, lightly warming and makes a brief flash in the taste towards the end, and a dryish light caramel malty and hoppy finish. A tasty and balanced DIPA from Bell’s, dangerously quaffable, I wish this was available in Illinois, but sadly, not.

Pours deep orange with a fully receding foamy off-white head. Aroma of oranges, grapefruit, and tangerine. Tastes of orange juice, resinous citric hops, bitter acids. Mouthfeel is full bodied, resinous with moderate carbonation. I love Bells, and I am admittedly not a hophead, but this certainly is unique. Even though I really didn’t enjoy this beer, good job Bells. I would like to cellar this beer, just to see what remains after a few years.

Whoa..Damn this is a hop lovers dream! My Euro friends would laugh at this, then I would exclaim that its for an American’s taste, and they don’t understand. Cloudy orange, head is gone quickly. Sticky on the lips, hop bomb that turns into a nice grapefruit flavor. it is a Hopslam, if you’re looking fo a balanced beer this isn’t it, but for a hophead like me, its great. Thanks to Duane for the bottle!

Awesome double IPA, copper color with a thick off-white head, great lacing around the glass, huge hoppy nose with notes of pine, citrus & bread, medium-full body, very smooth & drinkable, creamy texture with flavors of bitter hops, citrus, yeast & just a touch of alcohol, warming finish with more bitter & dry hops, a bit more alcohol in the aftertaste as well, fantastic beer