Bells Hopslam

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

Hazy orange pour with white lace head that coats the glass. The aroma is absolutely enticing! Sweet chewy hops. The flavor matches wonderfully. I don’t want to write, I just want to drink more! Why or WHY can’t bells ship to NY. A phenomenally tasty beer.

2007 edition. Draft at Dilly Deli in Cincinnati,OH. Oh I liked this a lot! Has a huge hop aroma for such a big beer - 10%. The citrus hop aroma and flavor is just bursting throughout. The 70 IBU rating seems a little low for an IPA@, but there is more to a great beer than IBU, late addition flavor/aroma hops contibute greatly to a beer without affecting the IBUs all that much. This beer will warm your heart and soul. GREAT JOB BELL’S!!!

Nice full body with a pristine head. The smell if of grapefruit and grass. The taste is full with a bit of an alcohol bite. Very good IPA.

The aroma is sweet white grapes and lementine oranges. I can smell it from a few feet away! Pours a syrupy golen color body with a nice small off-white head. Flavor starts off with the same sweet grape/citrus as in the nose. This is quicky followed up with a more bitter hop tase that’s very grassy/piney and a good bit of earthy lemons coiming back in the finish. When this first came out I bought 2 and drank one, which I was’nt overly impressed with. The second of the two is the one I’m rating. It’s been cellared for about a year.

06 Version from thebeercellar. Thanks again. Wow. Still has tons of hops in it. I can’t wait to try one fresh. Cloudy orange with a muted white head. The aroma is very grapefruity with some elements of pine. The flavor is so balanced. Full of malty sweetness and lingering hoppy bitterness. Stunningly sticky, I finished it ten minutes ago and it is just now leaving my mouth. 1/26/08 Fresh bottle, thanks Ty. The aroma and flavor are much more bold. Still very balanced. Delightful. I would love to have access to this all the time. 2/9/08 Second bottle from Ty. Worth upping the score a bit. The only beer I’ve had that has more straight up grapefruit smell and taste than Sweetwater’s IPA. Damn, what a great beer. I wish I had more access to this.

Thanks to Peter for this bottle. Pours a dirty burnt orange with a slight small, but ever lasting head and lacing. Wonderful aroma. Notes of pineapple, grapefruit, lemon and pine, but there’s some caramel, biscuits, and sugar there too. Taste is equally balanced with a strong malt taste of biscuits, caramel, and sugar. Hop flavor is wonderful and significantly less bitter than I expected. Tons of lemony/orangy/ hop flavor. The bitterness in the finish is strong, but not compared to others in the style. There’s a well rounded piney wood aftertaste, and the malt presence still lingers. Drinks creamy and smooth all the way, feels a little thick in the finish, but that’s fine. I could fault this beer, but what for?

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.

what can i say, it doesn’t get much better than this. one of my favorite types of beer and this one is a standard to be aspired to. the smell is amazing and the hops, while definitely "in your face" are wonderfully tasty. bottle from Charlotte, NC