Bells Hopslam

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

Pours a hazy golden orange with some floaties and a smallish off-white head. Beautiful citrus aroma, orange, mango, apricot, and grapefruit all present. Nice lively palate. Nice malty sweetness balanced by a strong but not too strong bitterness that leaves itself a little bit to be remembered by. Wow. Re-rate 08 - One of my faves fresh, but it seems like it loses a lot quickly.

A deep orange color with a nice creamy head. A piney aroma with a little citrus. I was thinking this was around 70 or 80 IBUs and I was correct. A very citrus beer, that was oddly well balanced and sticky on the palate. Very good. Re-rate. Wow. Sticky, not citrus but passion fruit/mango with a spicy-piney bitter finish. Stays with you for a long time. Very drinkable, very good. Re-rate 2008 Jan 28th Get more honey and astringent bitter hops now, everything else is still there, but I get more harsh flavors, including alcohol. 848316

Bottle from Styles again, wow, what a guy! This thing was a great pour, huge almost pure white head, lots of splotchy lacing, solid retention. The aroma was all citrus grapefruits, slight floral notes in the background. The flavor was full hop-mouth of citrus, some floral, even a bit of piney resinous notes. Full bodied malt support underneath (crystal malts?), some caramel but not very strong malt flavors. The mouthfeel was full and hearty, very nicely done! Thanks, Chris, I can’t give you enough props for that last trade!

Another thanks to Shigadeyo. Aroma smells of a fresh cut pine tree and grapefruit plus a little pineapple. Very nice. Flavor is pretty sharp and tangy. Raw bitter hops. Perfect name for this one.

bottle, this beer smells like heaven. It is amazing smelling it smells like hoppy honey. Very good. The taste is honey with some hops, not as overpoweringly hoppy as I had expected. It works incredibly well. I would buy this again in a heartbeat

Bottle, batch 7775. Pours amber orange with a average size creamy white head. The lacing leaves a film on the whole glass that stays from the top all the way down to the bottom. The head sticks around too. The aroma is of citrus fruits. The first taste reveals some roasted malts, but this beer doesnt play around the hops. Very heavly hopped. Pine and citrus hops, grapefruit, orange and lemon. It is fruity too, I am tasteing some pear, peach and pineapple. When you first taste this one it is very sweet and very bitter, then the sweetness falls back but the fruity bitterness still is very heavy. The body is medium to full with a creamy texture with lively carbonation. For a beer this creamy and smooth it is carbed a little high. I wish Bells would make this one a mainstay instead of a seasonal. I prefer this one over there Two Hearted Ale, but it is about 5 or 6$ more per 6 pack.

$13 a sixpack in Evansville. Hazy orange gold body is topped by a small offwhite head that retains well and leaves generous lacing. Juicy orange, mango, and grapefruit esters to the nose with some unusual notes of composted grass or even cat urine. Still, very lush. Creamy carbonation enlivens the medium body. Solid hop bitterness on the tongue. Citrusy grapefruit and some lemon rind with just enough of a pale malt backbone to preserve sanity. A totally different than Bells Two Hearted Ale, my usual standby. A truly exceptional DIPA.

Dangerously drinkable, heavy sweetness with a powerful mix of hops. Very piney, resinous, grapefruit. But this is just way to easy to drink for a 10% DIPA. And thats a very good thing.