Bells Hopslam

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

On tap at The Eccentric Cafe in August! A little late in the season for it but man this stuff is awesome. 16oz pour into a large snifter glass, has a dark amber color with fantastic white head and lacing through out the glass, has an outstanding floral and citrus aroma and the taste leaves nothing to the imagination. The flavor is so complex with hops, malt and honey. You honestly need to try this on tap to truly understand how good it is! One of my personal favorites.

Yes this bottle is a little old. I don’t care though. Orange. with a nose of sweet pineapple and candy apples. Taste is sweet fruits, pineapple, citrus, some pines and sweet malt. little bitterness for it’s strength. Good.

One of the best beers we’ve ever had overall. Intense hops is well balanced by the honey finish. Truly a wonderful beer experience. We’re currently experimenting with aging a bottle. So far, we have a bottle that’s about a year old.

I have tried this a few times, but this bottle thanks to wnoble. Clear light amber pour, small off-white head. Citrus, tropical fruit, light biscuit, bitter hops, and honey sweetness but still quite dry for being brewed with honey. Very good IIPA, but it’s very hard to beat fresh San Diego IPAs.

Probably the most nostalgic beer for me. Just thinking about the taste of Hopslam bring back many memories of the best months of my life. I’ll never be able to live them again, but I can drink Hopslam and create some more.

12 ounce bottle. Batch #9470, bottled in December of 2009. A: Pours a slightly hazy orange with light white lacing. S: Aromas of melon and hops are prominent. T: Melon and other citrus flavors show up, but they are absolutely dominated by the hop bitterness and alcohol burn, which linger. M: Medium bodied and sticky with very high carbonation. D: This is not a very drinkable brew, imo. Knowing this was a hop bomb, I tried aging it about 9 months, and it’s been 8. That didn’t help this brew one bit, as the hop profile STILL annihilates any semblance of a malty balance, and not to my liking. After having and enjoying beers like Ruination and Arrogant Bastard, and even any of the DFH DIPA’s, I feel like all of them are very well balanced, but this was not. Bad batch perhaps, but I have been unable to find any indication of the sort. Note: compared side by side with DFH 90 Minute and Double Trouble, both of which showed balance in comparison.

Fruity orange & melon aroma, almost like Froot Loops. Some hops bitter flavor with definite fruity notes. Overall, this is an awesome brew... very drinkable. Thanks to BarZigKin for sharing this!

Rich in hoppy goodness. Notes of tropical fruits all over the place. Pineapple, mango, citrus. Very little resin or pine. Damn this is f’ing good. Clean IPA^2 without all the malty richness, sweetness, and backbone. Well done Bells....again.