 hayduke (1616), Eureka, California, USA
May 2, 2009 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.
vt45 (6), Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
does not count  May 2, 2009 Dear God-
Thank you.
Respectfully submitted,
Nick.
I’m dead serious, this by far my favorite beer. The genius at Bells Brewery who invented this beer deserves whatever he desires. If I could ship this beer back in time, I bet I could encourage our founding fathers to build a time machine into the future.
JMerritt (1313), Macomb, Illinois, USA
May 2, 2009 Red orange (about an 11 on the Lovibond scale? I happen to have one in front of me as I rate, ha) with a large off-white head that is slowly but mostly diminishing. Humid sweet and citric hop aroma - peaches and grapefruit - very pleasant, puckering and heavy. Highly bitter, moderately sweet malt flavor, loads of tingling pine resin and sticky sweet caramel malts. Cool, tongue-numbing finish. Bitterness hides the alcohol quite well, but you can still get a hint of alcoholic burn at the immediate end of the flavor profile. Superb double IPA.
Bullit (1300), Glasgow, Scotland
Apr 30, 2009 Bottle, The Den, Kalamazoo. Dark orange colour, off-white head. A pine-hop bomb from the aroma along with grapefruits. Flavour of bitter pine and flowery hops, with sweet malts. Starts very bitter and ends balanced with a long bitter-sweet freshness. Amazing beer.
nickd717 (1273), Palo Alto, California, USA
Apr 29, 2009 Got this one in a BA trade (thanks mflick). I know it was a bit "faded" or "past-peak," but it was still awesome. Pours a nice golden-amber with a white head and good lacing. Floral and citrusy hop aroma jumps out in your face from the get-go along with sweet malt. Flavor is sweet malt and honey followed by citrusy hops. Incredibly balanced. Smooth palate with hoppy oiliness. One of the best there is.
drseusszb200 (181), Florida, USA
Apr 28, 2009 smells fantastic, of hops, citrus and a sweet smell. pours an orange color with a head that fades quickly. taste is citrus, hops, and a sweet aftertaste because of the honey
KnN (712), Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Apr 26, 2009 Pours a really nice orange/light amber color with a thin long lasting white head. Aroma is hops out the wazoo. Grapefruit, pine, citrus a couple I can’t even describe. It’s like the Noah’s ark of IPAs 2 of every kind of hop they’ve got plus a few more to keep things interesting. Alcoho isn’t even a factor. Can’t tell it’s there at all. This beer isn’t all about the hops though, it’s actually got a strong enough malt backbone to prop up all that hoppy goodness. Don’t know how some beers are able to skate that fine line between hop nirvana and crushed aspirin bitterness so well, but this beer is well on the nirvana side. Good stuff.
BgThang (118), Texas, USA
Apr 26, 2009 HOLY CRAP! BATMAN!
I am glad I did not review some of the previous bottles I received in trade. They were a little calm compared to a fresh hopslam. THIS IS CLOSE to being the best DIPA when its fresh!.
Nose - straight up grapefruit, citrus, piney. man its an explosion in the olde nasal cavity.
appearance - little cloudy, copperish orange color. Little head.
Mouthfeel - little tangy on the front end and then grapefruit. Mellow out on the finish and leave a smooth refreshing aftertaste.
This is one fine brew. I can sit here a sniff it all freaking night,.
Its sad that its only release as a seasonal, its overpriced, and can be hard to get ahold of.
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