Bells Hopslam

Not the average hop dominated beer. This one has a powerful body and well balanced caramel malt flavors as well. Not as bitter as expected, but more flavorful and complex. The hops have primarily a bitter grapefruit flavor with some pine notes. Long dry finish. Barely detectable alcohol. Almost perfect, maybe a little acidic. Huge aroma

Enjoyed this. nose is ok, iipa’s and aroma don’t matter much. very complex and rich on the palate. doesn’t have the length of other iipa’s. still this is solid and if available in my neck of the woods i’d be a buyer. rich pine, fruit, nice that it doesn’t go sweet compared to some others in the style.

Did NOT expect to get one of these prior to being called to an EMERGENCY - shipped to a good friend that has shared so many beers already. Think the only thing that bugs me about this beer is that it’s just TOO easy for me to drink. I honestly had no clue it was 10% until looking here (instead of label or whatever) Why does my bro in Michigan not love me?

I love this beer! A great example of what an Imperial IPA should taste like. Aroma is strong with hops with notes of citrus, pine, and grass. The taste is just the same although the sweet honey shines through as it sits on the pallet. The Carbonation level is perfect. This beer has a strong bitter finish, the alchol is not very noticable, despite the 10%. An awesome IPA for any hophead! Thanks Eric for telling me about it.

A very good beer. Nice hoppy and tropical fruit aroma. Very fruity and too sweet. Not bitter enough, but still an extremely tasty beer. I prefer a IIPA with layers and layers of hop flavors rather than the sweet and tropical ones.

Bottle. An almost totally clear dark golden/pale amber beer with a medium sized, quite persistent and lacing white head. Extremely strong and hoppy aroma with notes of grapefruit, pine, pineapple, flowers and citric fruits. Lightly malty, with alcohol slightly detectable. The flavour begins very sweet with light acidity. Very fruity, it’s like to drink tropical fruits juice. The honey is lightly detectable Medium to full body, lively carbonation, long finish with enormous bitterness, some alcohol is felt. Again not too complex, but very fruity and quite easy to drink for its size and good mouthfeel. Maybe I’m finally beginning to really appreciate this style.

Hops galore. I had 4 of these on 4 seperate days before rating this. Great beer! Smooth flaver. Smoother than the SN Torpedo that has less abv. Honey in the brew is amazing. Nice citrus flavor too. Just a great beer.

Excellent double IPA from Bells. I love this brewery, especially their Two Hearted IPA!!!! Nice beer, great mouthfeel. You get a nice aroma and can taste the honey wthi this one. I am going to piss a lot of people off but I do think it is too straightforward with the honey and leaves the palate too fast. I don’t think I would take issue with this if I did not also feel that this beer is a bit overhyped. When everyone thinks something is so perfect or thinks they think something is so perfect then it is hard to live up to that reputation. It is excellent though and also hides the alcohol really really well. I think personally that this also takes away from the complexity as well. I like drinkability, but not so much in a double IPA such as this because when I have a really good double IPA I want to have to search for the flavors a bit more. Great beer overall however and definitely worth of the high marks. Just don’t get drowned in the hype!