Bells Hopslam

On tap at the flying saucer in KC!!! WOW!!! Pours a golden orange, hazy body with a finger-width, dirty white, dense and foamy head that dissipates slowly and remains extremely lacy. Sexual. Aroma loaded with pineapple citrus hops. Some earthy notes to it and a good amount of sweet maltiness. Juicy aroma! Juicy flavor! Very very very fresh tasting citrus hoppiness that tastes just like I’m biting into a just cut pineapple. Explodes in the mouth. Semi-sweet maltiness balances the juicy hop explosion very well. Finishes with a residual honey sweetness that is very unique to the style. Palate is actually light to medium bodied and very crisp and refreshing. Overall, a fantastic DIPA. Extremely drinkable and loaded with intense juicy flavor. Phenomenal beer.

Bottle shared with tupalev, blankboy, HogTownHarry & jerc - jerc’s bottle. Deep golden-amber with a small white head. Aroma - hoppy as all hell (grapefruit, spruce) with quite sweet as well. Flavour of big, fresh hops, some honey and caramel - huge, but balanced. Just fantastic all around.

In short: A sweet, alcoholised and intensely juicy hopped American IIPA.
How: Bottle 12oz, fresh, from tertons, thanks a lot Nelson!
The look: Clear dark-golden body topped by a medium white head
In long: Nose of grapefruit, citrus, pine-tree and caramel. Somewhat sweet, sweetness got a bit annoying after a single bottle. Quite a bit of honey and oily caramel. This thing has a ton of hops but almost felt unbalanced towards the malt sweetness. Interesting complex hops profile with flavours of citrus, grapefruit, pine-tree and more… Alcohol somewhat apparent. A splendid IIPA from Kalamazoo, a city that is a lot more fun to pronounce than it is to visit.

Excellent looking beer here, blonde color with a white head that has great retention and leaves plenty of lacing. Smell is very nice too, plenty of pine and fresh grapefruit to treat your nose. Taste was very hoppy, as expected. Flavors of grapefruit, pine, various other citrus flavors were also noticed. Bitterness was certainly present, but not a harsh bitterness, was more about hop flavor than IBU’s. Medium body with a medium carbonation pair quite well with this one. Very solid beer, I would definitely have another, wish I picked up more than a single.

Perfect orange pour with a slight head. Wonderful aroma! citrus fruitsand sweetness.The flavor is much of the same with grapefruit, peaches, pine and tangarines. This is my favorite beer. Perfect! You would never know it was 10%. A true testament to craft brewers around the world. II will re-rate this beer every year becasue it is my favorite.......I Love this beer unconditionally. Everything I have said before I will say again the best in the worl batch number 8908.

bottle. really enjoyed this beer. great flavor from beginning to end. Beautiful color and aroma A+ all the way.

This beer is Heaven in my mouth. Show me a better beer. This has perfect balance of flavors and alcohol. I only wish it was more readily available.

Poured a lemon-yellowish gold into a pint glass. Inch thick creamy head that slowly settled. Great aroma. Very citrusy/grapefruity with some cut grass. Also a slight sweetness in the aroma. Taste was great as well. Bitter hoppiness nicely balanced by a complementary malty sweetness. This beer tastes good! Mouthfeel is very smooth. The hops hit first but you get a nicely cleaned palate after each sip. Overall, this beer goes down far too easily for its high ABV. Be careful! This is also on the expensive side (I paid $3 for a 12 oz bottle) but I wasn’t disappointed. A little expensive to drink all the time, but was a very nice treat!