Bells Hopslam

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

Pours out clear golden with soft amber highlights from the 12oz. bottle courtesy of Jason (smith4498): Nose of sweet honey, resin, florals, grassy hops, orange peel, a mix of tangerine and grapefruit meat, caramel malts, and chewy raw dough. Moderately carbonated, medium-bodied, and oily throughout. Flavors of resinous hops, wildflowers, citrus peel, honey, light fruity esters, and some alcoholic hits against a caramel malted backing. Drinkability: Sweet, spicy, and hot. Pairing: Crab melt sandwich with swiss cheese and avocado. Rebuy: Yes. #392 on 11042010, DG.

Bottle shared with matt7215, his bottle, huge thanks for the share on this one! Poured a nice deepish gold with a small white head. The aroma is just stupidly hoppy, ’hop stink’ was a good way to describe it. It has some of that weird cat-piss kind of hop character which is somehow not at all gross. Tiny hint of honey as well. Flavour is again super-duper hoppy, delicious in that regard, but with a lot of honey biscuit sweetness and malts to balance it out quite well. I could throw this back way too easily, the abv is not very apparent at all, only after you’ve been drinking for a little while do you begin to feel the alcohol burn on the inside of your mouth. This beer is absolutely magnificent and I would drink it every day if I could.

Bottle poured a clear gold with a lingering ring of white foam. Aromas of biscuit, tangerine, mango, pink grapefruit and light pine. Palate was medium bodied and smooth with a dry finish. Flavors of biscuit, tangerine, mango, pine and pink grapefruit with a smooth dry lingering bitter citrus finish. Well done for an eastern IPA!

Bottle, with a thousand thanks to fata2683, Keith is the man! Pours orangey-amber, with a very thin, but highly persistent white head. Spotty lacing. Nose is big pine, spruce, and citrus, nice and rank and sticky hoppiness. Somewhat reminiscent of PtE. Flavors are big, heavy, and rich; lots of body and richness, plus loads of bitterness and gorgeous hop character. Excellent.

Thanks to savvy1982 for the share. Pours yellow with orange highlights,. The aroma is right funkafied with hops. Citrus all over the place. Tangerine, grapefruit, lemon, then the honey shows, biscuit and leafy greeness on the nose. On the palate the citrus is still there, but pineapple dominates. Some spruce, honey and again loads of citrus. Slightly astringent... But excellent none the less.

Twohearted’s Big and superior in every way shape and form brother. Golden pour with a nice fluffy head. Very hoppy on the nose. This beer is almost as enjoyable to smell as it is to drink. Slightly sweet, hoppy flavor with strong hints of citrus. Only negative is its way to easy to drink too many of these before the 10% abv creeps up on you. Overall this is an example of what a IIPA should be.

pours clear amber. Strong hop aroma with a little bit of a sweaty smell to it. Now that Is flavour. Strong floral hop flavour bitter and citrus. Giving way to a smooth sweetness. And honey flavour. This Is a really cool IPA. Hoppy and sweet very complex. Great beer!

Bottle. 12 oz. Pours slightly hazy orange-golden with a thick, rich, creamy, pure white head. Fluffy head leaves crazy amounts of lacing on the sides of the glass. Aroma is intensely sweet; vanilla, honey, caramel, toffee, sweet malts, banana, lemon, pine, and delicious hops. Full, robust body with a velvety, chewy palate. Hides the alcohol extremely well; barely any burn. Slow, slightly tart finish. Outstanding Imperial IPA. Highly recommended for hop-heads and mellow IPA fans alike.