4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20Bottle(s) from Bestway.
Pour: Amber pour with short-lived collar of foam.
Aroma: Grassy, floral nose. Citrus notes.
Taste: Caramel-like malt blends with a hop-punch to the palate. Amazing sticky, thick mouth feel and taste. Heavyweight Simcoe evident in the finish. ABV hidden well.
Overall: The King of East Coast IPAs. A jewel of a beer. I always look forward to my six-pack of d’Slam every February. Doesn’t cellar well at all, however. The brew is so volatile that it breaks down after about two weeks. The very ingredients that make it so appealing (honey and hops) make it un-quaffable after a short time. Drink it fresh, my friends.
4.4 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours orange colour with white head that quickly disappears. Aroma is tropical fruits, citrus with some sweetness in the back, piny, grapefruit.. Taste has all these aspects. Alcohol is well hidden. Medium carbonation ,medium body, great balance between bitter hops and sweetness.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours golden small head. Smell is citrus, resin, pine. Taste is bitter hops with some malt. Nice beer but not my favorite.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
4.8 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
so much better when you first buy it. draught seems to hold the hops better.
4.4 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
4 month old bottle poured into a snifter. Cloudy amber with head that disapates fairly quickly into a thin cap. Lacing is fairly significant though. The aroma on Hopslam is incredible - citrus, tropical fruit, mango. Lots of citrus in the taste as well. Obviously plenty of hop bitterness, but smoothed out by the honey. The finish is grapefruit bitterness and somewhat dry. The body on this is moderate - it’s somewhat oily, but the carbonation leave a bit of foaminess in your mouth. The strong, smooth flavors hide the 10% abv extremely well. One of my favorite beers.
4.9 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
OMG! My rating system is as follows: bad, meh, good, great, grand, OMG!
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Draft. Beer is awesome. Hop heavy all the way around. Great balance. Awesome aroma, flavor. Beer has it all.
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
4.6 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
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4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Good beer but not great in my opinion. Had several of the 2013 vintage. Very fresh. Less hippy than I expected
4.6 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
It’s a great beer but overrated. Mouthfeel was probably my favorite thing about this beer. There is also the fact that it is incredibly balanced. I would have never guessed 10%. The only thing that alluded to the ABV was the lacing on the glass.
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