4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours hazy orange, with a white head. Aroma is floral grapefruit, oranges, and caramel/sugar. Flavor is grapefruit, pine, spices, and sugar. Ends bitter. Thanks to footbalm for this bottle.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: MAR 2, 2007 Slightly hazy copper with an off-white head. Intense, pungent nose of fresh green hops, tropical fruit, pine and light whiff of mint. Flavor has notes of peach,pineapple, mango, pine, grapefruit, vanilla, light caramel and a neutral, slightly bready yeast. Pleasantly sweet and malty with prominent, yet non-harsh bitterness. Full, round and lush on the palate (it’s Bells so the mouthfeel WILL be perfect) with lively, fine-beaded, non-prickly carbonation that carries the hop flavor and aroma perfectly. Great stuff. Bells can do no wrong in my opinion.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
No idea Hopslam was a 2XIPA when drinking it. A pine aroma, and pineapple/citrus flavor backed with sweet malt. Bitterness and malts were in perfect union. I sampled two bottles, first one was proper temperature (about 45 degrees). Second bottle was ice cold out of the cooler but amazingly the hop presence did not diminsh from the temperature drop. After consuming Hopslam my friends and I gushed for fifteen about how Bell’s makes great beers. Kudos, Kalamazoo!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Was a slam of flavor, with IPAs not my favorite style still a great beer, not sure i would want more than one in a night. Doesn’t show the alcohol, like its ten percent.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Hazy gold/copper/orange. 3cm of frothy, white foam. A few yeast floaties. Gorgeous pour. Nose is floral, resinous, piney, citrusy, lightly spicy hops with subtle sweetness in the background. The same light sweetness and a bit of bready malt and yeast stay in the background, all hops. Flavor adds some bite up front but is surprisingly mellow in the finish. Makes it very easy to drink. Medium/full body, creamy, foamy, balanced. Excellent. Wish we had this in Florida.
4.7 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
UPDATED: AUG 12, 2011 Tap @ Jupiter Beerfest. Wow, was this good! Aroma had moderate amounts of roasted and caramel for the malt, heavy pine, grapefruit and perfume for the hops, light broth for the yeast, with mixed berries in the background. Head is average size, frothy, white with good lacing and is mostly lasting. Color is sparkling clear dark amber. Flavor started lightly sweet and acidic and the finish was long with light sweetness and moderate amounts of acidity and bitterness. Palate is medium, oily, with a lively carbonation and a lightly astringent finish. An awesome beer, and the most rounded out of the top DIPAs.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: JAN 21, 2011 Pours a cloudy golden color with a white head. Aroma is grapefruit. I could almost stop at that, but there were also notes of hops, and other citrus fruits such as oranges and passion fruit. The aroma itself is very refreshing. Flavor is bitter citrus/grapefruit with plenty of hops and some malt and yeast rounding it all out. Finishes bitter, and delicious. Mouth has the right amount of carbonation for an Imperial IPA. A very tasty beer.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
12 oz bottle courtesy of schroppfy. Pours a translucent copper color with a medium white head that lasted a short while. The aroma is rich with citrus, cotton candy and cookie dough. The flavor is hops forward with more citrus, pine, white pepper and caramel. The mouthfeel is full and malty. The finish is short and clean with a bit of lingering sweet caramel. Overall: A superb IPA, but not as biter as I had anticipated or hoped for.
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