4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: NOV 23, 2006 Bottle courtesy of hippie4beer. This beer is the most different IIPA that I’ve tried. Pure grapefruit/citrus hop aroma and flavor. Beautiful pour w/ a great head w/ nice lacing. They squeezed every ounce out of those 70 ibu’s. Very nicely done. An EXCELLENT IIPA.
4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
UPDATED: MAR 31, 2007 Thanks Kingpin fot the first taste of Hopslam. Another big wonderful hop bomb from the Midwest, a huge grapefruit and pine explosion on your nose,even bigger on your palate,as big a pure citrus taste as I’ve ever had in an IPA, just not enough malt backing to be a true DIPA, but as a card carrying hophead,I could care less. Would never guess its 9.5 ABV, Its been such a great year for hop brews in this part of the country, and this is a fitting way to end 2006,the year of the Midwest Hopbombs
4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
The pale bronze colored body was very clear, and the head was small, which I’m sure was due to the alcoholic strength. The smell was a seductive mix of grapefruit, pine resin, and more grapefruit. The taste was very citric and juicy to the core, almost hard candy like in its sweetness until smacking you down with a spicy hop finish. The bitterness was quite low, but otherwise hops drove the show. Sticky texture and long spicy aftertaste made this an enjoyable beer, which was surprisingly approachable despite the double digit ABV. Bravo.
4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
12 oz bottle, Batch 10101 obtained in a trade with CarlyRaes. Drank from a snifter where the bottle poured a heavy golden color with a nice head. (1/3” or so) The aroma is full of pine and some pineapple/citrus. The initial taste is of hops but not nearly as hoppy as I thought with the reputation of this beer. The honey taste comes out and just as I thought that the hops were underwhelming…..there it comes! The finish is extremely hoppy/bitter which is arguably the best finish of a beer that I have ever tried. I’d probably still rank this just behind both Plinys but I’m extremely excited over this beer and will be trading internal organs for this beer next January and many more to come.
4.7 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Bottle. Pours a cloudy orange-brown color with a thick white head. Strong lacing. Tremendous floral hop aroma. Nice full mouthfeel. Strong citrus flavor with a nice hoppy-bitter aftertaste. Impressive. I love this beer.
4.7 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
WOW!! I was punched in the face by the huge hop aroma upon opening the bottle. Lots of piney, citrus in the nose. Mouthfeel is thick with a very long finish. Slight alcohol burn in the finish. Big hop bomb that hop heads will love.
4.7 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Bottle massive huge thanks to badgerben. Aroma is pine grapefruit, lychee tangarine, orange character, peach and apricot, bursting with tasty hops. Taste is similar the honey is evedent reall hoppy fruity charcater but balanced and super tasty. I can easy nderstand how all you american chaps get a 6 pack of this and find yourself in a bad way. Iv got another 5 to get me going, yee haaaaaaa!!!!!!!
4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
12oz bottle...big display of this at the Whole Foods in Troy,MI. I can’t believe that I’ve never tried this. Oh, Man was it worth the wait! An orgy of hops right in my mouth made even better with the honey overtones. A brilliant, crisp, clean Double IPA that I imagine could only be made slighty better by a little time spent in an old bourbon barrel.
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