 theisti (1014), Leawood, Kansas, USA
Jan 17, 2007 Updated: Apr 20, 2008
Bottle, poured into imperial pint. From the pour, this looks delicious. Cloudy yellow orange pour. Smallish head with some layering. Aroma is hop (of course) but catch some grassiness and citrus in there too. Taste is an expression of the aroma, with fabulous body. The taste had almost a cask quality to it. Just a ton of complexity in the taste, from initial to finish, where there is a nice bitterness. I was shocked to see 9.5% on this one, since I did not at any point detect alcohol. In fact, I had two of these quite easily. As mentioned by others, this is a dangerous brew.
Juancho (190), New York, New York, USA
Aug 19, 2008 12 Oz thanks to ToddB.... Truly outstanding. I’ll steal what Two_Dudes said... A perfect beer.
’NUFF SAID.
Perfect.
Two_Dudes (14), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Aug 14, 2008 The perfect beer. Never before has there been such a great balance of hops and malt. Neither dominate and the 10% ABV stays in the background making this the most sessionable non-session beer ever. Well done guys.
mabel (1583), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Aug 13, 2008 [1546-20080723] Bottle. Fresh juicy sweet navel orange peel aroma with a great hint of pine hops, reminds me of a bed of evergreen needles. Hazy, orange amber body with a long-lasting creamy off-white head. Full orange grainy hops flavour has notes of pine resin and bitter seeds, a boozy sweat finish and a long hoppy aftertaste. Medium-full body is boozy. In perfect shape, extremely enjoyable.
Rockinout (940), Kent, Ohio, USA
Aug 13, 2008 I love Hopslam! Golden orange in color, cloudy, nose of citrus goodness (orange). Lots of citrus and resin. Bitter, hides the alcohol. Very smooth and easy drinkin’ for such a huge hop beast.
Praetorian (42), Los Angeles, California, USA
Aug 11, 2008 pours orange with a small, white head with good lacing and alcohol legs. the aroma is of hops, citrus (orange) with a strong caramel backbone. has a very malty flavor of caramel, hops and orange/lemon with an orange peel finish. bitter throughout. overall its a very enjoyable, well balanced beer, although a little on the bitter side.
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