2015 Bell’s Hopslam

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Message DietPepsican P beers 1592 º places 63 º 12:15 Tue 2/3/2015 Looks like this should be hitting the majority of the Bell’s distro footprint this week if it hasn’t already. We just got in a bunch today, people are buying it by the case and super happy to get a batch bottled relatively fresh (1/17) compared to the last couple of years. What is everyone’s thoughts on this years batch? Drinking fine? Scroll past? Too commercial?
Message Frank beers 4561 º places 92 º 12:16 Tue 2/3/2015 Hoping I can get some. Stuff barely touches the shelves around here.
Message _angst_ P beers 5019 º places 97 º 12:17 Tue 2/3/2015 Tried it for the first time this year. Kind Michigan trader shipped it here fresh. Very good for what it is but not my favourite kind of DIPA. Too sweet, malty and slightly too boozy.
Message DietPepsican P beers 1592 º places 63 º 12:21 Tue 2/3/2015 Originally posted by Frank Hoping I can get some. Stuff barely touches the shelves around here. We got in something like 50 cases and they will not last the night. Pretty crazy how in demand this beer is around these parts, but people love Bell’s. Two Hearted is usually our top selling IPA for whatever reason.

Message Clownoisseur beers 531 º places 1 º 12:23 Tue 2/3/2015 Gulped down a six pack already..thought it was more citrus forward than pine. Honey covers the booze fairly well this year imo. The fresher bottle date helps I’m sure. Last year I got December bottles mid January. .. Also had it on tap at Bells. If you ever had a doubt in this beer being one of the best, lay them to rest. So dank!
Message Frank beers 4561 º places 92 º 12:29 Tue 2/3/2015 Originally posted by pepsican Originally posted by Frank Hoping I can get some. Stuff barely touches the shelves around here. We got in something like 50 cases and they will not last the night. Pretty crazy how in demand this beer is around these parts, but people love Bell’s. Two Hearted is usually our top selling IPA for whatever reason. I really have come to dislike Two Hearted. It is a classic and very important as a midwest IPA, I think, but it is just too sweet and always seems to taste old to me. I think Hopslam is a great beer. It is like a riesling made out of hops. It seems to vary based on the hop crop for whatever year so some years it lives up to the hype and some not but I always like it.
Message DietPepsican P beers 1592 º places 63 º 12:50 Tue 2/3/2015 I agree on the two hearted. 10 years ago I thought it was amazing. Now it just tastes too sweet and I’m nearly as big of a fan of the intense floral hops as I once was. I’m digging this Hopslam I guess. It’s as good as I’ve ever had it. It definitely reminds me of how far american brewers have come with pushing hop forward beers and really dialing them in. Also makes me realize it’s difficult to pull that off in the 10% range, or maybe I’m just less interested in high boost beer.
Message GT P beers 10001 º places 672 º 13:57 Tue 2/3/2015 Hopslam already came and went in SD County

Message DietPepsican P beers 1592 º places 63 º 14:11 Tue 2/3/2015 Originally posted by GT2 Hopslam already came and went in SD County Yeah they did a pretty staggered release this year over all of January and part of February. I’d be really curious to see production numbers. This beer really only works this well in a limited scenario, but damn does it sell quick.
Message michcam8 beers 593 º places 34 º 14:26 Tue 2/3/2015 Love it. Still haven’t seen it in my parts. Usually shows up in jan. Maybe it hit here today.
Message DietPepsican P beers 1592 º places 63 º 14:28 Tue 2/3/2015 Week of Jan. 12: Michigan and Missouri Week of Jan. 19: Virginia, Washington DC, North Carolina, Wisconsin, South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Pennsylvania and California Week of Jan. 26: Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Ohio, New York, Puerto Rico and Arizona Week of Feb. 2: Minnesota, North Dakota and Indiana Ours was in the distributors warehouse on the 29th, so within 2 weeks of bottling. Seems like bottle one week, ship the next, out the following week, once a week, for four weeks.