Bells Hopslam

Poured on draft at South Philly Tap Room on 3/31/10.

Always been jonsing to try this one on draft and I found out last night the opportunity would present itself. It pours a nice deep golden color with minimal head that dissipates quickly leaving minimal head and light lacing.

Nose has tons of grapefruit, guava, passionfruit and fresh hops. It’s got everything you’d expect out of an excellent DIPA.

The taste is pretty much the same. Lots of floral hops with and an excellent malt backbone to prop up the beer. I’m also oddly getting a slight vanilla-y flavor from it. To it’s credit the 10% abv is practially absent in the taste.

Frankly I am underwhelmed by this beer. With all of the hype around it, I’ve had many beers with comprable aroma and flavor. Maybe it’s just late in the season for it but there are many, easier to get ahold of, DIPAS out there. At the same time, it is an excellent beer and definitely worth a taste.

Don’t take my word for it, go taste one yourself! Cheers!