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Hop Grandslam
Bell's Brewery - Eccentric Café & General Store


- From:
- Bell's Brewery - Eccentric Café & General Store
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
Ranked #130 - ABV:
- 10.5%
- Score:
- 95
Ranked #1,681 - Avg:
- 4.4 | pDev: 7.5%
- Reviews:
- 6
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 17, 2023
- Added:
- Mar 04, 2016
- Wants:
- 11
- Gots:
- 1
Like Hopslam, but more! Dry-hopped at twice the rate, made with Michigan honey and has lots of tropical and stone fruit notes from the hops.
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Reviewed by TooManyGlasses from Canada (AB)
4.36/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.36/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Slightly hazy bright golden orange with scant finger of tight bubbly white head.
Aroma muted when first poured but as warmed floral hops, honeysuckle, pineapple, orange - some green leafy dankness.
Taste sweet grainy malt but a strong hop bill - dank, green, weedy, soft bitterness - pineapple, pine, citrus, sweet floral with just a touch of diesel.
Full mouthfeel - sweet with bright carbonation - coating resin at end.
Apr 17, 2023Aroma muted when first poured but as warmed floral hops, honeysuckle, pineapple, orange - some green leafy dankness.
Taste sweet grainy malt but a strong hop bill - dank, green, weedy, soft bitterness - pineapple, pine, citrus, sweet floral with just a touch of diesel.
Full mouthfeel - sweet with bright carbonation - coating resin at end.
Reviewed by PapaGoose03 from Michigan
4.5/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
From the bottle release July, 2020. Bell's says the recipe was tweaked a bit since the previous batch last winter. The taste of this beer has a more intense Hopslam character than when I had it on tap in January. This one was a real treat.
Jul 12, 2020Reviewed by TheeWarPig from Michigan
4.9/5 rDev +11.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.9/5 rDev +11.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
This year's version is checking in at 11.3% ABV. This beer is double dry hopped Hopslam.
WOW! Just a great beer that doesn't drink like 11.3%. Hopeful this sees bottles and distribution.
Jan 03, 2020WOW! Just a great beer that doesn't drink like 11.3%. Hopeful this sees bottles and distribution.
Rated by Stutz from Indiana
4.77/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.77/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Best of the best of the best!!!!
Mar 21, 2016Reviewed by That_Bearded_Guy from California
4.56/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.56/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
A vast improvement over Hopslam. Had on tap at Crunchy's in East Lansing. Massive apricot, mango, and other tropical fruit notes at the front of the palate and doesn't have the hotness or astringent bitterness that Hopslam has on the back end. Great beer overall and I would much rather pay $17.99+ for a six pack of this over Hopslam any day of the week.
Mar 21, 2016
Hop Grandslam from Bell's Brewery - Eccentric Café & General Store
Beer rating:
95 out of
100 with
28 ratings
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