Bell's Hopslam will be bottled this year

Singlecut?

 

Nope. A little south of Lake Superior in a walk out cellar so probably in the 50s. We don't use the fridge up there since the cellar temp is perfect.

Don't remember the aroma but taste was good. Was expecting far worse.

 

Picked up a sixer today at 16.99.

Always worth a grab, would I grab another? Maybe not, but I feel it’s drinking nice —sweet and malty, with a nice hop bite.

Weird how I used to call places to reserve me a pack of this one... time changes..

 

Ha, I dropped them for their price so long ago I forgot about them. Good call.

 

Funny we get Singlecut here, but none of their hoppy stuff. I’ve had a few several years ago, but since it was a trade no clue to the cost. But if you pay TreeHouse prices there shouldn’t be much complaint about $15-16 dollars beers. Imperial Hop Drop and Roll is right there, no complaints.

 

Beer will hold up much better when stored cool vs. at room temperature.

Hop aroma is the first aspect to fade as hoppy beers age. I would suspect that at several months of ageTwo Heated would have a muted hop aroma but as I previously posted I have never had a 5ish month old version so I personally have no experience here.

Cheers!

 

Luckily I’ve found it under 20 days old, I’d say dependably 4-5 weeks old, real winner with 2H Ale. I haven’t had it aged, and I’d have to do that on purpose and I can guess what a 5-6 month old beer might smell and taste like. For some reason as good as it is it’s always stellar on tap, always. Most beers it doesn’t seem to matter much, but this is one that seems a bit better.

 

If you are willing to 'sign up' and do this for scientific posterity I would appreciate hearing about it.

Permit me to suggest some study parameters:

• Store the Two Hearted beer(s) at room temperature (e.g., 70 degrees F) to simulate them being on the shelf of an air conditioned beer retailer (e.g., a supermarket). As I know you are aware this is generous condition since many (most?) of the Retail Beer Distributors in PA are not air conditioned and those beers get quite hot during the summer months (e.g., accelerated aging in those conditions).
• When you conduct a taste test of the aged beer(s) do a side-by-side with a fresh Two Hearted. Consider all taste differences but especially compare the intensity of hop aroma and hop flavor between the aged and fresh beer(s).
• I specifically mentioned "beer(s)" since it might be prudent to age more than one bottle/can to mitigate single bottle variability. Better yet age some Two Hearted in bottles and cans to see if that makes a difference.

Cheers!

 

Lol, Nah, it’s not too pricy on sale $9.99, $10.99 everyday price. But I’ll drink mine fresh, I’m not that curious, if I want to drink off IPAs I’ll buy a six of Union Jack, that’s always 6 months old or older. And that beer at that age I know I don’t like.

 

Got a six pack today for $16.99, which is a $3 price drop from the norm around here. Nice.

 

"Good" for 6 months? How about "OK"?
Last 6pk I got , 4?weeks ago , was from August. Previous to that, from the same place was from November , so I didn't even look at the date when I grabbed the more recent one. Had the last one of the November bottling, & the first one from the August bottling, on the same night. Definite difference. Older stuff wasn't bad , just had lost most of the citrus & floral notes. Overall impression was more bitter/piney , like some more basic old-old-school IPAs.

 

I bought a six-pack in a deep-cut discount mixed case in August this year (8 mos) and it didn't taste anything much like I remember it tasting fresh, even though it was in cans. Drank them all, though - still beer.

 

picked up a six pack about two weeks ago $17.99, less honey in it than I remember, but still drank great!

 

I paid $17.99 for mine. I don't recall seeing it below $20 at all the last few years. I'm going to be picking up another 6er here sometime too. I enjoy bottles, maybe it's just adding the Hopslam logo to my bottle cap collection, but regardless - I appreciate the switch in format. It shouldn't be sitting around long enough for oxygen/light to become a factor in flavor anyway.

 

Had my first bottle of this batch and agree that its tops. Great batch

 

I didn’t see it today.

 

Yup. It is top tier IPA. I'm about to blow through my first case and might grab a second. Not many beers I would say that about today..

 

Ya if I lived in their distro still I'd go through a case for sure

 

TW Pembroke Pines had a good supply of 6 pack long necks and 4-6 pack cases.