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Originally Posted by kysirsoze
I'm assuming Hopslam is some ridiculously hoppy brew. If you really wanna destroy your palate with hop bitterness, try Hopsicle. Not sure if it's available anywhere in KC unfortunately but it's out here in SoCal and as someone who loves hops if about fried my tastebuds entirely. Afterwards all other IPAs tasted like water.
Incidentally, I've been trying to stay off the sauce recently but if I do have a beer it will be one of my own making.
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I've had Hopsickle before. It is indeed really, really bitter, even for imperial india pale ales. I found it a bit "one-note" (though that single note was a good one for a hophead such as myself) however.
HopSlam is ridiculously full of hop flavor, but its nowhere near as bitter as one would expect (or even desire, in some cases). It does have a delicious bevy of fruit and herbal flavors coming out of its hops, and just enough honeyed sweetness from the malts to smooth out the rough edges. (It isn't one of those really sweet East coast double IPAs, though, don't fret).