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Posted Feb 28, 2012, 2:16 AM UTC
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How old is HopSlam now? By now it's gotta be more MaltSlam than anything.
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Posted Feb 28, 2012, 2:16 AM UTC
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How old is HopSlam now? By now it's gotta be more MaltSlam than anything.
Sorry my friend but this beer is overrated and overhyped
Agreed 100%, I just drank my first and would take an Avery Maharaja 22 ounce over a 6 pack of Hopslam. All Hopslam does is take a semi-sweet clean malt bill and blend a lot of northwest hops together giving it a dry bite at the end.
You say that like it's a bad thing. In general, I think that's a recipe for success if done well. But, as far as HopSlam goes, I just think it's a terribly unbalanced beer.
I'm saying it's been done to death and the only reasoning I can think of why people look forward to it so much is because their state has bad distribution.
There are still brewers out there making lots of interesting beers with that basic profile. I agree it's a bit overdone. Some brewers think they can just cobble together a simple malt bill and throw some C-hops at it and call it a day, but it's not that easy anymore. Still, when it's done well, the resulting beers can be surprising and phenomenal. And even with a basic recipe, there are still new brewing techniques that people are developing that are pushing hop-forward beers to new heights.
This is the correct answer. It is a good beer and they don't distribute it where I live. So I bought a ton of it. I drink a few myself and trade the rest to friends to stock my cellar.