Beer people have OFFICIALLY lost their minds....

[ERPark]

Bell’s Hopslam has been around for awhile, and the honey they add to it certainly “masks” that it’s a 10% ABV DIPA.

Now while I’ve enjoyed Hopslam, I’m not inclined to search out something more exotic like an IPA with marshmallows. I’d sell in a heartbeat, but then again I likely would’ve never taken the plunge to begin with…

I would not put Hopslam into this category. Most of these styles of beers, whatever you want to refer to them as are adjunct beers, very much like their cousin the pastry stout. The example I see locally from Monkish is their " Space Cookie "series that include’s cookies, cream and fruit purees in the recipe. I couldn’t imagine drinking an entire 16oz can of these pastry IPAs.

Cheers,

Bud

Thanks for the granularity. Definitely on the extreme end of the range…

[BRhoades]

Bell’s Hopslam has been around for awhile, and the honey they add to it certainly “masks” that it’s a 10% ABV DIPA.

Now while I’ve enjoyed Hopslam, I’m not inclined to search out something more exotic like an IPA with marshmallows. I’d sell in a heartbeat, but then again I likely would’ve never taken the plunge to begin with…

I would not put Hopslam into this category. Most of these styles of beers, whatever you want to refer to them as are adjunct beers, very much like their cousin the pastry stout. The example I see locally from Monkish is their " Space Cookie "series that include’s cookies, cream and fruit purees in the recipe. I couldn’t imagine drinking an entire 16oz can of these pastry IPAs.

Cheers,

Bud

Thanks for the granularity. Definitely on the extreme end of the range…

Actually these beers are not the extreme end of the range, the biggest growth segment in craft beer are Pastry Stouts and every Tom Dick and Harry are trying to lure consumers into drinking liquified brownies, vanilla wafers, coconut, chocolate and whatever else they think will get people to camp out over night to buy a single bottle of these highly sought after cult beers that sell upwards of a $1000 a bottle, craft beer has identified it’s Screaming Eagle and they are running with it.

Cheers,

Bud