Comments on: Hopslam: Overrated?

By: THFBeer_nate

THFBeer_nate — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 01:18:01 +0000

I have yet to try the Legendary Westy 12…ahh…someday.

By: King of Beer

King of Beer — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 20:54:45 +0000

Westy 12 pwns Hopslam. End of story.

By: michael reinhardt

michael reinhardt — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:13:28 +0000

Agreed that it is a treat when it comes out. I was able to get it for years but can’t anymore. I do miss being able to get it.

I guess in the end some people see a rare or exclusive beer as having added value based on that. I personally don’t think of beers in that same way but can understand. I suppose the real question isn’t about Hopslam at all. It’s really about the nature of rating beers and whether limited availability somehow adds inherent value.

Thanks for your comments…and for the record…I would have grabbed some too.

By: Martin

Martin — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 14:36:17 +0000

I think that because of it’s limited availability, certain beer geeks (myself included) rush to the shelves because it’s only available (at most) for 1 or 2 days out of the year in most areas due to it’s highly and strictly monitored allocation. I don’t think it’s overrated at all, truthfully. It’s clearly not the best beer as far as drinkability is concerned being that it’s 10% abv, but what I love about it is that it’s essentially the Two Hearted Ale on steroids, and while I love Two Hearted for it’s year round drinkability, it’s nice to look forward to something a ‘little extra’ once a year. I couldn’t drink Hopslam every day, but I did grab a case while it was around.

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By: Billy Broas

Billy Broas — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:13:12 +0000

How did I miss this post? Especially when I was mentioned? Oh well here I am late to the party as usual.

Needless to say, I think that HopSlam is a fantastic beer but is overrated due to the buildup and scarcity. As hard as we try to be unbiased and only judge a beer for its taste, we can’t help but get swayed by pretty packaging, an attractive story, or a limited release schedule. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, but something we should be aware of when it is happening.

Thanks for writing this Nate.

By: beer_scientist

beer_scientist — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:06:45 +0000

Please crash it. Please! It’s like all of are saying…there’s no reason to miss an entire world of beer by being obsessed with one. I’ve got a good friend who flips over Pliny. He’s entitled to it and I tell him when I see some but I’m not buying too much, except for a couple bottles (even though they told me not to).

By: Kevin M

Kevin M — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:46:49 +0000

For me, anything with Pliny or Slam are pretty over-rated. While they are good, I just don’t think they live up to all the hype–especially the “I’ll steamroll over little old ladies just to make sure I get a bottle” kind of hype. A lot of these “brewery only” line-waiting all morning beers are a lot of hype, too, and many rarely deliver. There are exceptions, but they’re becoming few and far between.

Oh, if I see one more forum post on BA about PtY vs HopSlam, I’m going to find a hacker to crash the server! HAHAHA!

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:32:42 +0000

I have to agree that Hopslam is overrated but a very good beer. We had a hell of a time even getting it this year (didn’t get it at all last year). The local Bell’s distributor forgot to order it so it was looking like we were going to get none until the distributor north of our area cut a deal to give some as long as they picked it up. I got my hands on some and enjoyed it (review coming soon!) but I still prefer some other DIPAs over this.

By: nate

nate — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:50:55 +0000

Thanks for all the comments guys…wish I could respond to them all, but i don’t think that would be cool with my boss.

@don…i’m with you on the celebration ale. I bought it once and didn’t buy it again.

A quick note to all…I misquoted the dude mentioned in the article. He brought it to my attention. In my haste to write this on my lunch break I didn’t cross reference my source and should have. A good lesson to me to be more careful, no matter how op ed this thing is. Regardless, the error is fixed. While the revision in no way changed the content of this post, sorry for the error!