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Bells Batch 4000 Ale

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1143.69/5.03.64/5.0Special7.5%70.9Snifter, Trappist glass
Commercial Description:
A commemorative brew celebrating Kalamazoo Brewing Company's 4000th batch. Considered to be a "double-mild" in style, Batch 4000 uses Sterling hops from a small farm in the Willamette Valley, and debuts an exclusive barley-malt, by Breiss Malting. It shows off some characteristics from the traditional English Mild, while doubling up the flavor profile and alcohol content. Brewed in February of 2000, this is beer is a one-time only brew.
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 MikeMac (185), Wyandotte, Michigan, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jan 13, 2006  
Thanks Pailhead . Poured deep copper with light tan head. Bread and alcohol in aroma. Nice heavy pallate barley wine like. Flavor had alcohol, spice, carmel and butter scotch. very nice treat.


 hotstuff (3175), Indiana, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Jan 6, 2006  
Bottle at rating session in Naples, FL with flemdawg. Tan small head that mostly diminished with poor lacing, floaties, cloudy, and an orange brown hue. Malty, caramel, dark fruits, and light alcohol notes. Flavor was sweet, malty, vinuous, and dark fruits. Tingly mouthfeel. Medium body. Thanks for sharing, flemdawg!


 DragonStout (1380), Pataskala, Ohio, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/518/20
Dec 16, 2005  
Thanx to flemdawg for sharing.This brew reminded me more of a barley wine than an american strong ale.Dark fruits and nuts with a small alcohol tinge, very good.


 fatty (363), Perkiomenville, Pennsylvania, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Dec 5, 2005  
Cloudy, amber with medium off-white head. Aroma of sweet nuts, earth, wood. Flavor is sweet, orange, and lighter than the aroma. Nice little carbonation to finish.


 crizay (1050), Brook Park (was Tampa,FL), Ohio, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Dec 4, 2005    Updated: Jun 10, 2007
Clear light amber, no head. Sweet malty aroma. Taste is the same a strong caramel sweetness, grapefruit hops, and a strong spicy tongue coating sweetness that blast you almost mead like.


 hopdog (5601), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Dec 2, 2005  
12oz bottle acquired in trade with Styles (thanks!). Poured a deeper copper color with a small sized off white head. Some floaters. Aromas of wood, dark cherries, caramel and it has a light earthiness to it. Tastes of wood, oranges, caramel, and lighter cherries. Tastes on the softer side (I attribute this to its age).


 TomDecapolis (3176), Skippack, Pennsylvania, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/515/20
Dec 1, 2005  
Thanks to hopdog. Pours a cloudy brown orange with a very small head. Aroma of dark fruits, cherry, vanilla and caramel malts. Flavor is similar to the aroma but a bit tamed down. This seemed more like a barley wine to me.


 egajdzis (3626), Spring Mount, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Dec 1, 2005  
Poured a hazy copper color with a thin, off white head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of wood, nuts, caramel malts, and light alcohol. Taste of citrus fruits, tobacco, more toffee and caramel malt... medium bitterness, and carbonation as well. Thanks for sharing hopdog.



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