 mreusch (476), Olathe, Kansas, USA
Jul 2, 2008
12oz. bottle, with a giant thank you to sloth for the rare treat! Pours a nice burgundy color with a two finger creamy tan head that lingers, leaving behind a good coating of lace. Aroma is super nice, with toffee, caramel, dark fruits, brown sugar; sweetly malty. Flavor comes on strong, with more sweet malts, dark fruit, caramel, toffee, brown sugar, and some hops bitterness on the finish. Smooth and tasty, this is my kind of barleywine; sure wish I had a case of this in the cellar. Thanks again for the chance to try Bert!
shigadeyo (1476), Southwest Ohio Area, USA
Nov 19, 2008 <b>7/28/2007</b>: Bell’s 6000 is a fantastic beer. It has a wonderful aroma of sugary, caramelized malt and just tons of great maltiness in the flavor. This is my kind of barleywine - very sweet and malty with little to no hops! It has a nice sticky mouthfeel as well. Yum! Unfortunately this was sampled towards the end of a long night and it definitely needs and deserves to be revisisted! Hopefully I will get the privilege of doing just that one day...<br /><br />
<i>Sample from 12 fl. oz. bottle shared at the "Columbus Tasting: Ate, now with gramatical errors" event. Thanks! Rating #367 for this beer...</i><br />
jjpm74 (3395), Connecticut, USA
Nov 1, 2008 Pours copper with a thin white head. Smells of sweet malt, dark fruit, some spice. Tastes resiny and tarte with some nice fruity elements. Excellent!
WeeHeavySD (1999), San Diego (Hillcrest), California, USA
Oct 28, 2008 12oz via trade with sephiroth and krame, shared with JoeMcphee at my place after hitting ballast point. I’ve been wanting to pop this for a while so why not share it with a new yorker in for a visit. Pours orange brown with a tan head. Nose is immense, with lots of dried fruit, and sweet toffee, malty notes. Big rich fantastic nose. Taste is sweet and malty and warming and overall damn awesome, really robust and insanely tasty. Great mouth feel. Excellent.
Lubiere (3394), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Sep 6, 2008 A dark hazed brown amber ale with a very creamy tan head. A fig and fruity malt aroma, vinous and caramel malt aroma, light chocolate, very smooth, In mouth a very pleasing barley wine, with dirty caramel malt, crisp hops, earthy woody notes, and warming alcohol. Rich and distinguished. Tasted April 2007.
tennisjoel (749), Shakopee, Minnesota, USA
Aug 26, 2008 <b>Great Taste of the Midwest 2008 </b><br />
OK. This had to be the highlight of the Great Taste event. My buddies and I are walking by the Bells tent, and notice a guy with a Bells t-shirt on uncorking a 3 liter bottle. My friend says, "Who is that", and someone quickly answers, "It’s Larry Bell". Well duh. He then proceeds to open the bottle and pours each willing participant a sample of the long awaited Batch 6000. Tasters then eagerly placed their cups (like pigs coming for the teat) below while Larry poured each a sample. When tasting, I noticed that the hops were still alive here. A wonderful concoction that I’d love to have any day.
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