Bells Batch 8000 Ale

Formerly brewed at Bells Brewery
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

A hazed ornag epour with an off white head. Corriander dominates the nose with light spice as well. A flavor that reminds me of orange peels soaked in alcohol. A light breadiness as well. A hint of a twangy bitter. Solid palate and mouthfeel that is almost creamy. A very solid beer that I enjoyed. I would not be surprised if it had arrived with a cork and wire.

This bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a small sized head of white colored bubbles that were quickly diminishing and left behind a hazy yellow-orange colored body and a fair lacing. The aroma was hoppy floral and coriander. The mouth feel was tingly at the start and at the finish. The flavor contained notes of hops dough wheat coriander and floral. A decent one that I would consider buying again.

Bottle- Hazy golden color. Nose is lots of wheat yeast, spices. Body is full of spice and esters. Mouthcoating and slightly tart, very nice brew.

Bottled at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Clear golden, average head. Heavy coriander and banana aroma. Sweet, dense and full bodied. Notes of candy sugar and lemon grass, but most of all a concentrated flavour of orange marmelade. Powerful, but a bit sticky. Never quite figured why to make a fat ass witbier, but I quite like the beer.

Pours a cloudy orange color with a thinnish white head that hangs around for a bit. Not a huge nose to it. I get some citrus and some of the spices along with the that malty Belgian style beer smell. Tastes more malty than anything else. I get a little bit of the spice on the finish. Nice and sweet. Pretty crisp palate for a 9.0 brew. Coats the mouth just a bit. This brew reminds me alot of Stone’s VE04 which was awesome, so get some.

Murky orange in colour, thin off-white coloured head, some light and patchy lacing. The aroma is spicy, some lemons, wheat, cloves and bananas. The flavour is of lots of coriander, orange citrus, heavy spice and noticable alcohol. Spicy mouthfeel, medium body, medium/high carbonation. Finishes long, spicy with some citrus. This was difficult at times, heavy on the spice, too much coriander for my liking. I was disappointed in this Anniversary beer from Bells. I would have preferred another stout actually.

650ml bottle obtained in trades with <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/ViewUser.asp?U target=blank>TheCheeseMan and <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/ViewUser.asp?U target=blank>The_Epeeist, thank you Daniel and Chris.
Opened on November 15, 2007.

Bottle. Golden-orange color, a few yeast particles floating around. Poured with a short, white, quickly collapsing head (which was rather disappointing for a Belgian style). Definitely some spice and citrus in the nose, with strong traces of yeast, with a rather indiscernible hop aroma. Light and fruity in the mouth, crisp finish. This one is quite reminiscent of the strong ales I had while working in Belgium, but leaning too much towards sweet than dry.

12 oz bottle pours a sparkling light orange. Aroma is yeasty and sweet. Flavor is bananas, sweet malts, oranges and spices. Like a Sparkling ale on steroids.