Bells Batch 8000 Ale

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

GABF ’07. Pours hazy yellow with a small, fizzy, off-white head, spare lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (hay, straw, meal), average hops (herbs, grass), average yeast (horse blanket, earth) with notes of banana. Medium bodied, sticky texture, soft carbonation, and a bitter finish. Average duration, light sweetness, moderate acidity and bitterness.

Heavily cloudy straw color huge white head, thick lacing. Belgian yeast bread, clove, white peppers. Full well coated creamy palate. Nice wheaty, bready, yeasty, sweet sugars, cloves, allspice, white pepper, delicious stuff.

Bottle courtesy of Piscator34. Thanks Kris! Pours out a hazy orange amber with fluffy off white head and excellent lacing. Nose is orange and honey. Taste- quite spicy. The coriander is quite forward. Wheat malts shine through and there is a cookie dough quality to this beverage. Very creamy mouthfeel that dries at the finish. A little hotness is detected but overall, booze is very much hidden. Sweetness is quite managable and isn’t annoying. It is a heavy brew, and I don’t think I could get a bomber of this down. Interesting take on the style and glad I got a relatively fresh bottle.

Bottle from tytoanderso; nose of orange, vanilla, and the corriander; cloudy copper-orange with a big yellowish head; flavor of banana esters, peppery spices, and bready yeast. Pretty good BSA (or is it an imperial wheat?)

I always pick up a Bells Special Batch brew, when I see it, and this one was no different. I never quite know what to expect, but this one wasn’t too far from the norm, for the style. A good Belgian strong, with a nice medium copper color, quickly fading, cream colored head, and a nice, if typical, nose. Flavor is full, lasts a medium length of time, and is quite good.

Courtesy mgumby10, thanks again Mike. This poured a cloudy orange color with a thin off white head that receded quickly. This had a very nice aroma of citrus fruit especially orange coming through, coriander, some spices and wheat esters. The taste ismuch the same with the orange citrus tasting mixed in with some spice, sweetness, and some wheat lingering in the background. This was medium bodied and full on the palate and got some alcohol warmth as it went down. Had a nice long sweet finish and was well carbonated. This is defintely more of a double wit beer and you can tell with the alcohol. I liked the nice sweet citrus flavors though. This one was solid as usual from these guys.

Pours a gunnky yellow orange that’s full of suspended solids. Odd nose of wet cardboard or pulp. Light head...a bit fizzy. Hits hard up front with apricot-pear/citrus and hot alcohol. Puckering. Yep that’s coriander all right. I don’t think this one was all that fresh, but it is a delight, if not a bit over the top. The suspended goo is offputting.

Extremely yeasty aroma. Thank you to david j. Jaffe for getting this one to me... Owe you one buddy. Great belgian. Aroma of burnt vanilla and tropical fruits. Finish is different.. cant put my finger on it. Unfiltered light orange color. light head.