Bells Batch 8000 Ale

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

Pours a cloudy ruddy glowing orange color with just a bit of white head floating around. Generous yeast-citrus component with the coriander filling out the aroma. Really citrusy - fresh cut orange aroma. Thick palate as a lot of the double wits are, but the carbonation level is relatively low and thus the thickness works for me. Very sweet intro, a lot of heavy yeastiness that overpowers the citric components. The finish is pretty sweet and the yeast really stays with you. Kind of muddy compared to the aroma. Will revisit.

Bottle... Hazy golden ale with a small, frothy, white head. Cereal grains, light smoke, overripe banana, vanilla and clove are all components of the aroma. The flavor is sweet and yeasty up front; perfectly bittered, lightly grainy and mildly spicy on the backside with a pinch of salt. Full-bodied with a slick, oily mouthfeel and lively carbonation. Lengthy, lightly bitter, abrasive finish. Thanks go out to dsnowden for his generosity!

A wickedly spicy brew. Similar to a farmhouse ale or a saison. It has an excellent balance of spiciness and a pleasantly honeyed sweet maltiness. Gingery aroma. It has medium carbonation. The alcohol content is obvious. Lots of herbal notes in the aroma and the flavor.

good wit pour, nice big frothy head. Aroma is typical wit aroma, but its more balanced, and sweet. Also im getting a good whiff of american hops. Flavour is very smooth, and balanced. Lots of spices, and some soft fruit flavour, possibly from the paradise seed? Overall i’m really enjoying this. The alcohol is extremely well hidden, this is a very smooth, and very flavourful belgian wit. I wish i could get more, and have this all the time in the summer.

12oz bottle poured into a Trappist glass. Pours orange with a small white fizzy head that fades away quickly leaving pretty poor lacing. Looking through the glass there are quite a bit of Co2 bubbles floating up along with a hazy body with small particles. The aroma is pretty spicy, coriander is up front followed by a citrusy orangy aroma. The flavor is coriander at first followed by some orange, there is a spicy bitterness that lingers for a while. In the citrus flavor there is some apple and pineapple notes as well. The body is medium with a creamy texture and lively carbonation.

12 oz. bottle from capones. Pours a very hazy orange in color. Aroma is spicy with coriander, pepper, belgian yeast, and citrus. Taste is yeasty, wheat, spices- coriander and lgihtly peppery. A good deal of citrus and orange peel in the taste. Medium to full bodied and a bit alcoholic. Very nice.

Pours with a brighter amber and thinner head. Has a great spice and fruity aroma. The taste is medium to full bodied with stronger spice notes, more notably corriander and orange peel. Very belgian in style and reminds me of a Chouffe.

Bottle courtesy after4ever. Pours opaque amber with a thin white head. Sour wheat and spice aroma. Medium body and medium carbonation. Tastes a bit of apples, with fruit and spice. Semi-dry finish.