Bells Batch 8000 Ale

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

Orangey yellow pour with notes of bread oranges and coriander and some maltiness as well.. Cracked my next to last bottle and am still not impressed. hopefully Batch 9000 is better.

Acquired bottle via trade with Styles. Pours a hazy orange color with a pillowy off-white head. Steady carbonation and mild sediment. Smells of coriander and orange peel. Tastes of both with added notes of flour, banana, and faint caramel. Maltier than expected for a wheat beer. Interesting, but wears as it warms.

poured a light color in a glass. smells of fruit orange and banana. you can taste the orange exploding in your mouth! and the banana spice in the back!

Hazy yellow with medium white head. Sweet yeasty aroma with ripe fruits and caramel notes. Sweet flavour with floral, yeasty and and peachy notes.

Pours a murky orange with a thin white frothy head. Smells largely of malt and then orange. The blend does not do much for me. The coriander, orange peel, and paradise seed do an OK job of diminishing the malt but not fully. Mouthfeel is nothing special. Nothing that really suits my fancy.

12oz bottle, via trade with pantanap, thanks Kan. Dark golden yellow pour with a nice white head. Citrusy aroma, some orange peel and coriander perhaps. Very smooth and not too acidic. Very good.

In short: A sweet musty fruity Belgian blonde ale. Decent but slightly below average for the style.
How: Bottle 12oz, consumed when about 1 year old. Bottle sent by Beerlando, thanks a lot Bryan.
The look: Almost clear golden-orange body topped by a very small off-white head
In long: Nose is tangy with notes of orange pulp and coriander. Taste is a letdown. Rather aggressive beer with sweetness and alcohol being the two dominant flavours (not good). Chewy sugary malts feeling a mix between sweet breakfast cereals and white bread. Some dirty flavours coming through in an old rug type of way. Once my palate got used to the all the above I started to taste pleasant fruity flavours of orange, citrus, apricots, some green apples. All in all a slightly below average Strong Belgian blonde ale. Coming from Bell’s this is a somewhat of a disappointment. The beer is very drinkable (I’m drinking it as I type) but I’m raising my glass to their 7999 batches of mostly superior beers.

Bottle via trade. The editor’s note is interesting about how this straddles the border between witbier and strong ale. I 2nd that idea. Pours a cloudy orange colour with a small white head that quickly dissolves. Big aroma of orange citrus, yeast and rock candy. Pleasant flavour of malt and yeast. Enough alcohol in the finish to be a warmer.