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Bells Batch 8000 Ale

Bells Batch 8000 Ale

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A Belgian Strong Ale brewed by
Bells Brewery

Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

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4743.63/5.03.63/5.0Special9%78.5Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Batch 8000 is part of our commemorative series celebrating our progress with special brews. Our Batch 8000 is a special recipe to be brewed only once. It is a wheat ale spiced with Coriander, Orange Peel, and Paradise Seed. Best consumed fresh.
Editor's Note. 9% is far above the abv range of a Belgian Wit Bier. Because we do not have the style "Imperial/Double Belgian Wit", this more closely fits as a Belgian Strong Ale.

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 Ungstrup (11378), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Jul 27, 2008  
GABF 2007. An unclear yellow beer with a thin orangey head. The aroma is sweet and acidic with light notes of brettanomyces and farmhouse. The flavor is sweet, but also with a slight acidic edge and a light alcohol burn. The mouthfeel is smoothe and milk like.


 omhper (10728), Stockholm, Sweden
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/514/20
Jan 28, 2008  
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.


 oh6gdx (6339), Vaasa, Finland
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Sep 29, 2008  
Bottled@Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Amber colour, not much head. Aroma is fruits, alcohol, nectar and some wood. Flavour is hops, fruits and some mild notes of nectar and wood. Also some slight alcoholic sweetness. As it warms up the wheat gets stronger. Rather wellbalanced imperial wit, or wheatwine.


 argo0 (6231), Washington DC, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Aug 10, 2007  
(12oz bottle, thanks artusory) Small off-white head topped by cloudy apple juice body. Aroma is moderately sweet, clove, some banana, alcohol. Taste is moderately sweet, clove, orange, some alcohol, lemon. Medium-full body, low carbonation. Not a bad beer, but doesn’t live up to the standards from the earlier special batches that I’ve tried.


 kp (6200), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Sep 1, 2007    Updated: Aug 13, 2008
Name: Bell’s Batch
Date: 08/17/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party
Vintage: 8000

Appearance: opaque light orange, wispy head,
Aroma: sweet spicy orange aroma,
Body: creamy body,
Flavor: rich malt flavor, nice orange sweetness, lots of spicy character,
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Name: Bell’s Batch
Date: 09/25/2007
Mode: bottle
Source: roadtrip
Vintage: 8000

Appearance: clear dark gold until the yeast is added and then becomes cloudy orange,
Aroma: sweet fruity aroma with a nice spicy character,
Flavor: rich and fruity flavor, bitter finish comes out of the spicyness, the yeast shot adds a nice bready character to support the fruityness,
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Name: Bell’s Batch
Date: 07/04/2008
Mode: bottle
Vintage: 8000
Words: cellar stock

Appearance: aroma is turning dry and spicy with a light sweaty leather bret character,
Aroma: flavor is drying out a bit as well, nice spicyness but none of the funk that would come with the bret in the aroma, still rich and fruity but dryer though the sweetness comes in time,
Flavor: flavor is pretty much unchanged but the aroma is picking up some interesting changes,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4



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