Bells Best Brown Ale

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Brown Ale
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

Hazy brown colour with a little head. Great aroma of caramel, toffee, and malt. Flavour of malt and toffee - a nice tasty finish!

Bottle, Also not my style, but this is great for its type. Malt odors, nice brown cloudy color, with plenty of taste. Malts and nuts with just the right level of sweetness. Some esters near the finish but very faint, only a little lingering sweetness, thirst quenching

Not bad, pours a thin 50% clear caramel head with large bubbles. Body is straight copper color (pipe). Definitely heavy on the malt, but not chewy. Still effervescent on the tongue. Generally pretty good. (Bottle Pour 3/27/2008)

Bottled. A murky orange-brown beer with a fast disappearing orange head. The aroma is sweet fruity combined with lighter notes of alcohol and prunes. The flavor is sweet malty with strong notes of fruit, leading to a dry bitter finish. The body is thin.

Clear brown with medium off white head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, caramel and ripe fruits. Sweet flavor with notes of yeast, caramel, roasted malt and fruits. Ends bitter.

Bottle. Hazy orange coloured with a small off white head. Sweet aroma of caramel and burnt sugar with notes of hops and pine needles. Sweet flavour of caramel, burnt sugar, liquorice and pine needles. Hoppy finish.

Dark brown pour with beige head. Nice malt aroma with a bit of sugar. Malt and caramel taste with the sugar also. Creaminess helps the mouthfeel with the hops showing up a little at the end. Nice beer.

From bottle, 2B Papsoes New Zealand vs US blind tasting. Pours murky brown/orange with a lacing off- white head. Dried fruity and wineous aroma. Mild woody note. Flavour is fruity and mild woody, light dryness. Somewhat too dry and woody for my liking with no body to follow. Very minor oxidised note.