Bells Early Riser Ale

Name: Early Riser
Date: 04/28/2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

Pale hazy yellow, thin fine white head, light malt aroma, light wheat flavor, hint of malty sweetness, used as the base for their fruit beers

Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.5/5.0
Drinkability: 9/10
Score: *4

On tap at the Eccentric Cafe on 4/28/06: Pours a hazy pale golden with a thin-lacing white head. Lightly sweet, grainy malty aroma has noble hoppy notes. Body starts semi-dry, earthy and grainy with a touch of pale malty sweetness. Decently balanced with bittering hops, but really needs something else.

This barely resemlbed an APA...shared with the two folks below. color was a hazy dark yellow. Aroma was had a lot a spice and a bit of hops. Flavor had tons of starch and spice. Mouthfeel was dry.

shared by zeswaft. he called it watered down oberon, but i actually thought it was reasonably good. had a lot of flavor, big bitterness, and yet quite sweet as well. i’d probably have it again.

The best and only way to describe this beer is that it’s a watered down version of Oberon. Same flavor, hops, and aroma, diluted with water. Not bad, and pretty good for a lighter beer.

On tap at the Eccentric Cafe. Hazy light brown body, medium off-white head. Grassy and slightly bitter with breads and light nutty touches. Relatively simple, but quaffable and refreshing as far as beers go.

Draft @ Bell’s Eccentric Cafe: Hazy yellow color with a white head. Malty aroma is light with some lemon notes. Smells wheaty and maybe even some corn aroma. Malty light sweetness in the flavor. Light citrus as well. Very mild bitterness on the finish. I didn’t think this was too bad.

Draft at Bells. Pours a light hazy orange color with a tiny white/transparent head. Head recedes to a light ring. Nose is light hops, sugary sweetness. Taste is light hops, more of the sugary sweetness, a hint of citrus. Dry with a fizzy palate and light bitterness.