Bells Eccentric Ale

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

Pors a distinct dark brown with smaler white head. Aroma of fruit and spice, aroma reminds me somewhat of a bloody mary. Flavor is cinnamon and spices, completely unique. Thanks To Jeffin7 For this tasty brew!

2004 GTM. High alcohol aroma. Thick, murky, not much head. Off-white head. Knock your socks off flavor. Eccentric pretty much sums it up. Tangy, sour, high alcohol. Almost like a barley wine. Tastes like there is wine poured into the beer. Both the aroma and flavor are very complex. Not sure I really like it.

found out from the man, larry bell himself, that my bottle was from approximately 1997. quite flat, but still a faint pssh on opening. murky brown. tons of spice and caramel malt, smells like worcestershire sauce, celery-salt and melon, red wine, hops. very piney mouthfeel, it can’t really be 11%. feels a little like cough syrup, but in a warm tingly way. very mellow; this beer must have aged very well.

Thanks to BBB63 for this one. First of all, I cannot believe this was 11% alcohol? The pour was turbid deep brown, with a minimal off-white head. The aroma created a multitude of olfactory perceptions....malt, hops, spices, fruit, including melon and prune, cabernet, cognac, and even scotch (definitely some peaty aroma). The taste was malty, hoppy, nice mouthfeel, with a spicy, fruity, hard-spirit element at the finish. Very nice complexity. I noticed many flavors and aromas in this one.

2004 Great Taste of the Midwest. Off-white creamy head, amber/brown and cloudy body. Very spicy aroma that jumps right out at you. Quite like the LF Holiday Spice with some chocolate and corriander. The flavor adds a noticable hop component that is quite good, and closes with an orange sourness. Slightly creamy and soft mouthfeel. 8 / 4 / 7 / 3 / 14
Rerate from 2004 bottle, 1/17/2006
Nice sour spice aroma. Chocolate. Sour piney corriander. Green spices (rosemary or thyme?). Some unidentifiable spicy cologne. Great. Flavor is big too... chocolate hops. More spice. White pepper. Very smooth, coating mouthfeel, great complexity. I love this.

An unclear brown beer with a small disappearing orange head. The aroma is of licorice, pine, and medicin - quite weird. The flavor is dominated by pine but also contains a lot of hops, which gives it a lovely bitter end. The mouthfeel is soft.

Bottled: Murky amber coloured. Beige lasting head. Chocolate, spices, hops and flowers in the aroma. Resinous, hoppy and light medicinal flaovur. Has a nice mouthfeel. Has a distinct lasting bitterness in the and. Thanks Raindog for the trade.

WCCII: Cloudy dark amber coloured beer with a small head. Malty and spicy aroma. This was an extremely malty and spicy taste shock. A bit over the top but still interesting.