<b>Bottle</b>. Thanks to Sprinkle. Poured a hazy brown body with nice head. Aroma is malty, vanilla and noticable wheat character. Flavor is grainy, sweet malt, vanilla and yeast. I got a lot of sediment in my glass but overall a nice beer.

Possibly one of the only disappointing Bell’s product I have ever consumed. Shallow in flavor, and wildly off balance in its wheat characteristics &#40;a bit too spicey&#41;.

<b><i>Batch 7104</i></b><br /><br /> <b>3/07/2008</b>: Bell’s Wheat Four &#40;4&#41; Ale is ALL foam. Yep, that’s right. Pour it into a glass and all that’s there is off-white to beige foam! After letting it sit for awhile, it starts to collapse and a puddle of toasted golden liquid forms in the bottom of the glass. Surprisingly, the leve of carbonation in the beer appears to be low. I guess it all escaped during the pour. The aroma contains wheat malt, hints of caramal and toast, and a bunch of yeast. The flavor is somewhat confusing. At first this beer tastes like a poorly made extract beer. Then some Belgian candi sugar flavors start to become apparent as well as some wheat maltiness, vague fruitiness, and alcohol. There is a very, very light pepper quality and herbal bittterness in the dry and metallic finish. There is also some dried apricot flavor in the finish as well. This beer has a medium-light body and smooth on the palate. Overall this beer shows some Dukelweizen qualities, but isn’t nearly as good as The Bell’s WheatTwo &#40;2&#41; Ale. Maybe this one is past its prime now... After swirling around the yeast in the bottom and pouring it into the glass, the color is a nice, muddy light brown color &#40;perfect for a Dunkelweizen&#41; with a rocky off-white head. The aroma then becomes more yeasty and the flavor seems to have some additional toasted and caramel maltiness. However, the alcohol starts to pop out more as the beer warms. There is still more of a Belgian twist to this beer than a German Hefe quality. That must be because of the yeast strains used which makes for an interesting beer &#40;and experiment in general&#41;, but isn’t really the flavor profile that I would have liked...<br /><br /> <i>12 fl. oz. bottle from Party Town in Florence, Kentucky. Rating #201 for this beer...</i><br /> <br /><br /> My other <i>Bell’s Wheat Project</i> Ratings:<br /> • <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/bells-wheat-two-ale/52416/39793/>Bell’s Wheat Two &#40;2&#41; Ale</a><br /> • <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/bells-wheat-four-ale/52417/39793/>Bell’s Wheat Four &#40;4&#41; Ale</a><br /> • <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/bells-wheat-six-ale/52433/39793/>Bell’s Wheat Six &#40;6&#41; Ale</a><br /> • <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/bells-wheat-eight-ale/52434/39793/>Bell’s Wheat Eight &#40;8&#41; Ale</a><br /> • <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/bells-wheat-love-ale/52437/39793/>Bell’s Wheat Love Ale</a><br /><br />

Bottle from sprinkle -- thanks! <br /><br /> Massively carbonated, pours a murky rust-water yellow brown with a tan head. Dominant notes in the aroma are bread dough and lemon zest. These are in the flavor too, along with a powerful stale-water taste, like when you mistakenly drink from a glass that has been sitting on your desk full of water for four days. That is new to me in beer. Pepper on the finish, wheat kernels. Down under that is an earth grain-husk complexity - saison-like - that deserves a few points. Pretty laid back in its flavors, but kinda enjoyable.

Pours golden with huge fluffy white head and nice lacing. This was way over-carbonated! Grains and banana on the nose. grainy esters along with some citrus. Dry wheat finish