 JoeM500 (1877), Chicago (little italy), Illinois, USA
Oct 6, 2007
Side by side comparison with bottles of Two, Four, Six, Eight and Love. New Years Day 2006, I believe.
*TWO pours light orange with minimal, but noticeable haze in the bottle. Sweet nose does have a bit of spice showing through as it warms. Body is light. Dry and spicy at the finish of the bottle. Not as creamy as Oberon, lighter body. Light spices remind of a lighter witbier. Quite average, though.
*FOUR is much drier and straigh grainier wheat flavor than the two. Re-writing this review, it is what GI 312 is like today. Straw and grass with tiny hints of sweet bread and cookie barely coming through...teasing.
*SIX is a bit darker and more malt flavors are present in the nose and especially in the flavor. Sweet and mapley with the grassy dryness at the end quickly fading.
*EIGHT is dark and cloudy, nutty aroma. Flavor is really weak, as is the body. Some tiny roasted flavors, but this one seems the weakest of the bunch, despite it’s color.
*LOVE - I thought the order would go lighter to darkest, finishing with LOVE, but this is just as light as TWO. Nose is compoletely different, with alcohol upfront and some banana bread. Body is nice and rich, malty, some spices drying at the finish. The aftertaste, dry from apparent alcohol is also spicy and wonderful. The clear winner of the series for me!
badbeer (411), Iowa, USA
Aug 22, 2008 Muddy brown color with an off-white head that leaves some lacing. Smells of roasted coffee, some cocoa, and toasted bread. Tastes like a watered down cup of coffee paired with toast. It also has some cocoa flavors to it as well as a little hoppiness in the finish. Medium carbonation and lighter than medium body. Probably wouldn’t seek this out again. This, and the other beers in the Wheat series were reviewed in early 2006. These are from notes.
dukefan (165), Chicago, Illinois, USA
Apr 17, 2008 On tap at brewery during the Wheat Project. Wonderful stuff that is exceptionally flavored.
shigadeyo (1399), Southwest Ohio Area, Ohio, USA
Mar 8, 2008 Batch 7119
3/08/2008: Bell’s Wheat Six (6) Ale pours as a glass full of foam just like the Wheat Four (4) did. WAY too much carbonation at this point. After some time the rocky off-white/light beige foam starts to settle out and some amber-colored liquid starts to collect in the bottom of the glass. Unfortunately this process is much slower than it was for the Wheat Four (4) Ale... The yeasty aroma contains traces of toasted wheat and butter caramel. The flavor has a really nice toasted maltiness with some darker undertones. The alcohol flavor is more controlled in this one than it was in the Wheat Four (4). There is a soft herbal/grassy bitterness in the finish. Some additional character starts to come out after mixing in the yeast at the bottom of the bottle and with some additional warmth. The Belgian candi and fruity flavors are subdued with some American/German wheat beer characteristics including creamy wheat, more caramel and lightly toasted malt, traces of chocolate, a faint wiff of smoke/char, and a touch more bitterness becomes apparent. The appearance is also cloudy and opaque amber brown with a dense and forever-lasting off-white/beige head. This beer has a really smooth mouthfeel and a medium body. The carbonation level of the actually beer is really low at this point (it all escaped during the pour!). So far this beer was marginally better than the Wheat Four (4), but not as good as the Wheat Two (2).
12 fl. oz. bottle from Party Town in Florence, Kentucky. Rating #170 for this beer...
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My other Bell’s Wheat Project Ratings:
• Bell’s Wheat Two (2) Ale
• Bell’s Wheat Four (4) Ale
• Bell’s Wheat Six (6) Ale
• Bell’s Wheat Eight (8) Ale
• Bell’s Wheat Love Ale
cbkschubert (1611), Rattlesnake Country, Arizona, USA
Mar 5, 2008 12 oz. bottle (batch 7119) via trade with hopdog - Bottle opened with a big hiss! Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a huge ass off white head. After about 5 minutes I finally get to drink the beer. Aroma is light malt, esters and a light soapiness. Flavor is toasted malt and esters. A smooth, medium bodied beer. This beer is very good for its age. A bigtime thanks goes out to Steve for sending this one.
Crafty07 (334), Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Jan 15, 2008 12 oz bottle pour that, even if I jostled the bottle when opening poured the most ridiculous sized head of any bottle of beer I’ve ever had. Did they add CO2 to this? I can appreciate Bells creativity and daring, but this is not their best beer. Ratebeer classifies it as a Dunkleweizen and the commercial description reads like a math problem. It’s not even close to being a great dunklewiezen and winds up being simply an odd experiment.
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