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Bells Wheat Two Ale

Bells Wheat Two Ale

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A Wheat Ale brewed by
Bells Brewery

Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

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1873.48/5.03.47/5.0Special5.3%98.9 Shaker, Weizen P  Stats

Commercial Description:
This beer is the first in Bell's Wheat Project. Project comprises five new ales, four in series and one specialty strong product. The first four, Wheat 2, Wheat 4, Wheat 6 and Wheat eight are all made using 55% Wheat (either wholly or mostly malted) and 45% Barley malt. The barley malt makeup is exactly the same in each of the four and consists of three different malts. The total amount of grain in each of the four is also exactly the same, so each of them should have a virtually identical original gravity. The type and amount of hops in each of the four is exactly the same. And the processing through the brewhouse and fermentation is also exactly the same. The changing factors between the ales are the composition of the 55% of wheat used and the type and number of yeast strains used. In Wheat 2 the 55% of wheat is made up of two different kinds of wheat malt, and this ale is made with two different yeasts. Wheat Two Wheats: White, Dark Yeast: Bell’s house ale strain, WLP410 Belgian Wit II

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 phishpond417 (1110), Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
Apr 21, 2008  
Pours a semi hazey golden colour, small but noticeable white head. Aroma is slightly fruity, Sweet aroma with rich fruit character. Peach, red delicious apples, and cotton candy. Taste is smooth, light and fruit filled.


 dukefan (160), Aurora, Illinois, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/513/20
Apr 17, 2008  
Drinkable pleasant stuff - it reminded me some of their Winter White. Flavors of banana and a slight touch of spice.


 dm9831 (530), Monee, Illinois, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/102/511/20
Mar 21, 2008  
hazy gold, thin white head, dissipates quickly. aroma of grass, grain, wheaty sweetness. sweet banana flavor with some grainy undertones. creamy, medium bodied finish. not offensive.


 shigadeyo (1340), Southwest Ohio Area, Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Mar 6, 2008  
Batch 7083

3/06/2008: Bell’s Wheat Two (2) Ale pours a slightly hazy (some very fine sediment is floating in it) golden color. There is a flury of carbonation and a lasting medium-sized off-white head. The aroma reminds me of a Belgian Blonde Ale as it constains some lightly sweet maltiness, hints of spice, and some fresh fruitiness including peach(?), orange, and banana. This beer also tastes much like a good Belgian Blonde Ale. The malt has a slight graininess to it and the wheat has developed a nice fruity quality. There is also a nice subtle spiciness (difficult to pinpoint the exact spices) that lasts through the dry finish and combines with a slight floral and herbal hop bitterness to create a nice lasting flavor. I really like the sweet and complex fruit in the aroma and flavor. Some fusels and faint butterscotch (or something similar) become more noticeable as the beer warms. The mouthfeel of this beer is medium-light and crisp. Overall this is a refreshing beer. The profile of the Belgian Wit yeast definitely comes through in the aroma, flavor, and appearance of this beer. This was the only one of the Wheat Project beers that I did not have when they were first released because I could not find it, but I wish I had. I am really enjoying it now and bet is was also pretty good when it was originally released. I think this beer could continue to hold up for another year or two or more.

12 fl. oz. bottle from Party Town in Florence, Kentucky. Rating #184 for this beer...
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My other Bell’s Wheat Project Ratings:
• <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/bells-wheat-two-ale/52416/39793/>Bell’s Wheat Two (2) Ale
• <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/bells-wheat-four-ale/52417/39793/>Bell’s Wheat Four (4) Ale
• <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/bells-wheat-six-ale/52433/39793/>Bell’s Wheat Six (6) Ale
• <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/bells-wheat-eight-ale/52434/39793/>Bell’s Wheat Eight (8) Ale
• <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/bells-wheat-love-ale/52437/39793/>Bell’s Wheat Love Ale


 GaltScat (196), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/515/20
Feb 6, 2008  
Pours the part with a hazed yellow hue topped by a nice sized frothy head and good lace. The aroma has all those neat weisen esters of banana, clove, lemon, and bubblegum yeast. Also detected a touch of aromatic hops and even a bit of honey. The taste has an initial wheat smoothness supporting fleshy fruit and pale malts. A very small bit of clove and pepper towards the middle. A nice light acidic lemony twangy on the finish.




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