Bells Amber Ale

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Amber Ale
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

12oz bottle from total wine. Pours a light copper with a medium white head. Aroma is faint hops, sweet, maybe some grapefruit. Taste is okay, pale hops, a bit malty, sweet, alcohol is prevalent for this kind of beer. Molasses on the backend. Palate is medium mouthfeel with a sticky feeling. Not one of bells better offerings

Well I would first like to point out the Batch Number on this beer being 8231. It was packaged November 14, 2007. I was very disappointed when I found this out. Poured from a 12 oz bottle. This beer had a nice fluffy, off white colored head. The color was very awesome, fading from a light orange to an amber orange at the top. I can definately taste that this beer is almost a year old and it makes me sad that I didn’t get to enjoy the full potentials of Bell’s. The beer tasted very skunked, so I am going to stop my review here and when I get a chance to try an "up to date" bottle, then I will write a new review. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 09-11-2008 03:58:47

Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy copper color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma with hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty hoppy caramel flavor. Fruity malty caramel finish with some hoppy hints in the aftertaste.

Very solid amber... mild / balanced flavor. Not as memorable as most Bell’s offering, but it fits a niche and is good all around pick / easy for others to enjoy.

A soft hazy caramel orange pour with an eggshell white foam. Aroma is candy, caramel, toffee, sweet malt with a light grassy hop noticeable. Taste is more apple, candy, sweet malt, perfectly balanced, nice hop presence, not overly sweet.

This beer is drinking incredilby well. It is impeccably balanced. Aroma is minimal with hints of caramel. Appearance is amber with stagnant carbonation. Taste is malt forward balanced by a slight hop bitterness with strong caramel notes. Palate is very smooth and dry. Great beer.

Served from tap into a standard pint. Pours copper with a minimal white head. There was no apparent lacing present. The aroma was comprised of only subtle hops. The flavor was of small hops and subtle sweet malt. It was light on the palate with low carbonation. Overall this brew was really smooth and was stupidly drinkable. It did not have the greatest flavor and could have been more complex, but it was still enjoyed and was really refreshing.

Aroma is of caramel notes, with a little sugar sweetness. Copper and golden in color with a thin head. Taste of good malts with some sweetness and caramel. Good balance with the hops.