Bells Amber Ale

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

Pours hazy copper with lots of sediment.. Tan head. Has a sweet, mellow caramel aroma that is very inviting. Smells malty and reminds me of leather. Very well balanced with a Belgian taste as well as a fruity taste. Finishes nicely. The palate is smooth and greasy feeling, in a good way. One of the few amber ales that I actually like.

One of the best Amber Ales I’ve ever tasted. This one doesn’t fight for your taste buds with any unruly bitterness as it’s smoother and easy to drink. A bit darker color than other Amber products. Goes down smooth, so smooth that two or three bottles have been finished. Satisfying aftertaste w/o the bitter finish. Need to distribute this in TN!!!

One of the best amber ales around. Just a nice clean aroma of hops with a beautifully balanced taste. Crisp clean finish. Excellent

A good beer for a stle i am not too fond of. Pours amber (surprise) with a modest off-white head. Prominent malt presence with hints of fruit and hops. Nice balance. Definitely a fair amount of complexity.

12oz single from Total Wine. Picked up a couple for $1.69 each. Should have grabbed the sixer. Mild malt aroma with a faint whiff of hops. Unfiltered amber beer with a small frothy white head. While I agree that a poorly made amber is a pitiful thing, there is none of that here. This amber is excellent. Nice sweet amber malt and a bit of caramel up front, and then the spicy hops arrive and dry it out to a medium bitter finish. 6% abv is a plus. Very tasty and not at all boring. Perhaps the best amber I have had. Certainly in the same league or even better than the excellent Avery Redpoint and Rogue Saint Rogues Red Ale, and Lost Coast Alleycat Amber Ale.

Thanks pepsican. Decent brew from a rather boring category. Pours orange-red with a fizzy white head that dissappears quickly. Aroma is very light, can detect some mild maltiness, but that is about it. Has a fruity caramel taste, with a sweet sticky finish. Decent beer, would sample again.

Bottle. I enjoyed this quite a bit. Bright amber pour with small white head. Manages to balance hops and malt into a very smooth amber. None of the bite that some have, but plenty of hops and caramel. May be my favorite of Bell’s lighter session offerings.

Across the board, this beer is just right, from the initially stridently peppery hop character to the soothing, mouthwatering finish, it is a classic. Economy of means makes it so--it’s like a beer version of a Graham Greene novel. It’s not the most aromatic beer, nor is the color irresistable, but the sum of the parts yields an utterly satisfying beer. It is a unique Amber Ale, which I agree with a previous reviewer, is a pretty boring category.