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Bells Amber Ale

Bells Amber Ale

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An Amber Ale brewed by
Bells Brewery

Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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7663.45/5.03.44/5.06%93.9English pint, Shaker P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Made from mostly pale malt and some Munich and caramel malts. These add a little sweetness, which is balanced by more hops. The result is a rich color and fruity flavor.

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bilchak (45), Ohio, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/514/20

Sep 11, 2007  
from a 12 oz. bottle - looks great in the glass - bright copper color with a white head. tastes somewhat sweet, with a littlle bit of hops bite. nice beer. drinkable.

Moggman (40), Columbus, Ohio, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Oct 2, 2008  
Bottle. Pours amber with white/off white head. Aroma is malty sweet with hints of citrus. Flavor is malty and finishes with good balanced hops.


 timsilvia32 (244), from Michigan now in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Oct 1, 2008  
Light red pour, whitish head. Sweet malt, some pine aromas. Malt and toffee flavors throughout, little raisin or something green fruit. Nice bittering hops through the finish. Well balanced and drinkable, but nothing outstanding. One of Bell’s more sessionable ales.


 kosko20 (134), Bemidji, Minnesota, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/57/104/516/20
Sep 29, 2008  
Perfect pour, caramel-amber color with a nice thick off-white head. Beautiful aroma, perfectly balanced of caramel malts and hops. Flavor is also balanced nicely of the same malts and hops and has a slight fruity flavor. Palate starts sweet, ends bitter...but slightly for both spectrums. Mouthfeel is a little thin and light on carbonation. A very easy drinker.


stankenk (60), Maplewood, Minnesota, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/101/54/103/510/20
Sep 29, 2008  
ABR ’08 - On Cask. It pours medium amber with tick lacy head. The nose was sweet yet some bitter hops. It seemed to be quite bitter and the head just got to be too much.


dogfish120love (76), west hartford, Connecticut, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/516/20
Sep 25, 2008  
Pours a cloudy murky amber orange. Thin head. Smells sweet yet the hops give it a bitter smell, i also smell cider. Cider agian on the flavor, definetly some fruity notes. It’s unlike any other amber ale i have had its sweeter. I swear i can taste apple in this, which to me seems to deviate from the style.




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