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Bells Batch 6000 Ale

 (RETIRED)
Percentile
100
overall
Formerly brewed at Bells Brewery
Style: Barley Wine

Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
3954.07/5.04.05/5.0Special10.5%98.5Snifter
Commercial Description:
Batch 6000 is part of our commemorative series celebrating our progress with special brews. Our 6,000th batch is a special recipe to be brewed only once. It is a barley wine style; rich and strong, with a compelling finish. Well-suited for your cellar.
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 joergen (8523), Frederiksberg, Denmark
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/518/20
Jan 30, 2006  
Bottle. Hazy red coloured with a beige head. Sweet aroma of malts, caramel and wood. Sweet flavour of malts, caramel, wood and hops. Hoppy finish.


 sunevdj (1770), Copenhagen OE, Denmark
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/58/104/517/20
Jan 29, 2006  
Pours a hazy brown with a tanned head. Extremely sweet. Aromas of malts, alcohol, and some nuts. Strong sugary effect in the back of the throat. VERY full bodied. Nice and complex finish with dry notes of malts, alcohol and nuts.


 Papsoe (14881), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Jan 29, 2006  
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Pours a hazy, dark amber with a creamy, beige head. Vinous and very aromatic nose. Extremely full-bodied with notes of overripe fruit. Hoppy finish. 270106


 eve (240), Iowa City, Iowa, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/518/20
Jan 26, 2006  
Rich, deep pruney, Port-like aroma, deep cloudy auburn, with a delicious chewy pine-sappy flavor, waves of toffee and grapefruit rind with piney hops rolling over the malt for a long bitter hoppy finish. Deliciously warming, every sip at every slowly rising temperature is a little different...provocative.


 IMtheOptimator (1161), Bethel, Connecticut, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/517/20
Jan 9, 2006  
Thanks to robertsreality for this beer. Poured a murky mahogany with a cramy light tan head. Aroma of grapes, cinnamon, grapefruit hops. Taste is sweet up front with vinous notes, some caramel. Strong pine and grapefruit hops dominate quickly past the intial sweetness, lingering long after the sweetness fades. Body is thick, slick and creamy. One of the best hoppy barley wines I’ve had.


 OhioDad (2491), Hilliard, Ohio, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/517/20
Jan 8, 2006  
12oz bottle via trade with Jazz88 - Thanks Eric! - Pours a dark copper color with a short tan head that stays pretty well and laces the sides of the snifter. Aroma is malty. Big caramel notes and a touch of pine. Flavor is a nice caramel backbone with toffee notes and a very pleasant pine mix also a bit of raisin in there. Palate can best be described as buttery smooth. Full bodied.. Alcohol is completely covered but warming behind the malts. Very good stuff and a great way to finish the night...


 haddon90 (1035), Alexandria, Virginia, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/105/517/20
Dec 25, 2005  
Thanks Jeremy for letting me try this on Christmas day!! Pours a deep, dark mahagony color with a thin lacing head. Malty caramel aroma. Very sweet! Almost candy like. Sweet, caramel taste in your mouth. Smooth, a hint of some hops. Warm. Easy to drink since the alcohol presence is hidden. A very well done beer.


 hezron (601), Viroqua, Wisconsin, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/518/20
Dec 20, 2005  
Last bottle opened at the MKE YeHa!, most everyone had gone or gone to bead. Thanks to whomever brought this one as it was a great nightcap. Buttery, pine hop aroma with lots of rich caramel malt, very chewy and malty even in the aroma. Medium, mahogan brown with a thin head. Nice, smooth flavor with caramel malt and tons of old piney hop flavor that is just so nice and buttery. Oily texture with a full body. I love this stuff!



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