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Bells Batch 6000 Ale

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Bells Batch 6000 Ale - Barley Wine

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Formerly brewed at Bells Brewery
Style: Barley Wine

Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

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3944.07/5.04.05/5.0Special10.5%98.5Snifter
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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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 Spiesy (2333), Global Citizen, Greater London, England
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Feb 28, 2004  
Bottled. Dark foggy brown with a thin lacy head. I think that it was poured a little quickly. Super generous malty flavour. Bitter kicker if you can wait long enough for he sugars to clear your palate. Luckily Silk and I are shooting the breeze at pace, so time is breezing by. It certainly is complex, revealing itself at different times, in different ways. Thanks to Nuffield for giving this beer to Silk, which I have eventually shared in.


 SilkTork (4156), Rochester, Kent, England
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
Feb 27, 2004  
Bottle. Heady pale malt aroma touched with fruit and mustiness edging into oxidisation like a vintage ale. Taste is pleasantly toffee sweet with some nice earthy hops mixing it like a prize fighter on meths. The juxtapositioning of the sprightly bitterness with the lanquid sweetness results in a thesis of some interest and consideration which does invite further investigation. The alcohol is well used to add body amd warmth without ever being rough or bullying. I wasn't expecting to be as impressed as the seductive beast made me. Gift from Nuffield. Gawd bless you guv'nor!


 Sickboy282 (1098), San Diego, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/516/20
Feb 27, 2004  
Pours an opaque dark brown with a minimal off-white head with decent lacing. The aromas are of raisins and dates along with a slight banana scent. Smooth mouthfeel with heavy bitterness on the tongue. Flavors of honey, sugar and a little sweetness. Great balance of hops and malt. A little syupy going down, but a smooth syrup.


 aracauna (2357), Georgia, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Feb 23, 2004  
It's a bit funny, but I managed to sample this twice in the same weekend while in Atlanta. Deep brown with a splash of ruby. It's very hoppy, but it's hoppy more on the bittering end than on the aroma end. There's a bit of barley wine fruit going on and I keep picking up something that makes me think of smoke. It's not strong smoke so if it was intentional, it's subtle. The finish is a lingering bitterness from the hops. It should age nicely.


 Suttree (2701), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/516/20
Feb 22, 2004  
Cloudy Brown, Nice tan head. Sweet ceral aroma - Capt'n Crunch, maybe? Nice hop bitterness, and a sizeable malt flavor. Earthy and woodsy through out. Oily, viscous mouthfeel. Sampled at Ratebeer Southeastern Gathering, Atlanta, 2004.


 wunderbier (1264), Tampere, Finland
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Feb 22, 2004  
Sample glass, RateBeer Southeastern Gathering. Lovely brown sugar-ish malt with an assortment of light spices in the aroma. Medium brown body. Very sweet and bitter with a nice acidity. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation. The bottom line is: I wish I could see how this will taste in about 8 months from now; oh wait, I can; thanks Mike, you rock!


 biermonk (259), San Francisco, California, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/517/20
Feb 22, 2004  
Another winner from the Atlanta tasting...Very nice Barleywine..Big malt body well balanced by the hop character


 5000 (2409), Hardened Liver, Washington, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/517/20
Feb 22, 2004  
Bottle pours reddish brown with a typical barleywine head, very minimal.   While not cloudy, it appears very viscous.   Aroma is of sweet butterscotch candy.   Initial taste is is somewhat of a sour citrusy nature, grapefruit perhaps, with some sweetened cotton candy.   Hop bitterness appears in the middle and runs through to the finish.   I also detect some candied walnuts and orange peel.   Quite the delicious Barleywine.   Thanks goes out to ClarkVV for the trade!



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