Bells Batch 8000 Ale

Formerly brewed at Bells Brewery
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

pours hazy orange with a white head. Aroma is citrus, flowers, spice, with earthy and honey notes. Taste is almost like a trippel, fruity, bready, yeasty, with a bit more spice and wheatiness. A bit of honey in the finish. Mouthfeel is medium, carbonation is great. Alcohol is not noticeable. I feel lucky to have found a bottle of this, because it’s excellent.

Bottle thanks to hopscotch. Aroma is spicey and peppery, but wheaty alcohol dominate, lemon character. Tsate is similar defo basicly just an upped alc vertion of a belgian wit, which is axactly what a belgian wit is not trying to be, but still drinkable enough all the same. A session quencher in style upped in alc so its no longer a session quencher?

Had this during the Batch 4000 - 8000 tasting we had 9/22/07. HellsBells24 (Joe) provided this bottle. Appearance: This is a nice golden orange body with a thin off white head. This is slightly hazy. Aroma: This has a pretty nice aroma. There is a nice mix of spicy hops, a little alcohol burn, orange, and pears. Kind of like a mix of a tripel and saison. Flavor: The taste follows the aroma pretty good. Starts with some pear and orange. The spicy hops and alcohol come in near the finish. This is pretty nice. Palate: This is about average for a strong belgian ale. The flavors hang for a bit, but it is pretty thin. This goes down very smooth. It’s hard to tell this is 9%. I could down a few of these in a session. Overall: Another very good Batch beer from Bell’s. I love the stouts, but this is a nice change of pace. Larry says to drink this fresh, but I’ll be aging a few bottles of this. Get this while you can, you won’t be disappointed. I bought a case from the start, but I may be picking some more up before its gone. Congrats Bell’s on 8000 batches and many more. Can’t wait for the 9000. Hopefully it’s another stout or barleywine.

Bottle courtesy of Ucusty. Pours foggy pale orange with a decent cream colored head. The nose is quite complex, with different spices and citrus. The flavor is similar, with a subtle bitter mid and finish. There is definitely some orange peel in there as well. Nice on the palate. No hint of the 9%. An enjoyable Belgian.

The Da Journal #181. Tasted 5/30/08. 12oz bottle. Hazy with a golden hue. Bubbled white ring of head. Floral and honey aromas. Chalky and perfumy. Full bodied and tangy with a nice orange flavor. Nice citrus note. Solid effervescence. Creamy yet bitter. Decent palate. This is getting better.

Bottle pours a yellow straw orange nectar with thin white head. Aroma is orange peel, sweet malt, wheat, and other citrus fruit. A good aroma of spicy yeast and this beer is so drinkable but i’m in this for complexity so i have to keep that inconsideration.

Aroma is citrus, spice and Belgian Yeast. Flavor is sweet, yet balanced with bitterness. Notes of orange peel, apricot, wheat bread and banana. This could age well. Full flavored strong ale. ON SECOND ANALYSIS: This is one beautiful beer. Nectar-like in appearance. Ages well, and mellows after a while.

12oz bottle. Golden lightly hazy pour with a white head. Citrus aroma (orange) with sweet malt and yeasty notes. Semi-sweet flavor with yeasty characteristics. Banana, apricot, wheat, and malty grain are all present in pleasing quantities. Round full mouth feel. A good brew but not my favorite style.