Bells Batch 8000 Ale

My bottle (12oz) shared with HogTownHarry & tupalev -- courtesy of ucusty. Pours a hazy orange with an average size diminishing white head. Very nice aroma of biscuity malt, Belgian yeast, wheat, spices and plenty of fruit. Delicious flavour of citrus fruit, spices and yeast. Alcohol’s completely hidden. Great body. Like an amped-up Saison, I friggin’ loved it!

Pours cloudy amber/orange with fizzy orange/white head. Strong aromas of orange, sugar, and alcohol. Flavors of oranges, candy, and strong alcohol finish. Terrible beer imo, down the drain this one went.

A very nice strong wit that will sneak up on you because it’s so easy to drink. This beer is absolutely beautiful to look at. It doesn’t have much of a head, but it shouldn’t. A very opaque orange hue that reminds me of sunburst colors you might see on a beautiful Les Paul guitar. Oranges, coriander pull through nicely along with lemon zest. Very refreshing. A good high gravity beer that could be consumed in the summer.

12 oz. bottle courtesy of Secret Santa. I have to say this beer was a complete and utter disappointment for me and was just about a drain pour. It pours a hazy orange gold with a very thin head that quickly mutated into a white film. Strong aroma of coriander and rotting oranges. The smell reminds me of when I get a box of oranges and I open the box and I can immediately tell there is a broken orange inside the box by the perfume that rises from the box. This beer is much the same. The flavor is coriander and sweet, almost sickly sweet, quickly followed by rotting oranges. The orange flavor leaves a stale aftertaste in my mouth lastiing well beyond the swallow. Bleck.

Bottle shared with Hogtown Harry and Blankboy, Blankboy’s bottle (thanks for sharing!). Great appearance - wonderful hazy orange, I do not think I have seen this exact colour on a beer before. Great aroma - yeasty, malt, floral, spice, orange zest. Taste is also very good - soft tingly mouthfeel, lots of zest, lemon, floral spiciness - stunning. Quenching. Like a strong saison. Just about perfect.

Bottle (12oz). Shared with blankboy and tupalev, blankboy’s bottle. Cloudy gold with a smallish frothy off-white head. Pungent grassy/yeasty aroma, deffo Belgian yeast, candi sugar. Taste - similar - sweet, almost sugary up front, then pungent lemon zest, coriander, grassy bitterness - like a sweet saison, quite pungent. Thick, heavily astringent mouthfeel, nicely carbonated, longish spicy finish - very nice, juicy and dry.

12oz Bottle - Trade - pantanap
Aroma – Deep rich Belgian yeast aroma with tons of fruitiness.
Appearance – Deep Orange amber color, cloudy and with a thin head.
Flavor – This beer had flavor to give to the next beer. Rich Belgian flavors with great malts and spice. The orange peel and coriander where awesome.
Palate – Nice Mouthfeel, great texture with a good dry finish.
Overall – A over the top Belgian Beer this had flavor and was great to drink.

On tap. Pours a cloudy yellowish orange color with a bright white head. Aroma is similar to a heavier Winter White or perhaps even Sparkling Ale. All the Bell’s white beers kinda blend together. Bready, yeasty, doughy with the citrus and banana and all the other smells that every other wheat beer has. You can sense from the aroma that this is a stronger than average wheat beer, not so much from the alcohol just the intensity of the malts and spices. Taste is the same, with the bready maltiness being a little bit out of balance. This reminds me a lot of Southampton’s Double White and Southern Tier’s Heavy Weizen. Good though really nothing special.