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Bells Batch 8000 Ale

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Bells Batch 8000 Ale - Belgian Strong Ale

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 Percentile 
92
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Formerly brewed at Bells Brewery
Style: Belgian Strong Ale

Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

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5133.62/5.03.61/5.0Special9%81.6Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
Batch 8000 is part of our commemorative series celebrating our progress with special brews. Our Batch 8000 is a special recipe to be brewed only once. It is a wheat ale spiced with Coriander, Orange Peel, and Paradise Seed. Best consumed fresh.
Editor’s Note. 9% is far above the abv range of a Belgian Wit Bier. Because we do not have the style "Imperial/Double Belgian Wit", this more closely fits as a Belgian Strong Ale.
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Hiroshige (4), Stockholm, Sweden
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4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/510/104/519/20
May 20, 2009  
Discretly seasoned and sweetened. Smells and tastes of finely-chopped milk chocolate with a nice touch of oranges. Vanilla and light red berries are also to be found.


 Alldaydrinker (557), Norwood, Massachusetts, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/514/20
May 15, 2009  
12 oz bottle. Pours a hazy orange color with a small white head. Nose of orange, caramel, clove, spices, wheat, light fruits. Initial taste is sweet and fruity with touches of spices. Resin and earthiness makes it way on the mid palate. Finishing with a good balancing hop character. Above average palate duration and average head retention. The abv is well hidden.


 Adam77 (407), Eastampton, New Jersey, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
May 14, 2009  
Poured orange with white head. Aroma of oranges. Nice citrus flavor with a spice finish.


 beerguy101 (3861), Newark, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
May 10, 2009  
Sampled on 5/7/2009. This wheat wine pours a slightly cloudy orange gold color. Medium sized white foamy head with nice retention. The aroma is orange, orange peel, cereal, coriander, honey and some spices. A medium bodied wheat wine/Imperial Wit. The malts are cereal, fruity and sweet. Kind of estery. Hops are earthy. Very smooth tasting. Perhaps a touch of funk. Hides the alcohol very well. Interesting beer. The spices are an interesting mix and the flavor balance changes with each sip. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and dry. Aftertaste is slightly sweet


 aracauna (2357), Georgia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/58/103/516/20
Apr 29, 2009  
This one is a heavily hazed orange amber with very little head. The aroma is rich like biscuit toast, bubble gum and orange. The grains of paradise come through as a mild spicing the flavor. Honestly, this does well to cover it’s strength. It’s a little too meaty for a regular Belgian wit, but it doesn’t taste like 9%, either.


 Swolf3 (252), Elkton, Maryland, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Apr 15, 2009  
Bottle poured a hazy orange with white head. Aroma was orange, citrus, and honey. Taste was a nice sweet but not overdone, with orange, and other fruits. finished easy to drink and not bad.


 durhambeer (1187), Durham, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Mar 5, 2009  
Bottle thanks to ucusty. Thanks, Dave! Pours pleasant bright hazy orange with foamy white head. Aromas of candied orange with peel, bananas, coriander, honey, grains, and fusel. Sharp and a bit past its prime, but I remember drinking it a year ago and thinking it was the first Bell’s beer that let me down.


 Marsiblursi (1631), Göteborg, Sweden
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/513/20
Feb 28, 2009  
(Bottle) Pours orange to pale amber with an off-white head. The aroma is sweet, fruity and spicy with notes of coriander, light pepper, light clove, orange peel, light fruity banana esters, light floral, candi sugar, honey, almond paste, bready malt and doughy wheat. The alcohol is well hidden. The flavour is more than medium sweet and light bitter with tones of coriander, mild pepper, oranges, yeast, wheat, honey, sugar, almond paste, banana and a touch of flowers. The mouthfeel is very soft, clean and there is almost no stickiness. The finish is a bit less sweet. Medium bodied.



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