Bells Batch 8000 Ale

Bottle. Cloudy light orange body, medium off-white head. Nose of Belgian esters, yeast, citrus, alcohol, and some spice. Flavor like a strong, sweet, alcoholic witbier, although lighter on the coriander than most.

Bottles thanks to Gregis and Beerlando
I’m not a fan of belgians, witbiers, and hefs, b/c of the yeast characteristics so keep in mind this isn’t suited to me in the first place... Pours a gorgeous glowing orange color with a uniquely soap bubble head. Smell is like an orange infused hefeweizen with a strong spiced belgian yeast flavor that I find offensive. Thick nice mouthfeel, but that is about all I liked unfortunately about it. Flavor was strong, funky, magnified flavors of a witbier along with orange and overly evident alcohol. Probably a great beer for Witbier lovers, and especially for those that don’t mind their beers noticeably alcoholic, but this was heavily reliant on yeast flavors and just not for me unfortunately.

Goblet on tap @ Buckeye Beer Engine 8/25/07: Deep gold to light amber w/a lasting white head of fine foam. The initial aroma screams wheat malt with banana esters which sort of mutes the coriander and orange peel! Light alcohol presence in the nose is spicy, along with the yeast which is lightly peppery. Clove spice as it warms. Flavor is tart up front, but then balances well, and the coriander is more apparent in the flavor up front. Alcohol spicy notes up front into the mid palate. Light hints of orange peel gets really strong and gives it the "alcoholic orange juice" flavor. Banana esters in the aftertaste. Medium body, medium carbonation, warming alcohol, and a creamy mouthfeel. Seems more to me like an imperial hefeweizen than imp Wit? Decent beer, but the alcohol gets in the way a little bit.

bottle (thanks to Dukefan for picking us up some)....aroma: sweet malts, orange, and lightly spiced....appearance: clear orange brown. think white head....taste: unfortunately it was cloyingly too sweet. some orange notes and little spices. carbonation was a little too high and a bit astringent overall.....this one was a little too one-dimensional.

Pretty decent. Lots of flavor, spicy coriander, oragne peel are particularly noticeable but not overly strong. Similar to their Oberon, but with more flavor.

big carbonation strong malts , cloudy amber, nose is citrus candy and spice, flavors are very similar kind of astringent soo sweet odd mouth feel

Bottle. Hazy orange-brown with a medium head that lasts. Zesty citrus and spice aroma. Flavor is a not-too-sweet, orange-peach-bubblegum liqueur. Dry wheat, tart citrus, herby hop, and alcohol zing at the end. Palate is nearly medium and fairly smooth, with some spice and acid astringency at the finish. Lots of yummy estery flavors that are balanced nicely by the spices.

Bottle. Poured an orange and hazy color, had some sediment that bounced around for awhile. White head that disappeared quickly. Flavor was citrusy and slightly spicy, maybe some vanilla in there ?. A heavy Wit is how I would describe it. Nice change of pace from a regular Wit.