Bells Batch 8000 Ale

Bottle from Gregis, many thanks. Pours hazy orange with nice fluffy head and lots of sediment that swirled around the glass. Aroma of spices, and citrus. This is pretty smooth with a warming finish. Does have a nice citrus flavor that doesn’t overpower the point of the beer.

Bottle thanks to drewbeerme. Pours a nice hazy orange color with suspended yeast. Nice yeasty wheat aroma with hints of orange and coriander. Nice, smooth wheat flavor with orange and coriander flavors to match the aroma. Very smooth with just the right amount of carbonation. Easy drinking, and hard to believe it is 9%. As a fan of wheat beers, I enjoyed this.

Pours with a lightly hazy, bright amber hue before the sediment ends up in the glass. With the sediment the beer is quite hazy, really opaque even, but somehow has an orangish hue on top of the amber color. It is initially topped by a frothy, two-finger thick, light amber tinged head that only has a medium level of staying power to it. The aroma is definitely driven by spice notes; earthy coriander, hay, orange zest, spicy ginger and perhaps some peppery notes. The orange zest & sweet grain character contributes aromas reminiscent of orange-spice cookies or perhaps even orange-cream candies.

Medium bodied, yet still fairly drinkable, enough residual malt allows the beer to stick to the palate after the beer has left my mouth. The residual coating leaves flavors of orange zest, dusty malt and an astringent, quite earthy, spice character that is presumable from the coriander, but probably also has a lot to do with the yeast. Up front this beer is balanced towards the sweet side of things; this accentuates an orange cream character as well as some honey like malt notes. This sweetness is quickly balanced by a dry, sharp finish that has the before mentioned yeast / coriander note as well as some lingering hop bitterness. The sediment adds a yeast flavor to the beer that adds a raw, dough-like quality and perhaps adds a bit more body as well. The finish almost has a sort of vegetal character to it, though I can’t say that it is necessarily detracting. A touch of white pepper-like spiciness add a welcoming note towards the end of each sip.

As the beer warms up a bit and loses its initial zippy carbonation, it begins to feel a bit more creamy on the tongue. This is definitely a nice beer, really it is a nice change of pace from the other X-thousand batches I have had. I can see how this would not be nearly as popular as some of the others, but I am quite happy to be able to sample one (thanks Craig).

Pours a hazy, dark amber/orange with a pitted, frothy off-white head that diminishes leaving behind wispy lace. The aroma is just what you’d expect and is actually true to the commercial description listed above. Big notes of orange peel and coriander with the nice addition of the grains of paradise adding an extra touch of sweet spice to a hearty wheat backbone. Medium-bodied and a bit grainy with lively carbonation and a quick lightly dry finish. You can actually feel a bit of the ABV on this one. The flavor is fairly sweet, with the GoP and Coriander up front and lesser notes of orange peel (and perhaps a touch of banana) flavoring the solid wheat backing. This is the witbier I’ve always wanted to try: fuller body, bigger flavor and with a lingering, spicy finish. As a fan of witbiers, I find this one quite nice. It’s certainly not a session beer like a true Belgian white, but I really like it.

12 oz bottle. Dark golden color, aroma of spice and belgian yeast. Flavor is spice, spice, spice. Too much spices for me. Decent, but hard to finish.

Thanks Brewblackhole for this bottle! Pours a cloudy orange color with little floaties in it. Aromas of corriander,citrus and belgian yeast. Big candied belgian yeast flavor followed by a big corriander/citrus punch. You can taste the alcohol hidden in there as well. Has a odd almost cough syrup like flavor on the finish.Just a ok brew for me...

Great stuff. My take on this is that they took their "Wheat Love" beer from the Wheat Series and put the Belgian White spin on it. The beer tastes EXACTLY like Wheat Love until after the swallow, when the coriander and orange peel kick in. Since Wheat Love was my ATF Bells beer, this one also gets many kudos and a high rating.

From bottle : Pours a hazy medium dark amber color with a small white head that dies quickly but leaves a nice foamy ring. Aroma of strong fruits with alcohol notes and some soothing malt smells. Flavor is fruity, not as fruity as most of the belgians i have tried, with some alcohol and a little bit of maltyness. Sidenote....After a burb i get a strong hop flavor. The palate is kinda on the thin side, but has a thick feeling to it after it has been swallowed, also very lively in the mouth. Not bad