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Bells Batch 8000 Ale

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5163.62/5.03.61/5.0Special9%81.4Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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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 Cletus (5051), Connecticut, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/53/103/59/20
Sep 8, 2007  
Bottle courtesy of crizay. Pours amber with a white head. Smells of coriander, ginger, lots of citrus and syrup. Taste is a mess of molasses and syrup and obverly cloying. This beer is in a state of disarray right now and a big let down. Guess I’ll cellar the other 5 bottles I have and see if it calms down a bit, but I’m not counting on it.


 edden (927), cow- lumbus, Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/516/20
Sep 8, 2007  
8/27/07: Bottle.
Spicy aroma: coriander & clove with other accents of wheat. Light copper body. No head, no lace. Flavors include honey & spice (especially cinnamon). Finish is long.


 footbalm (1218), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Sep 7, 2007  
Bottle at a friends house, enjoyed with Lamb roast. Mostly clear with an amber golden color. Nose is strange with a mixed up blend of some spice and fresh cut hay. I was let down by this beer and am glad that I did not buya bunch like I did the last two "K" batches. Not much here, this beer is one of the reasons I stopped rating for a long time. What the heck do you say about something that gives you little to say???


 Guerde (699), Welcome, Minnesota, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Sep 7, 2007  
(bottle, thanks Olso2116) Pours cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma varies between orange, coriander, banana, and bready yeast. Taste is sweet initially which then becomes more spicy, and finally yields to a long lasting finish of yeast. Very thick mouthfeel, not too bad.


 OSLO (826), Perth, Australia
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/104/514/20
Sep 7, 2007    Updated: Sep 17, 2007
[Bottle] Pours very cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is orange, coriander, banana, a little alcohol and yeast. The coriander comes through more strongly than the orange in the taste and the yeast is very pronounced. Quite thick. Long finish. Nice, well done, but not my thing really.


 jmikolich (405), Athens, Ohio, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Sep 7, 2007  
12oz, not impressed at all, tastes exactly like a belgian strong, not like the supercharged blue moon i had hoped for, flavor is largely belgian yeast,clove no orange or sweet citrus that i got, drink ’em fresh i say.


 blank (998), Washington, Washington DC, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/103/514/20
Sep 6, 2007  
Yellowish orangish tan (i love describing colors). Reminds me of a decent wit style. Nice clove /flowery flavors.


 zathrus13 (1296), Mount Laurel, New Jersey, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Sep 6, 2007  
Pours cloudy gold, with a white head. Aroma is spices, oranges, yeast, and bananas. Flavor is oranges, spices, bananas, and wheat. Fairlt heavy body. Bottle from Capone’s.



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