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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
overall
Formerly brewed at Bells Brewery
Style: Belgian Strong Ale

Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
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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 Guerde (693), 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 (825), 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 (1288), 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.


 TheBeerOrg (1563), Kentucky, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/513/20
Sep 5, 2007  
Pours hazy golden with a mostly receding off-white head. Aroma of orange juice, rum, fusels, and sweet citrus. Taste is sweet, alcoholic, and citric. Mouthfeel is full bodied, slightly heavy from the alcohol with soft but lush carbonation. I love Bells, but this beer was a bit messy, I do think it could benefit from extended aging. Perhaps after a year it would clear up and become a bit more refined.


 stegosaurus (1882), Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 5, 2007  
Bottle from Capones shared with the Mad indian. Pours a cloudy orange copper with a decent size off-white head. Aroma of belgian spices, fruit, citrus, and sweetness. the flavor is sweet, banana, spices, orange peel, citrus, and a beautifully smooth 9% brew.


 dkachur (2316), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/514/20
Sep 4, 2007    Updated: Jul 28, 2009
Bottle. Yummy! Aroma is fruity. The orange really comes through with a nice wheat background. Coriander is faintly there in the background.



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