Bells Eccentric Ale

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

Serve in Lager glass, Tumbler

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Sampled at Rare Beer Tasting II in Denver on September 17, 2010. 2004 vintage poured by Laura Bell. Shiny, deep-dark amber color with a clear body and an off-white/light-brown head. Aroma is really, really awesome, showcasing wood, possibly smoked, definitely aged and alcoholic. Flavor is smooth… very smooth. Alcohol is present, but not so much that it chokes you. Sticky/syrupy with a bit of alcohol in the finish.

355ml bottle from northernbrews. pours deep brown with almost no head but modestly carbonated. for a bottle from 2007 it looks pretty good. aroma of anise, coffee, aged hops, aged dark malt. very well integrated and complex. very good offering from bells. id love to try other vintages.

2005 Bottle thanks to MSante79. Pours cola brown. Nose of soy sauce, fig, plum and dates. Taste of wasabi ginger, fig, plum, dates and soy sauce. Nice mouthfeel. Unique and interesting.

2004 vintage sample from a 12oz bottle @ the Denver Rare Beer Tasting II on 9/17/10. Deep red pour with a 1/4" off white head. Sweet potato nose with carrots and spices. Medium to full body with more veggies and aged malts. Sweet pumpkin finish... 4 me, the veggies were too much... not my thing.

Bottled. (2004 Vintage). Brown to black with beige head. Aroma is spiced caramel, berry fruits, molasses, and wood. Flavor is dark boozed dried berry fruits, caramel, molasses, sweet at times, with dried oranges. Wild palate. Really nice.

2005 batch. Strong smell. Complicated taste. Too much going on in the beer to pick out individual flavors. Possibly licorice.

Thanks bvc! Batch 8877. Juniper nose, highland peat, milk chocolate. Creamy chocolate with more juniper berry, sticky sweet and oaky in the finish. Flavors all mushed together, works great for me, killer beer.

Strong nose of dark malt, tobacco, molasses, earthy notes, roast, salty and lightly briney too. Pours dark brown almost black, no head or lace, some legs. Malty notes of dark malts, licorice, soy, light earthy notes. Almost like hotd adam. medium carb, nice full mouth feel.

12 oz. Thanks brandon. Pours cloudy ebony with caramel edges. No real head or lace. Black olives, meat, and cola on the nose. Sticky thick low carb body. Meaty, olivey, cola rich mid palate. Long sticky olive mid palate. Delicious and complex.

2008 bottle shared at the RBSG 2010 grand tasting. Pours a deep black with a good head and good lace, the head eventually subsides. The aroam is figgy and spicy with some raisin and some roasty notes. The flavor is fruity as hell with some cherry and wood as well as apricot and mild spiciness.