Bells Midwestern Pale Ale

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: American Pale Ale
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tulip

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An unclear orange beer with a small disappearing lazing head. The aroma is very slight, but what is there is of oranges. The flavor is sweet hoppy and malty with a hoppy dry end.

12 fl oz bottle, courtesy of fiulijn. Pours cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is mild herbal malty and hoppy fruity, slight oxidised. Peachy and slight citrusy flavoured. Bitter and dry malty into a bitter and dry hoppy finish. Dry and bitter lasting impression.

Bottled. Orange opaque colour with small white head. Sweet caramellish hopping along with a bit cartboard in aroma. Flavour is strong grassy hops along with some salty and even weaker caramellish hints in aftertaste. Quite good, but not that impressive. Very dry palate.

Bottled. Cloudy yellow. Appley, grassy aroma. Dry and clean. Hard mouthfeel, salty bitter finish. Less distinct than how I remembered it.

Bottle at fiulijn. Clear golden coloured with a meidum sized white ehad. Fruity aroma of hops, grass and pine needles. Fruity flavour of hoips and grass with notes of grape fruits. Dry hoppy finish.

This beer pours a golden hazy colour into the glass. It even looks a bit cloudy. Doesn’t pour much of a head. It has a big hoppy smell with some hint of citrus. And a bit fruity smell too. The flavor is fruity and hoppy, with some malty flavor too. It has some fruity aftertaste with some hint of citrus.

Hazy golden color; small creamy head. At first it has a pungent vegetables aroma, beans. Quite simplistic malt profile; there is again some vegetables flavor; ordinary bitterness. Another one unfortunately staying too long in the cupboard.

(Bottle) Pours a golden color with a medium white frothy head. Many tiny white floaties and lots of carbonation make this beer resemble some science experiment from the movies. I am waiting for the eruption of fumes from my beer beaker… The aroma of wet grass and florals ascends from the glass. Has flavors of grass, light hops, citrus, and sour milk.

UPDATED: SEP 14, 2008 Name: Gold Leaf Pale Ale
Date: 11/07/1997
Source: Brewfest, Real Ale Festival

Appearance: hazy gold, whispy head
Aroma: slightly sweet funky hop aroma
Flavor: light malt flavor with a touch of hop flavor, something funky going on: hop? yeast? bugs? (first gold single hop varital)

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Score: *4
-------- /> Date: 04/08/2004
Mode: Bottle
Source: Wild Wing Cafe, Marietta

Appearance: hazy yellow,
Aroma: light sweet malt aroma,
Flavor: flavor has lots of bitterness, not enough malt to balance

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Score: *4
-------- /> The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.

Hazy golden body with floaties, topped by small white head. Aroma is mild floral, mild sweet. Taste is mild for the most part, finishing floral bitter. Acidic. Medium/light body.