Bells Wedding Ale

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Wheat Ale
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

Serve in Shaker, Weizen

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Pours golden orange with a sandy white head. The aroma is light sweet and a bit malty. The flavor is sweet and a bit syrupy, perhaps from the honey. Just right on a medium body, but lost the coriander unfortunately.

Bottle, caged and corked, delivered by a buddy from the brewery. Opens with a nice pop, and pours with a great pillowy cushion of white foam. Clear and still, golden with an orange tinge. The aroma is subtle, with a hint of orange zest. The beer drinks with a delightful palate, and is laden with a mellow but flavorful flourish ... lightly laced with herbal spice, yeast and garden flowers. (#4514, 3/4/2012)

On tap at the Maduro, the night before GTMW Cloudy roange, gold color. Aroma is orange marmalade with vanilla. Taste is spicy yeast, orange marmalade, sugar candy, some lingering spiciness, alcohol, or bitterness. Nice mouthfeel.

On tap at Ashleys. A fresh bread, malt and crisp hop nose. A fairly signature blast of Bells yeast profile kicks in for a distinct aroma. Pours a lightly hazed burnished gold, with a soapy white head. Flavor is rich and right in line with the aroma. A really, crisp juicy British hop cone touch, followed by some deeper malts, an edge of bread, and some nice yeast finish. Alcohol warms the back glow of this beer. Fresh, juicy, supple and a bit spicy. Very nice. Was really glad to have an opportunity to try this!

tap at Brewhaven festival - Pours hazy gold with an ample head and good lacing. It has a light, citrus and wheat accented aroma. The flavor is sweet up front with good citrus and spice character and a somewhat dry finish. This medium bodied brew is so easy to drink. Well done.

Tap at Brewhaven. Biscuity wheat malt and sweet fruity (banana?) aroma. Cloudy golden with a moderate white head, creamy lacing. Bready wheat malt, lightly sweet, spicy grassy bitter flavor. Medium creamy body.

From notes. First reviewed 7/6/2010. On tap at the Eccentric Cafe in a pint glass. The color is a hazy dark golden orange with a 2 cm white head. Reasonable retention, mostly just a ring of carbonation. Nice, replenishing carbonation rising from the bottom of the glass. Spicy, honey wheat in the nose. Nice smooth floral and citrus hoppiness. Soft, but complex aroma. Strong and spicy wheat taste, with some full honey and malty sweetness. Spicy yeast really gives the middle some excitement. Floral and citrus hops finish the flavor out. Very pleasant and rounded. The mouthfeel is slightly crisp and a little bit dry. Tight, medium carbonation and a little bit oily at the end. The yeast contributes a little bit of grainy feel as well. This is much better than most pale wheats I drink. The flavor rises above the normal bounds of the style, and I enjoy the extra complexity. Even at 7.5%, the alcohol is not noticeable, and this is a great summer ale.

tap. Golden with small head. Sweet tripel-like with yeasty bite. Complex sweetness, maybe some cotton candy and fruit? Awesome.

2006 GTMW. Hazy gold; fizzy white head. Sweet wheaty hops, light aroma. Taste is a coating sweet malted wheat. Pretty good and wedding-perfect IMO.

On tap at the 2005 Great Taste of the Midwest: Pours a hazy cloudy golden with a thin white head. Aroma is dry, grassy, lightly malty and complex. Body starts with a nice Belgian malty sweetness, a touch of coriander and light citrus, with a full-bodied, nicely hopped finish. An interesting and nicely balanced brew.