 Cletus (5001), Connecticut, USA
Feb 21, 2007 Pours orange and very hazy with a white head. Smells of the full spectrum of citrus, wheat, bananas, coriander and cloves. Tastes of oranges, lemons, pepper, coriander, and spices. Mouthfeel is full and spicy. Finish is of oranges and lasts. Looking at the style category, I see this is listed as a barleywine (wheatwine). I never would have guessed that from the taste and aroma of this one.
kkearn (994), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Feb 8, 2007 12oz bottle, batch 7155. Murky amber with a moderate sized white head. Sweet aroma with notes of banana, clove and yeast. flavor is mostly sweet, with spice and yeast. Moderately bitter, with a wheaty, spicy finish.
mynameisjonas (206), Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Feb 7, 2007 my favorite of the wheat project. very good bew with lots of taste...mmm i love bells
IrishBoy (2685), Bakersfield, California, USA
Jan 26, 2007 Bottle from bgburdman9; Thanks! Nose of clovey spices, light fruit, and yeasty breadiness; hazy orange with a small off-white head; flavor of bananas, cloves, wheatiness, and a slight bit of alcohol lasting to the finish. Definately an unusual barleywine. Could be a new style: HefeWinesen!
DrBayern (1135), Morehead City, North Carolina, USA
Jan 22, 2007 12 oz. bottle courtesy of Hellomynameis pours a hazy gold with a medium off white head that settles to a thin white layer perisisting to the end of the glass. Aroma of toffee, clove, some faint alcohol, and yeast. Palate is smooth but with a lively effervescence, and a pretty clean aftertaste. There’s some definite acidity and a slight sourness that seems to dominate the flavor, not unexpected considering the large wheat bill. Slight bitterness noted at the finish, although the hops are definitely a distant background feature here. I actually ennjoyed the rather unusual combination of aromas and flavors that this beer offers. If nothing else, it’s interesting.
MrBendo (1039), Swedesboro, New Jersey, USA
Jan 16, 2007 Updated: Jan 25, 2007Batch 7155. Lightly hazy amber/orange with a medium head. Aroma of cloves and bananas (belgian yeast) and sweet malt. A little sweet, and a little boring. But I love the experimentation. Keep it up.
Vac (2389), San Diego, California, USA
Jan 15, 2007 Pours with a crystal clear amber body topped by a medium thick head with lots of lacing. It’s slightly sweet with a note of toffee and wheat as well as a hoppy bitterness. Medium bodied, tingly and dry.
RedHaze (370), Where the hell am I?, Nebraska, USA
Jan 14, 2007 Updated: Apr 21, 2007Pours a very nice, mostly clear, pale golden color, with a thin dense head that fades very slowly to a spotty cap, leaving behind quite a bit more lace than I was expecting.
Smell; there’s definitely a very solid wheat aroma in this, and some yeasty esters very reminiscent of a good hefe-weizen. There’s also a bit of a sweet fruitiness.
Taste; as I noticed in the aroma this has some similar charactaristics of a hefe, but it also has a touch of trippel going on as well. There’s the wheat that’s expected, but also a little banana, and some tropical fruits. This is a very interesting beer, and I wish that Bell’s would make more of this, instead of just being a one-off release.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied, with a moderate but smooth carbonation, with a bit of a drying finish. Drinkability is very good. I could happily have a few of these in one night if the alcohol would let me.
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