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Bells Wheat Love Ale

 (RETIRED)
Score
9673
OVERALLStyle
Formerly brewed at Bells Brewery
Style: Barley Wine
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA
Serve in Snifter

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RATINGS: 281   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.6   SEASONAL: Special   EST. CALORIES: 240   ABV: 8%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Bell’s Wheat Project (2005) is an experimental foray into the development of complex flavors in beer. The Project comprises five new ales, four in series and one specialty strong product. The first four, Wheat 2, Wheat 4, Wheat 6 and Wheat eight are all made using 55% Wheat (either wholly or mostly malted) and 45% Barley malt. The barley malt makeup is exactly the same in each of the four and consists of three different malts. The total amount of grain in each of the four is also exactly the same, so each of them should have a virtually identical original gravity. The type and amount of hops in each of the four is exactly the same. And the processing through the brewhouse and fermentation is also exactly the same. The changing factors between the ales are the composition of the 55% of wheat used and the type and number of yeast strains used. In Wheat 2 the 55% of wheat is made up of two different kinds of wheat malt, and this ale is made with two different yeasts. Wheat 4 is made with four different wheats and four yeasts. Wheat six and eight made with six and eight wheats and yeasts respectively. The final product, Bell’s Wheat Love Ale, is made with the eight yeasts of Wheat eight and is a strong, but relatively light colored, “wheatwine.” 2. Basic Content List for the Wheat Series Wheat Two Wheats: White, Dark Yeast: Bell’s house ale strain, WLP410 Belgian Wit II Wheat Four Wheats: White, Victory, Toasted sprouts, Torrefied Yeast: WLP550 Belgian, WLP570 Golden, Wheat Two blend Wheat Six Wheats: White, Dark, Toasted sprouts, Torrefied, Red, Caramel Yeast: WLP500 Trappist, WLP530 Abbey, Wheat Four blend Wheat Eight Wheats: White, Dark, Victory, Toasted sprouts, Torrefied, Red, Caramel, Chocolate Yeast: WLP4000 Belgian Wit I, WLP565 Saison, Wheat Six blend


3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
muzzlehatch (4425) - Burlington, USA - MAY 11, 2006
12 oz bottle (batch 7155), 2005, from Bello Vino in Ann Arbor, MI (Dec 2005), served at cellar temperature in a La Chouffe tulip. Like its predecessors, this bottle emits a healthy fizzing when the cap is popped, and pours out quite a large froth white head atop a light gold/faintly pinkish clear, bubbly body....aromas of dark pumpernickel/sourdough, burnt caramel, raisins, buckwheat honey, lilac and faint alcohol emerge from this beautiful picture.....the tongue discovers far greater depth and complexities, golden and black raisins playing a role alongside the sour breadiness, sweet apple-honey syrup providing a pillowy rest for these potent characteristics, and lighter more subtle notes of oregano, smoky woods, a bit of butterscotch, and some Belgian-like farmy yeast touches....all in a thick, almost but just not quite cloying, low-carbonation, lightly alcoholic-peppery body that softens and becomes very light and feathery at the more boozy, bitter finish. Intriguing to be sure, and a bit hard to describe though I’m trying my best.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
maniac (3474) - Baltimore, Maryland, USA - SEP 17, 2010
Bottle courtesy of Captain Cougar on 04/17/2010 at the 11th Richmond RateBeer Gathering. Clear golden amber body with a small frothy white head. Sweet apple and wheat aroma. Sweet wheat and pale malt flavor with a slight apple touch. Medium body with moderate carbonation.

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
blutt59 (4926) - Dallas, Texas, USA - AUG 13, 2010
On tap, cloudy yellow orange pour with white skim foam, aroma is light , fruity peach and banana aromas, flavor is yeasty banana split with orange peel and lemon, bitter finish

3.1
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
saxed (3) - USA - JUL 8, 2010 does not count
Very little aroma. Nice golden color. Flavors of clove and light fruit. Lays a little heavy on the palate.

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
BVery (2538) - Burnsville, Minnesota, USA - JUL 8, 2010
Tap. Orange pour with a white head. Aroma is mild citrus. Complex flavor - orange and clove dominate. Really good stuff.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
TomDecapolis (4007) - Skippack, Pennsylvania, USA - JUL 7, 2010
Tap at Bells City TAP House event PBW10. Pours a cloudy golden orange with a medium creamy white head. Aroma of some dark fruits, wheat, light Belgian yeast notes, fruit. Flavor of the same. A bit sweet.

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Drake (5231) - Charlottesville, Virginia, USA - JUN 29, 2010
12 ounce bottle from Captain Cougar. Thanks! Sampled at the 11th Richmond Ratebeer Gathering, 4/17/10. Pours a clear golden color, slightly viscous looking, nearly no head. Aroma of honey, bread, raisins and dry peach-like fruity notes notes. The taste is sweet honey, dry fruity notes, caramel, toasted malts. Medium-full bodied. Pretty good beer.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Bullit (3284) - Burgos, SPAIN - JUN 25, 2010
Draft @ Eccentric Cafe. Hazy golden colour, medium off-white head. Nose is citrus, banana, cloves. Flavour of citrus and spices, cloves. Slightly bitter and sweet finish.

2.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
LilBeerDoctor (2609) - East Setauket, New York, USA - JUN 24, 2010
On tap at Eccentric Cafe. Pours a cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma of Belgian yeast and sweet wheat malt. Flavor is sweet upfront, almost sugary, with a wheaty finish. Plenty of melon rind, spices, and yeast. This was just too sugary and sweet and very difficult to drink. Not a fan. 6/4/5/3/11 [2.9/5]

2.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
Butters (3013) - Richmond, Virginia, USA - APR 17, 2010
Sampled at the Richmond Eleventh. Murky dark mustard pour with ring of white head. Very sweet nose and flavor. Earthy. Yeasty. Wheaty. Okay, not particularly refreshing or anything.

3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Kinz (2694) - Glen Allen, Virginia, USA - APR 17, 2010
Light amber, slight head. Odd aroma - faint sour, faint wheat, bread, a bit of a sherry note. Flavor is lightly sweet, and not nearly as interesting as the aroma. Faint drying bitterness on the finish. A bit of a thick mouthfeel.


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