TheBeerLover (1013), DC Metro Area, USA Feb 12, 2006 Six malts. Six yeasts. Third beer in the Bell’s Wheat Project. Pours to a deep brown color, with a thick and creamy, white head, and a vibrant carbonation. The nose on this beer is inviting, with good aromas of dark and wheat malts, paired with some coffee, and roasty aroma. Palate is firm, with good tart wheat, and "grainy" wheat malt flavor. Some flavors of dark malt, and roast, can be found on the palate as well. A touch of estery fruit, fights for attention, but the dark and roasty flavors of this beer take center stage. Finishes with good, tart, wheat malt flavor, then ends grainy and roasty. Again, a nice showcase of wheat malt. I really enjoyed the grainy and roasty character of this beer. Very interesting and unique wheat beer, and one well worth trying. RooftopRogue (423), Champaign, Illinois, USA Jan 3, 2006 This beer greets the nose with an aroma infused with wheat, nuts and citrus fruit. It is a sediment filled dark tea colored solution with a thick head. This beer has a huge wheat taste. The palate enjoys a smooth and thick nutty solution that delivers a nice hint of fruit as it washes through the mouth. The smooth aftertaste of wheat lingers nicely for a few moments. SuIIy (1124), W Newton, Massachusetts, USA Nov 18, 2005 12oz bottle. Pours a dark cloudy brown color with minimal white fizzy head. Nose is nutty and bready. A very nice caramel malt is present here as well. Some subtle dark fruit notes, I beleive raisins stick out the most. Taste is very smooth up front. A sweetness hits first, followed by some malt and a bready/nuttyness as it moves back toward your throat. The beer clings right to your back molars as you swallow, clinging to stay on your palate and not be flushed down to the gut. There is a bit of carbonation in the beginning/middle that tickles the roof of your mouth, then settles out to become flat rather quickly and coats your tongue...uh oh..here comes a burp....the beer wants back in my mouth..the burp was actually quite tasty, very malty and doughy..i give it a 3.7 out of 5. back to the beer. The nose becomes more grape skins and fresh like toward the middle of the glass. the flavors are thinning out and revealing a little more of a pure malty, wheat flavor. when does the 8 come out? Darkover (1239), Columbus, Ohio, USA Nov 22, 2005 Dark hazy brown/amber with a big thick beige head. Aroma of yeast. Flavor of wheat, roast and some coffee. Better than 2 and 4 Terminus (1955), Illinois, USA Dec 6, 2005 bottle-batch 7119-pours turbid carmel color with a nice soapy cream colored head with many different sized bubbles. smokey, leathery, lighty sweet, tannens and light sulfer (but nowhere as much as the 4), ash tray, lightly toasted bread, faint spice, orange, bananas and some dubbel esqe notes as well. awesome aroma! flavors are toasty, earthy, grainy, bananas, chocolate, ash, smoke, lightly metallic. light bitterness from all the malting, not really any hop bitterness. body is quite nice-full, slick, and a nice level of carbonation (4 was way to carbonated. ) the best so far from the experiement if you ask me!
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