Bells Wheat Two Ale

If you enjoy wheat beers, then Bell’s Wheat Project is something that you just have to love. They start things off right with Wheat Two Ale. This beer pours to a beautiful, hazy, pale golden color, with a thick, and creamy white head, and a lively carbonation. The nose on this beer is excellent, with estery aromas of banana and pear, paired with some tart wheat malt aroma, and hints of citrus. The palate is firm, with good tart wheat malt flavors, paired with some biscuity pale malt flavor, and some estery fruit. Wheat Two Ale finishes with more good wheat malt flavor up front, then ends with a touch of pale malt sweetness, and some spicy yeast flavor. Really a great showcase of wheat malt aromas, and flavors, with some good yeasty character as well.

Acquired a while back in a trade with TheBlackMallard, the Wheat Two Ale poured out clear golden yellow (since I held back the yeast in the bottle). Carbonation was active, and the head very small in size. The aroma was very typical of wheat beer, with banana being quite prominent, followed by a lemon-lime smell, a hint of clove, and finally some delicate hay. The taste was very clean showcase of the same fruity and spicy flavors. Considering this was relatively low strength beer that sat in my closet for a couple of months, no degradation was apparent. The body was thicker than typical for the style, and there was a wispy faint hop presence in the aftertaste. The beer felt quenching, yet was complex enough to keep my attention throughout the short session. Towards the end, I swirled in the yeast, and the taste got a touch spicier, while the body got a great deal cloudier. Head and shoulders above almost any other American Wheat, I’ve had.

Pours deep gold with fine-textured head, aroma is lots of yeasty wheat. What an incredibly silky palate, light bright floral flavor with citrus and yeast, quenching yet velvety. Really delicious example of the style.

Nice cloudy as all hell golden yellow, with some very fine sediment. Lots of frothy white head as well. Nose is wheat, yeast, lemon, and maybe some light hopping. Taste is so thick and creamy. Very wheaty and yeasty is the simplest way to put it. Nice citrus notes and some hop bitterness at the end. The chewiest wheat Ive ever had. Wheat series is off to a great start.

(12oz bottle- Red Wagon Shoppe, Rochester MI) Beatiful deep golden orange deepening to red in the center. Nose of lemon, slight banana, yeasty. Delicious soft wheat flavor, very subtle complexity with an oily mouthfeel... oh wait... that is probably from the chapstick. reminds me of Weihenstephan. slightly bitter finish. I am so pumped for #4 now... thank goodness i have one right here.