 shigadeyo (1507), Southwest Ohio Area, Ohio, USA
Mar 6, 2008
<b><i>Batch 7083</i></b><br /><br />
<b>3/06/2008</b>: Bell’s Wheat Two (2) Ale pours a slightly hazy (some very fine sediment is floating in it) golden color. There is a flury of carbonation and a lasting medium-sized off-white head. The aroma reminds me of a Belgian Blonde Ale as it constains some lightly sweet maltiness, hints of spice, and some fresh fruitiness including peach(?), orange, and banana. This beer also tastes much like a good Belgian Blonde Ale. The malt has a slight graininess to it and the wheat has developed a nice fruity quality. There is also a nice subtle spiciness (difficult to pinpoint the exact spices) that lasts through the dry finish and combines with a slight floral and herbal hop bitterness to create a nice lasting flavor. I really like the sweet and complex fruit in the aroma and flavor. Some fusels and faint butterscotch (or something similar) become more noticeable as the beer warms. The mouthfeel of this beer is medium-light and crisp. Overall this is a refreshing beer. The profile of the Belgian Wit yeast definitely comes through in the aroma, flavor, and appearance of this beer. This was the only one of the Wheat Project beers that I did not have when they were first released because I could not find it, but I wish I had. I am really enjoying it now and bet is was also pretty good when it was originally released. I think this beer could continue to hold up for another year or two or more.<br /><br />
<i>12 fl. oz. bottle from Party Town in Florence, Kentucky. Rating #184 for this beer...</i><br />
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My other <i>Bell’s Wheat Project</i> Ratings:<br />
• <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/bells-wheat-two-ale/52416/39793/>Bell’s Wheat Two (2) Ale</a><br />
• <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/bells-wheat-four-ale/52417/39793/>Bell’s Wheat Four (4) Ale</a><br />
• <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/bells-wheat-six-ale/52433/39793/>Bell’s Wheat Six (6) Ale</a><br />
• <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/bells-wheat-eight-ale/52434/39793/>Bell’s Wheat Eight (8) Ale</a><br />
• <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/bells-wheat-love-ale/52437/39793/>Bell’s Wheat Love Ale</a><br /><br />
Stine (1354), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Sep 30, 2008 Almost three years old now. A misty, coppery unfiltered orange. Husky wheat, creamed corn, cool metals and some dried caramel sweetness in the nose; nothing too blatantly offensive, but no moments of reassurance either. The lemon, clove and pastry bread qualities of its fresher character are present, and deeply buried under all the oldness.
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A wet, metallic and lemony tang in a severely thinned and somewhat soured flavor; still, it remains sufficiently crackery in its malts and prickly enough in its clove and cardamom intimations to suggest an age quite younger than it actually is.
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Medium body is crisp and sharp. Finishes on an odd, brisk lemon pepper spice/sour that’s somewhat unreadable. I don’t remember liking it when I had in pre-rating days, and I don’t much like it now; cheers to ticking, and thanks to the want-list fairy named Ken Weaver.
badbeer (428), Iowa, USA
Aug 22, 2008 Coudy golden color with a pillowy white head. Smell of fresh bread, lemon, bananas and some clove too. Taste has soft on the banana and clove at the beginning, with a fresh bread and weird orange peel taste in the finish. Low carbonation and full body. Interesting experiment, but I didn’t really care for this.
phishpond417 (1542), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Apr 21, 2008 Pours a semi hazey golden colour, small but noticeable white head. Aroma is slightly fruity, Sweet aroma with rich fruit character. Peach, red delicious apples, and cotton candy. Taste is smooth, light and fruit filled.
dukefan (167), Chicago, Illinois, USA
Apr 17, 2008 Drinkable pleasant stuff - it reminded me some of their Winter White. Flavors of banana and a slight touch of spice.
dm9831 (775), Monee, USA
Mar 21, 2008 hazy gold, thin white head, dissipates quickly. aroma of grass, grain, wheaty sweetness. sweet banana flavor with some grainy undertones. creamy, medium bodied finish. not offensive.
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