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Bells Wheat Two Ale

 (RETIRED)
Percentile
86
overall
Formerly brewed at Bells Brewery
Style: Wheat Ale

Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
1913.47/5.03.44/5.0Special5.3%98.5Shaker, Weizen
Commercial Description:
This beer is the first in Bell’s Wheat Project. 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 Two Wheats: White, Dark Yeast: Bell’s house ale strain, WLP410 Belgian Wit II
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 lemonlovr (187), Lockport, Illinois, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/55/102/510/20

Dec 14, 2007  
Smells very nice - hints of sweet banana. The appearance was clear on first pour until the sediment went in then thing got cloudy. Little to no head, what was there dissolved quickly. A little

 topherh (900), Kearney, Missouri, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/512/20
Feb 23, 2009  
Pours a hazy orange with hints of wheaty malt, very light clove, and banana. Flavor is tart, light clove, metallic, grass, and lemon. Not horrible for a 3 1/2 year old wheat beer.


 jgb9348 (2495), Arlington (Pentagon City), Virginia, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/102/511/20
Jan 11, 2009  
Deep copper coloured body with a thin white head. Strong malt in the nose with a tiny bit of hops and nothing else. Light to medium bodied; decemt maltiness up front with some hops and a tiny bit of spice. After taste shows more of the malt and nothing of the complexity. Overall a pretty average beer good to try and recommended as a set. I sampled this 12 oz bottle at purchased at Merchants in Deerborn, MI on 28-May-206.


 Stine (1380), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/510/20
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.

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.

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 (433), Iowa, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/102/511/20
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 (1935), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
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 (173), Dallas, Texas, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/513/20
Apr 17, 2008  
Drinkable pleasant stuff - it reminded me some of their Winter White. Flavors of banana and a slight touch of spice.


 dm9831 (1167), Monee, Illinois, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/102/511/20
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.


 shigadeyo (2263), Harrison, Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Mar 6, 2008  
Batch 7083

3/06/2008: 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.

12 fl. oz. bottle from Party Town in Florence, Kentucky. Rating #184 for this beer...
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My other Bell’s Wheat Project Ratings:
• <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/bells-wheat-two- Wheat Two (2) Ale
• <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/bells-wheat-four Wheat Four (4) Ale
• <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/bells-wheat-six- Wheat Six (6) Ale
• <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/bells-wheat-eigh Wheat Eight (8) Ale
• <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/bells-wheat-love Wheat Love Ale



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