Two Hearted Ale | Bell's Brewery, Inc.
Brewed by:
Bell's Brewery, Inc.
Michigan, United States
bellsbeer.com
Style: American IPA
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 7.00%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
An India Pale Ale style well suited for adventurous trips to the Upper Peninsula. American malts and enormous hop additions give this beer a crisp finish and an incredibly floral aroma.
Added by Todd on 12-11-2001
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Ratings: 14,348 | Reviews: 3,574
4.15/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.59/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Hop blood. Very nice
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look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Hop blood. Very nice
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4.3/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Can to becher pint glass, the appearance was a clean crisp rugged orange color with a finger's worth of white foamy head that fell off at a moderate pace. Some ringy lace, slightly sticky.
The aroma had a wonderful dose of sweet fresh pine, floral bitterness and sturdy caramel malt base.
The flavor was a fabulous blend of the prior aromatic qualities - sweet to bitter and back through intertwining eloquently into a clean aftertaste.
The mouthfeel was medium bodied with a pretty good sessionability about it. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt appropriate.
Overall, pretty nice AIPA that brought me into the beer world when I lived in Michigan. Always a post fishing beer whenever I finished fishing the St. Mary's River in Sault Ste. Marie.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Can to becher pint glass, the appearance was a clean crisp rugged orange color with a finger's worth of white foamy head that fell off at a moderate pace. Some ringy lace, slightly sticky.
The aroma had a wonderful dose of sweet fresh pine, floral bitterness and sturdy caramel malt base.
The flavor was a fabulous blend of the prior aromatic qualities - sweet to bitter and back through intertwining eloquently into a clean aftertaste.
The mouthfeel was medium bodied with a pretty good sessionability about it. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt appropriate.
Overall, pretty nice AIPA that brought me into the beer world when I lived in Michigan. Always a post fishing beer whenever I finished fishing the St. Mary's River in Sault Ste. Marie.
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3.74/5 rDev -12.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
I loved this beer for several years, but it seems to have gone downhill after Bell's started brewing it in greater quantities. Still a solid beer, but no longer exceptional. Similar trajectory to Sierra Nevada.
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look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
I loved this beer for several years, but it seems to have gone downhill after Bell's started brewing it in greater quantities. Still a solid beer, but no longer exceptional. Similar trajectory to Sierra Nevada.
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4.27/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.6/5 rDev -15.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
4.56/5 rDev +7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
One of the best. Plenty of hops and great flavor and feel.
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
One of the best. Plenty of hops and great flavor and feel.
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4.5/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
NOTE: I compare all other beers to Sierra Nevada's Pale Ale; there may be better out there, but many that are worse.
This gives a 2 finger head.
The color is a light straw.
The aroma is a nice citrusey pine.
The taste is a distinct citrus/pine.
Bitterness is mild toward the back of the palate with a hint of malt which offers a smooth finish.
Overall, love the flavors, but not quite as crisp and refreshing as Sierra Nevada.
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
NOTE: I compare all other beers to Sierra Nevada's Pale Ale; there may be better out there, but many that are worse.
This gives a 2 finger head.
The color is a light straw.
The aroma is a nice citrusey pine.
The taste is a distinct citrus/pine.
Bitterness is mild toward the back of the palate with a hint of malt which offers a smooth finish.
Overall, love the flavors, but not quite as crisp and refreshing as Sierra Nevada.
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4.22/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.04/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.5/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.52/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
4.56/5 rDev +7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
3.94/5 rDev -7.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Excellent beer, one of the forefathers of American IPA's, and a great showcase of centennial hops.
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look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Excellent beer, one of the forefathers of American IPA's, and a great showcase of centennial hops.
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4.4/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.16/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
4.29/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.5/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
This is a beer that makes sense to me. A perfectly biting flavor of citrus/hop/malt without the need of a pinch of this and a pinch of that (which I favor as well but this one doesn't need the extra alchemy, it's near perfect as is).
This used to be a regular for me then I got lured by the new - what sweet delight to revisit liquid bliss. Sometimes comfort comes from happy familiarity.
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
This is a beer that makes sense to me. A perfectly biting flavor of citrus/hop/malt without the need of a pinch of this and a pinch of that (which I favor as well but this one doesn't need the extra alchemy, it's near perfect as is).
This used to be a regular for me then I got lured by the new - what sweet delight to revisit liquid bliss. Sometimes comfort comes from happy familiarity.
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4.28/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Two Hearted Ale from Bell's Brewery, Inc.
4.26
out of 5
based on 14,348 ratings.
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
Pours a medium golden color with a large white head on top. Smell is of citrus and pine. Tastes just like how it smells with a smooth malty finish to it.
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