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Batch 6,000
Bell's Brewery - Eccentric Café & General Store
- From:
- Bell's Brewery - Eccentric Café & General Store
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- American Barleywine
- ABV:
- 10.5%
- Score:
- 95
- Avg:
- 4.32 | pDev: 8.8%
- Reviews:
- 158
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 12, 2018
- Added:
- Oct 23, 2003
- Wants:
- 67
- Gots:
- 10
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.33/5 rDev -22.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25
3.33/5 rDev -22.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25
Shared 355 ml bottle at local tasting. Very dark brown colour, low tan head. Intense aroma of molasses and oak. Very sweet flavour, loads of molasses, alcohol and oak, some bitterness. Impressive, but not really my cup of tea.
Jun 12, 2018Reviewed by jera1350 from Minnesota
3.88/5 rDev -10.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.88/5 rDev -10.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Murky brown with an unusually large amount of sediment in the bottom of the glass. Guessing it's yeast, but there is about a tablespoon or two of it. Short head, fair lacing.
Wet grain, fairly hoppy, fruit, fig, raisin, plum.
Wow, still packs a punch after all this time. Warm booze, sticky sweetness, still a big hop punch. Ends with fruit and some toasty sweetness. Burnt sugar perhaps.
Low carbonation as expected, full body, mildly slick, clean finish.
Really surprised at how forward the flavors are in this after so long. Really a nice beer.
Mar 16, 2013Wet grain, fairly hoppy, fruit, fig, raisin, plum.
Wow, still packs a punch after all this time. Warm booze, sticky sweetness, still a big hop punch. Ends with fruit and some toasty sweetness. Burnt sugar perhaps.
Low carbonation as expected, full body, mildly slick, clean finish.
Really surprised at how forward the flavors are in this after so long. Really a nice beer.
Reviewed by jegross2 from Illinois
3.09/5 rDev -28.5%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.09/5 rDev -28.5%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Reviewing Batch 6,000 from Bell's Brewery out of Michigan.
Score: 70
2003 vintage bottle served in a snifter glass and enjoyed on 08/18/12.
Appearance: Dark chocolate color with brown to coffee fade. No head. Minimal oily lacing and really poor retention. 3/5
Smell: Caramel, raisin, and fruity malt. Not very complex. There is a faint hint of oxidation. 4/5
Taste: Huge doses of sweet malt, brown sugar, caramel malt and plum. There is a hint of cocoa too. The finish is loaded with bitter, "warm" oxidized cardboard flavor that kills the upfront flavor of the beer. No hop flavor whatsoever. 2.5/5
Mouthfeel: Full bodied, no carbonation. Malty sweet and "warm" on the tongue from the oxidation. 3.5/5
Overall: This beer is clearly past it's prime. From it's residual profile, I never would have guessed this used to be a hoppy American barleywine. I was glad to finally get a chance to tick this beer, but I wish I would have been able to do it a year or two ago.
Recommendation: Skip this beer, it's past its prime.
Pairings: Cherries.
Cost: $17.99 for a six pack.
Sep 10, 2012Score: 70
2003 vintage bottle served in a snifter glass and enjoyed on 08/18/12.
Appearance: Dark chocolate color with brown to coffee fade. No head. Minimal oily lacing and really poor retention. 3/5
Smell: Caramel, raisin, and fruity malt. Not very complex. There is a faint hint of oxidation. 4/5
Taste: Huge doses of sweet malt, brown sugar, caramel malt and plum. There is a hint of cocoa too. The finish is loaded with bitter, "warm" oxidized cardboard flavor that kills the upfront flavor of the beer. No hop flavor whatsoever. 2.5/5
Mouthfeel: Full bodied, no carbonation. Malty sweet and "warm" on the tongue from the oxidation. 3.5/5
Overall: This beer is clearly past it's prime. From it's residual profile, I never would have guessed this used to be a hoppy American barleywine. I was glad to finally get a chance to tick this beer, but I wish I would have been able to do it a year or two ago.
Recommendation: Skip this beer, it's past its prime.
Pairings: Cherries.
Cost: $17.99 for a six pack.
Batch 6,000 from Bell's Brewery - Eccentric Café & General Store
Beer rating:
95 out of
100 with
183 ratings
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