Official Hazy IPA
Bell's Brewery - Eccentric Café & General Store

 

 

5/2022 The Wine Shop, 4000 Emerson Ave., Parkersburg, WV

Poured from 12oz can into my Bell's tulip. Canned 3/21/22.

Appearance: medium golden hue with a moderate haze and a finger of frothy foam atop and a nice lace on the glass. Seems legit!

Smell: nice herbal, orangey, and piney aroma with a lightly sweet malt backbone. Not bad at all!

Taste: sweet malt with a rather citrusy and slightly piney character. It's good, but a bit one-dimensional.

Mouthfeel: medium body with a good level of carbonation and creaminess of the style.

Overall: a decent enough IPA, though perhaps a bit unremarkable for a hazy.

I mean, it's okay.

 

 

 

I love Bell's. Two-hearted has been my favorite IPA since who knows when. But I can't get behind this one. Bought a 12 pack that was on clearance at Jewel (despite 1/24/22 canning date!) and I kind of regret it. Pedestrian beyond belief. Reminds me of my 2nd least favorite thing about Bell's: the restaurant/taproom. Feels like an afterthought.

 

 

 

 

Single can from the Kroger MIx & Match shelf.

 

 

I rate this Hazy IPA overall as a 4 which is solid for taste.

 

In Laurel:
LOOK: Pours a very hazy lemonade like color with an attractive all white head that has both solid retention and side glass lace.
ATOMA: Juicy acerbic citrus aromas. Mild sourness, with some melon a little pine nuts along with some background bread malts.
TASTE: An easy to drink IPA, not one for a dedicated hop head. Hops are mild and there is a decent balance with the bread malts.
At first pour the carbonation and effervescent are robust.
This was an enjoyable beer from a solid craft brewery.

Not a bad IPA.
Well balanced albeit a tad hop forward, as is the craze now for this style.

 

Taste: big grapefruit citrus notes, tangy and bitter hops, tropical fruit, chewy finish. Same with the bold nose. Pale golden hue, hazy,white foamy head. ringed lace. Medium to full body. solid, paired will with fish tacos.

 

 

 

on draft, had a bunch of pints of this while in Michigan curtesy of a friend's kegerator

hazy yellow orange in color, thick white head. nice well rounded hop aroma - citrus fruits and a little dankness. similar flavors, starts a little sweet but enough bitterness. fuller bodied.

 

 

 

 

 

 

this is really very good, a wheat based ipa with a nice range of hops, super professionally done, and it puts a lot of its competitors to shame with its pungent hop freshness, soft fluffy texture, and easiness to drink for being a hazy, i wish more would be like this. its glowing a lightly frosted pale golden color with an inch of white head from the can, fills the glass nicely. the nose is great on this, its grounded by the wheat but totally hop driven, obvious mosaic and el dorado, the best parts of each, sliced pineapple and drippy ripe melon, highly fragrant and botanical, some light spiciness in here too, its not overly complex but its the right balance for the style. the flavor is just as good as the nose, and i taste more el dorado than any other hop in here, enough nuance to be interesting through, melon rind, green grape, sweet orange, its fantastic. the wheat base has flavor and body, dry and expansive, wonderful carbonation and a super clean ferment on this, faster finishing than a lot of hazy types, no residual hop oil, no greenness, relaxed bitterness late, its all real dialed in. its been way too long since i had anything new from bells, this really is excellent. more drinkable than most too, i could have made a day of these, rare for a hazy!

Very pale straw color with a small head. Appears very effervescent.
Aroma is mild, some citrus and some sweetness.
The taste is subtle. The Pilsen malt definitely comes through. It has a lagerish taste.
The hops are there, but just. It tastes like Hazy IPA Lite!
I can feel just a little more of the carbonation than a normal IPA.
Overall, I liked it. But, I prefer Bell’s Two Hearted over this.

Lightly hazed, bright golden hue, thick and lasting snowy white head.

In the nose: Soft and hoppy. Nice enough. Quiet.

In the mouth: more soft, more pleasant. Very mellow with the hops. Here comes the juicy. Tasty malt, minor hop bitterness. Very minor. Like, none. Not an IPA, in my book. Maybe it succeeds as an "NE", but I'm just not getting what I like from an IPA in this one. (Although Bell's says that this shouldn't be confused with an NE, it should be strictly identified as a Hazy.)

As we go further, I like it more, though. Or maybe I just become more forgiving. Still doesn't have the hop bite I want. It's coming through a little bit. Little bit by little bit. Okay, I'd drink this again. And who knows, maybe you'd like it more than me.

 

Pours a light hazy yellow. A mild sweet hop aroma. Has on odd flavor. Mild hop body with a little tartness. Finishes slightly malty with a little hop bitterness. A solid IPA. Not as boring as the can would suggest.

 

Poured apple juice gold with a 1 finger head and light lacing.
Aroma was pleasant if mild, definitely an IPA and Citra involvement, difficult for me to discern specifics.
The taste was actually pretty darn good, the more I had the more I liked it. I think if this had a slightly lower ABV that I would keep it in the fridge for ad hoc quaffing.
The feel was appropriate for what it is, neither to thin or too thick.
Definitely plan on drinking again!