Light Hearted Ale
Bell's Brewery - Eccentric Café & General Store
- From:
- Bell's Brewery - Eccentric Café & General Store
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #4,000 - ABV:
- 3.7%
- Score:
- 85
Ranked #30,135 - Avg:
- 3.75 | pDev: 8.53%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 130
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Yesterday at 07:45 PM
- Added:
- Sep 26, 2018
- Wants:
- 8
- Gots:
- 31
SCORE
85
Very Good
85
Very Good
Light Hearted is aromatic, balanced, and incredibly easy-drinking. This Lo-Cal IPA has only 110 calories, yet all the Heart. Centennial and Galaxy hops result in citrus and pine aromas, while a variety of specialty malts help give Light Hearted its body and flavor.
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Rated by ttoadee from Texas
3.5/5 rDev -6.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -6.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
RB transfer
Sep 04, 2025
Reviewed by Foxbush from Virginia
3.42/5 rDev -8.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.42/5 rDev -8.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
12 oz can from Total Wine and More in Short Pump, VA The ale poured an almost clear amber with a white foamy head and lacing. The aroma of floral hops greets with pale malts in the background. The flavors are hoppy but muted. The ale ahs nice hop bitterness in the upper mouth. Not bad for a 4.0 ABV Lo-Cal ale. The ale has a medium body and average carbonation.
Mar 18, 2025
Reviewed by Sinfull from New York
3.62/5 rDev -3.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.62/5 rDev -3.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
The aroma of citrus, fresh grass, and malt. Moderate, hoppy bitterness in refreshing taste. Light and easy-to-drink beer. Great beach beer for summer.
Jan 16, 2025
Reviewed by VABA from Virginia
3.75/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours a slight hazy golden color with a slight head and lacing
Aroma has slight hop and pine hints
Taste has slight hop and pine flavors
A light bodied well carbonated crisp beer
A good light IPA
Jan 13, 2025Aroma has slight hop and pine hints
Taste has slight hop and pine flavors
A light bodied well carbonated crisp beer
A good light IPA
Reviewed by donquickoats from North Carolina
4.11/5 rDev +9.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.11/5 rDev +9.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Now this is one that I ALWAYS keep stocked at home. One of the best light beers out there, easily. The look is pretty standard and there's not too much of an aroma (mainly a light, pleasant pine), but the taste and mouthfeel are utterly delightful. It's a modest 4%, highly sessionable but not lacking in flavor and body in the slightest. There's a super smooth, almost creamy pine taste with a nice crisp finish. I keep coming back to this one time and time again, great for anyone who gives a shit about flavor but still wants to crush more than a couple brews in one sitting.
Jul 17, 2024
Reviewed by Rambo111 from Minnesota
3.62/5 rDev -3.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.62/5 rDev -3.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Crisp, lighter IPA. This beer has a nice bite like a well balanced IPA should, but finishes like a Pilsner. Plenty of hops, don’t let the “Light” in the name fool you. Very good brew on the session beer type level.
May 08, 2024
Reviewed by Suds from Missouri
3.8/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.75
3.8/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.75
I've had this bottle in the back of the beer fridge for a while and finally got to pulling it out. It pours a golden color with a light haze. There is a slim white head. The aroma is floral, with some pine-like hop scents underpinning the sense. The taste is balanced, with more of the hop flavors throughout. It is lighter than I'd like, but the overall impression is much better than expected for a lo-calorie beer. I'd have a few of these.
Mar 15, 2024
Reviewed by Bluerabbitbell from Pennsylvania
3.62/5 rDev -3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.62/5 rDev -3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
1/20/24 Poured from a 12 oz can.
Was hoping to like this one more than we did.....
Aroma...Bready malt. Slight metallic. Pine. Not overly memorable.
Taste... Fairly malty. Pine resin. Lemon rind. Drying at the end.
High carbonation.
Overall, decent, but if I'm concerned about calories or too much alcohol, I'd skip drinking a beer rather than choosing this brew.
Jan 20, 2024Was hoping to like this one more than we did.....
Aroma...Bready malt. Slight metallic. Pine. Not overly memorable.
Taste... Fairly malty. Pine resin. Lemon rind. Drying at the end.
High carbonation.
Overall, decent, but if I'm concerned about calories or too much alcohol, I'd skip drinking a beer rather than choosing this brew.
Reviewed by LifesAnesthesia from Virginia
4.03/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
4.03/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
L - golden with an off-white head that sticks around a bit, leaving behind some lacing and a thin cap
S - piney, resinous, bitter hops along with malt, floral notes, bread, caramel
T - follows the nose - piney, resinous hops up front and throughout intermixed well with bready malt, caramel, some cracker, and citrus
F - light to medium bodied with moderate carbonation
O - definitely one of the better light IPAs out there. Might be one of the best
Jul 10, 2023S - piney, resinous, bitter hops along with malt, floral notes, bread, caramel
T - follows the nose - piney, resinous hops up front and throughout intermixed well with bready malt, caramel, some cracker, and citrus
F - light to medium bodied with moderate carbonation
O - definitely one of the better light IPAs out there. Might be one of the best
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