Change of Heart Experimental Juicy IPA
Bell's Brewery - Eccentric Café & General Store

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12oz can. Poured out a cloudy, golden orange color with a small, off-white head of foam. It left thin lacing. It smelled of orange, caramel and piney notes. Sweet fruity taste with toasted caramel and a piney bitterness.

Hazy dull yellow body. Slight beige head that leaves sparse lace. I get lemon rind and orange juice on the nose. Solid flavor. Lemon-lime citrus. Juicy orange pulp. Slight bitterness on the aftertaste. Moderate CO2 and Medium bodied. I'd say the dominating flavor on this one is lemon, and that's not a bad thing. Decent Offering.

Lightly hazy look....decent...a little pine...a little citrus (tangerines)....I'd never describe the taste as "juicy"...if anything some guava notes along with basic citrus of tangerines, oranges and grapefruit..

Drinks light and easy for an IPA...has a touch of bitterness on the finish...

Decent beer but not one that fits the style.

Picked up as part of a mixed 12-pack from the Airport Road Ingles on 11-7-24 for $16.99. Best by date of 02MAR25, consumed cans #2&3 for review 1-7-25.

Beer poured deep chilled gold with an excellent white head that has some great hang time.

Nose is nice, getting notes of tropical and citrus fruits.

Taste is a light but substantive pale malt base in which the hops express themselves nicely. Getting papaya and mango to go with some orange. Finishes with a nice rind bitterness; 6/10 on my scale.

Mouthfeel is light to medium bodied and refreshing.

Overall, a tasty hazy.

12oz can into a pint glass. Best by 3/16/25.

Great looking beer. Ever so faintly hazy golden yellow body. Initial massive white head retains in good form throughout. Aroma seems more floral than juice. On tasting, pretty bland with a hint of juice. The finish saves this beer though, a late arriving mouth watering juicy bitterness, lasting as well.

Overall, all over the place here, but an interesting experiment by Bells.

 

From a 12 oz can, in a shaker pint glass.

Nice straw color.

Great hop nose.

Crisp hoppy taste, not over the top, but nice.

Typical IPA mouthfeel, pretty good.

I will look for this again, maybe more of a summer beer, it is December.

C+ / ABOVE AVERAGE

 

12oz can, BBD : 02FEB25
L: slightly hazed golden body; frothy eggshell head
S: juicy tropical fruit, citrus, pine, grainy malt
T: tropical fruit juice, mango, grapefruit, tangerine, light caramel malt
F: medium body, moderate carbonation, bittersweet finish
O: very easy drinking IPA with not too much bitterness, which some may appreciate

Hazy yellow, moist one finger white head, wet lacing, ok retention. Tropical fruit, pineapple, juicy notes. Moderate body and carbonation. Typically solid Bell’s.

 

 

Pours an unfiltered orange color and has a fluffy white head that lingers as a cap on the beer, with some lacing as well. Looks very nice in the glass.

The nose is primarily oranges, some guava, and some peach, which is where the taste lands. Not bad, but it doesn’t “pop,” if that makes sense.

That may be attributable to the mouthfeel, which is almost watery. Glad I could try it, but not a beer I’d revisit.

2024 Hearted IPA Variety Pack - 12 pack
12 oz. can with best by date 26JAN25 (1/26/25) - 6.8% ABV / ? IBUs
Brewed and canned in Comstock, MI
Poured into a Bell's branded nonic pint glass

Look - Pours a thin off-white head that leaves lacing. Cloudy, light to dark orange appearance with a good amount of streaming bubbles.
Smell - Aromas of orange citrus, coconut, peach, candied malt.
Taste - The taste follows the nose and leads into a slight orange bitterness in the aftertaste.
Feel - Thin-medium bodied with a semi-sharp mouthfeel and finishes somewhat dry.
Overall - A decent hazy, but maybe a tad thin on flavor.