Batch 10,000 Ale
Bell's Brewery in Galesburg, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale - American Series Out of Production|
Score
7.19
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The last of a series, Batch 10,000 Ale looks back to our home-brewing roots. After combing through the catalogs of many, many malt & hop suppliers, our brewers used over 100 different malts, grains, and other fermentables, and followed them up with a blend of 60 different hop varietals between the kettle additions and dry-hopping. The resulting beer presents a deep, chocolate brown hue and offers roasted & caramel notes from the malts mixed with an assertive hop character. Sharply bitter, the beer possesses a full mouthfeel without being heavy and will withstand aging in your cellar, if you prefer.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
A deep dark brown ale with a thick brown head. In aroma, a rather funked malr, herbaceous, dark fruits, frankincense, a bit off and strange. In mouth, a rather interesting woody malt with some fusel alcohol, astringent during the whole taste, dissappointing. Tasted Oct. 21 2011 with GRM and Boutip. Merci Philippe.
Tried
on 25 Oct 2011
at 18:19
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Guerde. Pours dark brown with a creamy tan head. Aroma of pine over strong roast malt. Med body. Mild carb. Flavor is sweet dark brown malt with enough piney hop to overbalance. No heat. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Oct 2011
at 05:28
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
12oz bottle, finally pulled from the fridge to consume on Sept 9, 2011. Poured a dark brown color, lasting medium sized off-white head. Aroma was chocolate notes, fruit notes, sweet malts. Flavor was smooth, creamy chocolate notes, with a notch of roasted malts, touch of light hop character - may have mellowed since bottling date.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Sep 2011
at 20:21
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pours a deep reddish-brown color with a medium off-white head that diminishes slowly. Stringy lacing on the glass. The aroma consists of chocolate malt, molasses and hops. Medium body with flavors of sweet malt, hops, dark chocolate and grapefruit. Slight boozy note in the background as well. The finish is roasted malt at first and leaves a tinge of warming alcohol and hops behind. Above average overall.
Tried
on 19 Aug 2011
at 13:59
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ home, courtesy of someone neat. Dark orange brown appearance with a light brown head. Caramel malty, slightly piney, light toffee, light chocolate aroma. Caramel, light booze, moderate earthy/piney hoppy, l mild to moderate booze, toffee flavor. Piney, caramel, toffee aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jul 2011
at 23:34
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle on 12/24/2010. Slightly hazy dark amber body with ruby highlights and a large frothy brown head. Big caramel, smoke, molasses, and light coffee aroma. Sweet caramel, fruit, molasses, and smoke flavor. Medium full body with moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2011
at 05:10
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 fl oz bottle. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted dark malty. Toasted and dark toffee malty. Sweet and slight herbal and solid bitter. Smooth and dark toasted malty. Bitter and dark roasted flavoured finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2011
at 13:39
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of Pinball. Pours a clear orangey brown with a beige head. Sweet burned caramel, nuts and spicy hops. Solid body, sweet spicy caramel like in maple syrup, a little licorice allsorts and licorice and a hoppy but not all that bitter finish. Rather nice and sophisticated. 230511
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2011
at 10:55