Bell's Brewery Big Hearted IPA

Big Hearted IPA

 

Bell's Brewery in Galesburg, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - Imperial / Double Rotating
Score
7.12
ABV: 9.5% IBU: 59 Ticks: 36
Imperial style IPA. Citrus and berry hop aromas, balanced with a slight bitterness.
 

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Tried on 09 Jul 2025 at 21:58


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Can, from Whole Foods, Manhattan. Pours clear golden with a foamy off-white head, citrus-malt aroma, adequate carbonation, medium bitter citrus peel taste with alcohol undertones, lightly caramelized malt taste, thin smooth body, long finish with some throat burn at the end. Deceptively smooth.

Tried from Can from Whole Foods Market - Upper West Side on 26 Jun 2025 at 20:50


7

Canned from 12pk. Clearish orange amber pour - juicy grapefruit, bitter hops, lots of malt, pine resin

Tried from Can on 20 May 2025 at 02:13


6.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 7

12 oz. can. Pours an unclear, orange color, with an average, foamy, off-white head. The nose is spruce, cloves, grapefruit peel, caramel, and perfume. Sweet and phenolic, with a fair, rough bitterness. Medium body, slick, and oddly hot. Not great, but reasonable.

Tried from Can on 30 Apr 2025 at 15:49


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Can. Amber beer with a cream head. Citrus and berry aroma. Grapefruit and berry flavor with light caramel. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Grapefruit and berries linger with light pine and backing caramel.

Tried on 25 Feb 2025 at 17:23


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7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Aromas are slightly old resin hops with citrus rind and malt. Flavors are similar to nose, add in a bit of MJ and a bit more sweet than bitter with carbonation a bit soft. Body is a touch chewy. Decent but not great.

Tried from Can from La Crosse People's Food Co-op on 17 Feb 2025 at 02:22


8.1
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Orange, peach, biscuit malt, and grapefruit peel aroma. Golden yellow with small head. Moderately sweet orange, peach, biscuit malt, and moderately bitter dry grapefruit peel flavor. Good body. Nice.

Tried from Draft on 04 Feb 2025 at 23:45

gave a cheers!

7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Not a bad example of the gas station stovepipe DIPA; a bit harsh in texture thanks to the massive ABV, but not cloyingly sweet. Orange marmalade, papaya and mango juice with notes of peach and berry, slight bit of pine on the finish with no serious bitterness.

Tried from Can on 28 Jan 2025 at 02:13

gave a cheers!

6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Golden in color with a small head. Aroma is tropical fruit. Taste is tropical fruit, pineapple with a bitter finish.

Tried on 21 Jan 2025 at 05:37

gave a cheers!

6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can. Cloudy orange golden color with medium white head. Aroma of oranges, tangerines, peach, light zest. Taste is sweet, moderate fruity hops, citrus, some berries, touch of zest. Alcohol is well hidden. Could be more hoppy bitter, otherwise good beer.

Tried from Can on 05 Dec 2024 at 20:15

gave a cheers!