Bell's Brewery Amber Ale

Amber Ale

 

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

  Amber / Red Ale Regular
Score
6.63
ABV: 5.8% IBU: 32 Ticks: 107
The beer that helped build our brewery; Bell’s Amber Ale features both toasted and sweet caramel notes from carefully selected malts, balanced with herbal and citrus hop aromas. Capped by a clean bitterness, it’s incredibly versatile with food, but very tasty on its own.
 

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6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Mikkeller webshop. Pours clear amber with off white head. Aroma of caramel, crackers and slightly floral hops. Malty taste with biscuits, flowers, caramel and very light citrus. Well balanced and tasty.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Apr 2016 at 14:08


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

35,5 cl bottle @ hotel room, Los Angeles. BBE 29.07.2015. Aroma has sweet fruity tones and berry juice. Flavour has some resiny malt, minerals, and berry juice and mild milky tones. Decent.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Aug 2015 at 22:11


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

4 oz pour on draft at Station 2. Golden orange with off-white head. Aromas of toast and biscuit. Tastes of toast, biscuit, citrus. Medium body with a dry finish.

Tried from Draft on 14 Jun 2015 at 23:21


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Old rating. A bellwether for ambers. One of my old town go to beers. Pours a clear copper red with a modest eggshell head. Nut-forward aroma with grain, caramel and a hint of stone fruit. Taste is more of the same with the sweetness from the malts and and slight hoppy bitterness balancing well. Watery mouthfeel. Medium light body. Nice smooth finish.

Tried on 12 Mar 2015 at 08:32


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

Poured from brown bottle into a pilsner glass a: a good hazy, rusty orange/gold color. beer is very cold so a gentle pour only yields a small amount of head. minimal lacing and little visible carbonation in the sediment. this is not a clear beer. s: slight hops with a spicy bit of sweetness, very subtle smell overall. t: mild but upfront hop bite gives way to a sort of fruity sweet malt taste. oranges and pumpkin bread? quite well balanced with nothing stealing the show. extremely refreshing despite the haze and easily sessionable. very tasty beer. i was expecting more alcohol hotness but thankfully it is not noticeable. m: soft but full. maybe a little wheaty which i generally don’t care for but is nice here. carbonation is present but very subdued. lingering flavors seem to maintain balance with maybe a bit of hop stickiness dominating the finish. o: my first experience with Bell’s Amber was a good one. nice tasty and well balanced beer will not put off anyone except maybe those freaked out by cloudy appearance. not a favorite but definitely glad I tried it!

Tried from Bottle on 08 Jan 2015 at 10:16


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Rating from March 2014....Cloudy copper with a tan head....Malts a mild but packed with a little pop of bitter.....its mellow, mild and has a bit of a creamy body....easy to drink and just nice--like the pic on the bottle....a nice after hike or camping brew

Tried from Bottle on 26 Dec 2014 at 23:07


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

Draught @ Rattle N Hum, New York

Pours dark orange with a smooth head. Aroma of wet hops, caramely malts, toffee and citrus. Taste is smooth, sweetish and caramely with notes of hops. Finish is smooth and sweetish malty. Okay.

Tried on 30 Nov 2014 at 16:26


5.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draught. Clear amber color with medium beige spongy head, very little hops aroma, slightly sweet and spicy taste, medium finish with bitter aftertaste. Reminded me of an ESB.

Tried on 18 Nov 2014 at 14:10


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

12 ounce bottle. Deep amber orange color. Small creamy beige head. Subtle toasted malt nose. Notes of bready and grassy hops. Sweet toasted malt flavor has a touch of brown sugar and pecans. Finishes spicy with faint resiny hops. Medium bodied and nicely balanced.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Sep 2014 at 20:03


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

12oz bottle from Wegman’s, West Seneca, NY. An amber pour with a white head; aroma of malt and some grassy hops; rich fruity taste; and some lingering malt. Pleasant enough.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Aug 2014 at 20:16