This One Goes To 11
Bell's Brewery in Galesburg, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.16
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11 different types of malt. 11 different hop varietals.
When you get to Batch 10,000, where can you go? You go one louder… and again (2019).
Our first batch of this beer debuted in 2012. The label may look a little louder, but the recipe still embraces the same bold citrus and pine hop notes finding balance with a robust, sweet and toasted malt backbone.
Double dry-hopped. Louder.
A wide range of specialty malts anchor the hops in this Imperial Red Ale, contrasting the assertive bitterness & juicy aromatics with a robust, toasty depth of flavor.
Fermented with Bell’s signature house ale yeast, This One Goes to 11 Ale finishes with a lingering warmth.
When you get to Batch 10,000, where can you go? You go one louder… and again (2019).
Our first batch of this beer debuted in 2012. The label may look a little louder, but the recipe still embraces the same bold citrus and pine hop notes finding balance with a robust, sweet and toasted malt backbone.
Double dry-hopped. Louder.
A wide range of specialty malts anchor the hops in this Imperial Red Ale, contrasting the assertive bitterness & juicy aromatics with a robust, toasty depth of flavor.
Fermented with Bell’s signature house ale yeast, This One Goes to 11 Ale finishes with a lingering warmth.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce bottle. Bottled on 10/31/19. Amber red pour. Small creamy beige head. Bittersweet toasted malt aroma hints at pine and resin. Flavor mirrors nose. Big bittersweet hops and caramel malt. Sticky mouthfeel. Dried fruit, booziness and astringent hops. Lots of resiny pine on backend. Quite enjoyable despite the intensity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jan 2022
at 03:14
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours a murky orange-brown with a one finger head. The aroma is of resinous hops with some caramel malt and citrus. The flavor is aggressively hopped and full of resin, then complemented by a big malty body. Intense and full bodied, it lingers long in the finish and that's a good thing.
Tried
on 14 Apr 2020
at 12:18
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
From a 12 oz. bottle. Pours a hazy light mahogany with a big ecru head. Aromas are floral and nutty. Flavors are bitter pine and sweet toffee.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2020
at 00:32
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Holiday Market shared at Yggdrasil. Pours a clear copper, amber with a finger of off-white foam that lingers then dissipates. Big toasted caramel aromas with tropical fruit and citrus aromas. Bitter and fruity on the palate. Booziness is there. Warming finish with more citrus, pineapple and pine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2019
at 00:25
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
tap. pretty kick butt imperial red ale. very strong, perfect cold weather beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Dec 2019
at 01:51
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Finding it hard to differentiate this Imperial Red Ale from a Barleywine, but it’s pretty tasty regardless. Deep veins of caramel, toast, and cherry are offset by citrus, pine, and a spicy wood undertone. Moderate bitterness on the finish leads to a warm, thick fade. Not bad.
Tried
on 03 Dec 2019
at 01:43
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle - turbid amber with a thick, well-sustained lace - soft carbonation and supple malt texture - starts off sweet, with caramelized maltiness and some fruitier malt making way for a growing hop presence that presents spiciness, pine, and citrus that swells to dramatic proportions in the finish - despite how big of a beer it is, in typical Bells fashion, it manages to be elegant somehow - even so, the finish is a bit much, but perhaps that is unavoidable in such a monster of a beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Nov 2019
at 03:35
6.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
12oz bottle pours a muddy caramel brown with no head. Nose has malt, cardboard, orange, some honey comb. Flavor is sticky with caramel, orange, pine, paper, cardboard. Sticky finish. Like a faded out barleywine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jul 2017
at 09:27
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle at the RateBeer DC tasting. Hazy brownish with beige head. Aromas of malt, dark fruit, oak. Tastes of malt, dark fruit, oak, caramel. Light body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2017
at 20:53
7/10
Hazy amb bod thin wht head. Spicy fruit and toffee arma. Toffee, caramel fruit flav. Med full bod mod carb. 8/3/8/3/15 3.7
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jul 2017
at 19:51