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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7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle thanks to Gibson. Pours a cloudy orange with small frothy off white head that lasts. The aroma is strong floral and citrus. Medium mouthfeel wth nice resin and pine with light bitterness. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2014
at 21:50
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 9/13/2012. Pours moderately hazy/cloudy reddish copper color with a 1 finger dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, orange peel, caramel, toast, brown sugar, biscuit, floral, grass, light pine, and herbal/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with good complexity of citrus/tropical hops and balanced dark/bready malt sweetness; with good strength. Taste of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, orange peel, caramel, toast, brown sugar, biscuit, floral, grass, pine, and floral/toasted earthiness. Fair amount of earthy pine bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, orange peel, caramel, toast, toffee, biscuit, herbal, floral, grass, pine, and floral/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Damn nice complexity of juicy hops and dark/bready malt sweetness; with a great malt/hop flavor balance with zero cloying after the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a moderately creamy and fairly slick/sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warming present after the finish. Overall this is an excellent imperial red ale with age. All around great balance and complexity of citrus/tropical hops and dark/bready malt sweetness; and very smooth to sip on for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 May 2014
at 19:57
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
12oz bottle thanks to Timbo
Pours clear dark golden with a medium sized off-white head and some lacing. Aroma of malty, caramel and ripe fruit. Tastes of caramel, sweet malt, woody and pine resin
A nice beer, close to a barleywine but lighter. No noted alcohols, smooth.
Pours clear dark golden with a medium sized off-white head and some lacing. Aroma of malty, caramel and ripe fruit. Tastes of caramel, sweet malt, woody and pine resin
A nice beer, close to a barleywine but lighter. No noted alcohols, smooth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jan 2014
at 21:17
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from mixmasterob - thanks a bunch guy. Pours hazy copper with a slight yellowish beige head. Aroma is fruity brown sugar. Med body. Flavor is fruity (light pitted) with brown sugar. There’s enough hop to play off the malt. Finishes balanced. Not dry, but definitely bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 May 2013
at 14:22
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a dark orange-caramel color with a small foamy orange-tan head that faded and left no lacing. The aroma was orange, grapefruit, peach and yeast. The flavor was bitter pine, orange, a fairly boozy presence and faint notes of caramel and bread. Medium length bitter pine and orange finish. Medium body. Booziness increases the more you drink. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 May 2013
at 09:03
6.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 3
Overall 12
Bottle. Hazy amber body. Frothy off-white head. Aroma of paint, raw grain, alcohol, pine, floral hops. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. It finishes lightly to moderately sweet and moderately bitter. Medium body, watery/sticky body, moderate carbonation. Lingering bitterness in the finish along with hot, peppery alcohol. Resiny, pine tar astringency.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2013
at 11:20
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
This brew pours a slightly hazy copper-brown color with a medium foamy off-white head that dissipates slowly. Sticky rings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of citrus, hops and malt. Full-bodied with flavors of moderately bitter hops, grapefruit, grainy malt and a bit of pine. The finish is citrusy hops with malt and toffee undertones. Good beer with an ABV that sneaks up on you quickly.
Tried
on 21 Feb 2013
at 20:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 oz. bottle in a trade with Queenholly. Thanks! Enjoyed at cellar temperature. Amber color with very thin head. No retention. Nose was mostly caramel malt and a pine like hops. Taste is mostly caramel and biscuit notes from the malt. The rest of the flavor is very resinous hops with some like notes of toffee. 11% ABV is kept in check, not real noticeable at all. Mouthfeel is real balanced between sweet and hoppy. A nice beer but not one I’m going to run and find again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2013
at 14:29
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared @ WOB Dadeland. Pours clear dark amber color with off white head. Aromas of pine, grapefruit and oranges with caramel, toffee and toasted malts. Similar flavors with lots of citrus and sweetness. Medium to full body with moderate carbonation and a syrupy mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2013
at 18:20
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Thanks to my buddy Mike for sending this one over.
A - Pours a dark reddish oak color. 2 finger off white head
S - Nose is like a barleywine and an IPA crawled inside of the glass. Loads of brown sugar sweetness, hints of citra, grapefruit and pineapple.
T - Very sweet with tropical fruits and mango up front. Middle is a malt bomb with burnt sugar, graham cracker and floral notes. Finish is pine needle.
M - Very heavy body. Lots of booziness in this one. Slight chest burner on the finish
O - Sort of undwhelming in the piney / malty category but the GAlaxy and Citra hops really shine through!
A - Pours a dark reddish oak color. 2 finger off white head
S - Nose is like a barleywine and an IPA crawled inside of the glass. Loads of brown sugar sweetness, hints of citra, grapefruit and pineapple.
T - Very sweet with tropical fruits and mango up front. Middle is a malt bomb with burnt sugar, graham cracker and floral notes. Finish is pine needle.
M - Very heavy body. Lots of booziness in this one. Slight chest burner on the finish
O - Sort of undwhelming in the piney / malty category but the GAlaxy and Citra hops really shine through!
Tried
on 06 Feb 2013
at 15:25