Batch 6,000 Ale
Bell's Brewery in Galesburg, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Series Out of Production|
Score
7.69
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Batch 6,000 is part of our commemorative series celebrating our progress with special brews. Our 6,000th batch is a special recipe to be brewed only once. It is a barley wine style; rich and strong, with a compelling finish. Well-suited for your cellar.
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 oz bottle thanks to Clarkvv! Only 23 years old!! Ha ha ha. Aroma is old dark fruits, toffee, brown sugar. Flavor follows with maybe old wood. It really stands the test of time. No massive oxidation flavors. Wild!
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2025
at 15:56
6.4/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared by ClarkVV--thanks, Clark (wouldn't get this any other way)! Cola brown with copious dark floaties. Aroma is strong caramel, raisin. Taste is strong caramel but odd bitterness, dark fruit. Smooth, soft carbonation, mild alcohol warmth. Amazing given age. But, didn't love it. "Well suited for your cellar"--Clark, you took this to the extreme!
Tried
on 12 Jan 2025
at 15:43
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2025
at 10:35
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 oz. bottle, sent from Glouglouburp (thanks a lot, Dany), pours a deep dark mahogany with a small beige / tan head. Nose brings out rich notes of caramel, dark fruits and some light oxidation - which is no surprise given the age of this thing. Flavour is rich and deep, with loads of caramel, dark dried fruits, brown sugar, and alcohol. Extremely well-balanced, without any cloying sweetness. This is very bold and decadent. Not really any oxidation on this at all - very surprising, given this is 10+ years old! This sure has stood the test of time. Wonderful stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2014
at 21:47
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Dark brown, no head. Strong aroma of alcohol, prunes, dates and toffee. Similar taste. Rather overwhelming.
Tried
on 15 Dec 2013
at 12:21
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Shared 355 ml bottle at local tasting. Very dark brown colour, low tan head. Intense aroma of molasses and oak. Very sweet flavour, loads of molasses, alcohol and oak, some bitterness. Impressive, but not really my cup of tea.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2013
at 12:20
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Nest siste flaske på dette RB-treffet, og hvilken lykke! Dette er bare lekkert på alle måter, og med en linedansers eleganse. For mye av det gode kan fort bli guddommelig.
Tried
on 15 Dec 2013
at 12:20
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
3rd September 2010
Cloudy dark brown beer, no real head. Aged malt nose, strong. Semi soft and semi dry palate. Aged malt and unsweet chocolate. Pinch of salt. A little sweet cream. Finishes soft and dry. Nicely flavoured and aged barleywine - really quite moorish.
Cloudy dark brown beer, no real head. Aged malt nose, strong. Semi soft and semi dry palate. Aged malt and unsweet chocolate. Pinch of salt. A little sweet cream. Finishes soft and dry. Nicely flavoured and aged barleywine - really quite moorish.
Tried
on 26 Jun 2012
at 16:37
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
12oz bottle split. Burgundy-brown with an oily beige head. Deep resiny chocolate laced hop aroma. This has aged quite well, Has everything you’d hope for in a Barleywine. Rich, woody, vanilla, oakiness. Resiny but not overbearing, lots of malty flavor. Not unlike DFH Immort Ale? This is really excellent, I’m rather blown away. Lots of chunks at the finish. Rich, full bodied. World Class.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2011
at 02:19
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Wow! markwise does it again with a beer that has been on my wants list since I joined ratebeer more than 5 years ago. Very cool. 12oz bottle, with gross looking muddy black inner bottle cap, pours amber – ruby – red with tan head. The aroma is musty aged pine hops, spicy hops, sludgy malts and a mild level of caramel off in the background. The taste is muted yet bold and thick. It tosses up pine hops that swing around the palate for a while before timid notes of spicy hops and musty sticky malts attempt to be heard. Still firmly pine hop forward flavor for this well aged beer. What is this, 7 or 8 years old by now? Great treat for sure.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2011
at 09:35