Bell's Brewery Batch 6,000 Ale

Batch 6,000 Ale

 

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

  Barley Wine - Barley Series Out of Production
Score
7.69
ABV: 10.5% IBU: - Ticks: 40
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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9.6/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 9 Flavor 10 Texture 10 Overall 9.5
Bottle with huge thanks to Dave. Pours a medium to dark brown with a little bit of head and aromas that are dominated by brown sugar with a little oxidation present. Dark fruit is also detectable. Flavor is simply wonderful, especially considering the age. Oxidation is not very present, but ABV is as is brown sugar and dark fruit. Freaking amazing.
Tried from Bottle on 23 May 2009 at 00:10

8.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
Bottle Pours out a cloudy brown topped with a small head. Aroma was great lots of sweetness caramel, pit fruit and molases. Tast was just the same lots of sweetness. Very thick and rich just as you would hope a 6 year old BW to be. This was very nice. A big thanks to footbalm. I would love another.
Tried from Bottle on 08 May 2009 at 23:42

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Nice deep dark brown coloured body with a lighter brown coloured head. Aroma of brown sugar, nice malt, a subtle hoppiness and a good mild toffee scent. Full-bodied; Strong sweet flavour of toffee and brown sugar with a nice maltiness up front. Aftertaste shows some of the malt and hops with a bit of the toffee and alcohol flavours. Overall, a nice beer was waiting for me over the two years. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased at Merchant’s in Dearborn, Michigan in 25-December-2005.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Jan 2009 at 22:36

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
A dark hazed brown amber ale with a very creamy tan head. A fig and fruity malt aroma, vinous and caramel malt aroma, light chocolate, very smooth, In mouth a very pleasing barley wine, with dirty caramel malt, crisp hops, earthy woody notes, and warming alcohol. Rich and distinguished. Tasted April 2007.
Tried on 06 Sep 2008 at 23:34

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 10 Overall 7.5
Sampled at the 2008 Twin Cities winter gathering. Sweet wih lots of hops and carmelized sugar. Candy like finish. Dark brown color. Lots of hops but also sweet malt. Very good. --- Beer merged from original tick of Batch 6,000 on 07 Jun 2019 at 20:04 - Score: 7
Tried from Can on 25 Jan 2008 at 17:06

7.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Pour is a dark brown almost molasses like. Aroma is is candy sugar with lots of dark fruits and toffee. Flavor is excellent with raisions, plums and brown sugar. Alcohol is there with a warming effect but does not overpower. A very tasty brew that aged extremly well. Much man love goes to Beerdrenched for this one.
Tried from Can on 05 Nov 2006 at 09:20

8.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 8
Dark amber to brown color. Malt aroma, mature; strong malty taste, and caramel; strong bitterness; everything is mixed well together; good powerful sample.
Tried on 12 Apr 2006 at 14:12

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle. Hazy reddish colour with a tan head. Sweet malty aroma with hints of hops. Sweet malty flavor with hints of caramel and hops. Warm finish with alcohol and hops.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Feb 2006 at 11:46

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Pours a hazy, dark amber with a creamy, beige head. Vinous and very aromatic nose. Extremely full-bodied with notes of overripe fruit. Hoppy finish. 270106
Tried from Bottle on 29 Jan 2006 at 08:13

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Thanks to CaptainCougar for this one! First glass poured a deep mahogany with ruby highlights, the next glass was muddy brown with yeast chunks floating in the gloom. The aroma was malty with dried fruit. The flavor was of a young Barleywine, sweetness that was tempered by a sharp hop bitterness. No hop aroma. This should improve with age as the hop bitterness gives way to the malt.
Tried on 16 Aug 2004 at 05:30