Bell’s Brewery Batch 9000 (365 Day 274)

By scot in 365 Days of American Craft Beer, Beer on Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Bell's Batch 9000

It has been about sixteen months since I first reviewed Batch 9000 by Bell’s Brewery, Inc.. Since then Batch 10,000 has come and gone. Bell’s has also scrapped the “Batch” series of beers going forward. They produce so much damn American craft beer that it wasn’t taking them all that long between 1000th releases.

Batch 9000 has aged admirably with a lot of the licorice fading into a nice chocolate. The alcohol is still there and a little abrasive until the palate finds solace after a few sips. I have a few more left in the cellar so it will be interesting to see how this beer continues to develop. Enjoy!

Aroma: 9 (25%), Taste: 9 (25%), Look: 9 (15%), Drinkability: 9 (35%), Overall: 9.0

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