RateBeer
   Home Sign Up or Login Advanced Search
   People Ratings Events Places Forums Shop Magazine
      Top By Category  RateBeer Best  Latest Ratings  Top 50    

Bells Batch 7000 Ale

 (RETIRED)
Bells Batch 7000 Ale - Imperial Stout

* picture credits
copyright may apply

 Percentile 
100
overall
Formerly brewed at Bells Brewery
Style: Imperial Stout

Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

bottling
unknown

on tap
unknown

distribution
unknown

Add Distribution Data
send corrections | shelftag |

 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
5284.15/5.04.14/5.0Special12%95.3Snifter
View Statistics  P 

Commercial Description:
Batch 7000 is part of our commemorative series celebrating our progress with special brews. Our 7000th batch is a special recipe to be brewed only once.
 Most Recent Top Raters Highest Ratings Who's Rated This?  
 Sparky27 (1559), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/103/516/20
Mar 21, 2008  
Bottle courtesy of drewbeerme. Pours an opaque oxblood/mahogany color with a light tan head. Crazy lacy on this one. Nose is chocolate, plum, cherries and alcohol. Palate is pretty bitter - burnt molasses, black licorice, sour black cherries and coffee. Creamy /chewy mouth feel. Honestly, a bit disappointed in this one given the hype. A little too sour for my tastes.


 xmarcnolanx (789), Kirkwood, Missouri, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Mar 21, 2008  
Roasted breakfast blend coffee, vanilla and cocoa. Estery with bright coffee-astringent fruit aroma. Amber, dried blood color with no head. Taste is rind bitter and milky coffee sour with red fruit and mint. Palate is numbing, dull bitter with a coffee astringency. Lingers very long with some alcohol. Beer is ruby brown to black. Taste and aroma are complex- comes together well. Solid! Blind Tasting Results ---re-rate may be necessary---


 bboeckl (133), Grafton, Wisconsin, USA
4.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/510/105/520/20
Mar 18, 2008  
Acquired in trade for batch 8000. Opaque, jet black with a foamy tan head. Aroma is of soggy cereal/oatmeal and roasted grains. Flavor is of of burnt coffee, dark chocolate, . This bitterness is balanced with a syrupy caramel sweetness. Dessert in a bottle. Every sip uncovers a new layer complexity. Dark fruits noticeable. Delectable. Excellent beer!


 BigMilly8 (374), Holiday, Florida, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/518/20
Mar 17, 2008  
From bottle, Thanks Styles : Pours very dark black, pretty thick pour. A half finger of thick brown head forms, last for a few minutes, then dies down to some bubbles and foam, with nice lacing. Nose is very sweet chocolate, with roasted notes, and dark fruit. Taste is nice. Very chocolatey, with some alcohol, roasted malts, coffee notes, and ends with big chocolate. Very thick creamy feel on the palate. Aftertaste is nice a chocolatey as well, almost a desert style beer. Very much enjoyed.


 jvmiller (532), Bel Air, Maryland, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/105/517/20
Mar 16, 2008  
Bottle thanks to Sephiroth. Pour-dark, somewhat viscous, dark tan head Aroma-choclatey roast, almost a dark fruit aroma Flavor-sweet coffee chocolate up front, sweet to almost sour, ends on a bittersweet chocolate note....quite sweet but nice chocolate coffee flavor, not as good as expedition Mouthfeel-smooth, thick mouthfeel, not that mellow, a bit strong with the sourness Overall--It was good, but the fruitiness was a bit souring at times. Was a little let down but still tasty.


 BlackForestCO (819), Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/104/518/20
Mar 14, 2008    Updated: Sep 23, 2008
Bottle thanks to artusory, thanks Ryan. This seems much different than most people say. It was relatively thin, clear, and more fruity and smoky or roasted. Poured a deep brown/black color with a thin tan head that diminished to a ring. Aroma of chocolate, light berries and dark fruit, and roastiness. Flavor enters with some light fruit and a hint of tartness, moving into a chocolate flavor with a roasty undertone and hints of coffee. Smooth, a bit lighter on the palate than I anticipated. Interesting. I need to get a hold of another to hang on too. Re-rate: Poured a darker brown/black color with a thick, dense tan head that stuck around quite nicely and left some nice sheets of lacing. Aroma of chocolate, some roasted malt, light coffee, a bit of dark vinuous fruit, and some light brown sugar/molasses. Nice, smooth entry with some moderate chocolate and a decent ashy character leading into a nice roasty character with some undertones of caramel draped vinuous fruit (a deep red grape flavor) hiding underneath some strong roastiness. Finishes with a light bitterness and undertones of that same deep grape flavor with some dark chocolate to round out the flavor profile. Thick and smooth with low carbonation, very good. Big thanks goes out to SoLan for sending me another bottle to try, I didn’t do this beer justice the first time due to an off bottle, but this is an awesome beer.


 ucusty (1871), Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/59/104/516/20
Mar 14, 2008    Updated: Sep 4, 2009
Thanks to Seproith for this! Black and viscous with thin tan head, toss in some spotty lacing and you one wonderful looking beer. Cocoa and bourbon on the nose. Velvety mouth-feel with a complex flavor profile consisting of chocolate, roast. coffee, smoke, and a malty bitter finish. Alcohol well masked. I only wish I had one fresh just for comparison purposes. Very malty so if thats your thing, you gotta get one of these


 milljam (562), Norman, Oklahoma, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/518/20
Mar 13, 2008  
100th rating!! Pour is dark, somewhat viscous, dark tan head. Aroma is choclatey roast, some dark fruit. Flavor is sweet coffee chocolate up front, ends on a bittersweet chocolate note....quite sweet but nice chocolate coffee flavor (sweetness borders on sourness on occasion). Not the best stout Ive had (that honor goes to expedition) but good overall.



CONSIDER FREE RATEBEER MEMBERSHIP



Join us! RateBeer is made by beer enthusiasts for the craft beer community. Your basic membership is free and allows you to read all beer ratings. Click here to create your account... and give your opinion!

SIGN UP NOW »

View Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53

What's Your Opinion?
Tell us what you think of this beer. Start your free RateBeer account now.
» Click here.

More Imperial Stouts

Närke Kaggen Stormaktsporter (4.46)

Three Floyds Oak Aged Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout (4.42)

Three Floyds Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout (4.35)

Bells Bourbon Barrel Double Cream/Expedition Stout (4.33)

AleSmith Speedway Stout (4.33)

AleSmith Barrel Aged Speedway Stout (4.31)

Bells Expedition Stout (4.31)

Cigar City Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout (4.3)

Surly Darkness (4.26)

Three Floyds Vanilla Bean Barrel Aged Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout (4.25)

Närke Stormaktsporter (4.23)

The Bruery Black Tuesday Imperial Stout (4.22)

Stone Imperial Russian Stout (4.21)

Founders Canadian Breakfast Stout (4.2)

Mikkeller Beer Geek Brunch Weasel (4.2)


About RateBeer | Add A Beer | Add A Brewer | Edit Personal Info | 100 Beer Club | FAQ | Log out | Feedback? | Copyright 2000-2009, RateBeer LLC