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Bells Batch 7000 Ale

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

Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
5314.15/5.04.13/5.0Special12%95.2Snifter
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.
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 inkubus27 (248), Highland, Indiana, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/104/518/20
Apr 8, 2008  
Thanks for this one wj94!! This is what I look for in a stout. It’s pretty sweet with a complex blend of molasses, raisins and maybe some vanilla? Palate is super clean, and near perfect. Loved this brew, even more than expedition stout.


 gunhaver (1025), Tampa, Florida, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/105/518/20
Mar 28, 2008    Updated: Jun 4, 2008
Bottle, courtesy blankboy. Big thanks for shipping this one just because! Pours like old motor oil. Thick, caramel-colored head, with plenty of lacing. Big caramel aroma, and licorice. Lots of chocolate, and molasses, maple syrup, pine...some interesting tar-like qualities. Roasted nuts, too. Expecting a mighty fine tasting beer. Big, BIG roasted coffee flavor, with an infusion of delicious caramel. Toffee, warming chocolate. Bitter, roasted finish. Just fantastic. Oily body, with an oozing body that sticks to the mouth like taffy; extremely chewable. Dangerously drinkable at 12%. Just a really good beer, would love to try this in a few years.


 swoopjones (1897), Buffalo, New York, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/103/514/20
Mar 27, 2008    Updated: Mar 28, 2008
bottle via trade with Tytoanderso. Pours a thick syrupy black. tiny head of khaki & tan colors. Almost dubbel like aromas, dried fruit, fig, caramel, chocolate, bourbon, some sourness. Had trouble finishing this one. Huge definately a sipper but something was holding me back. sourness?


 Sparky27 (1585), 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 (792), 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 (376), 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.



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