Bells Batch 7000 Ale

Formerly brewed at Bells Brewery
Style: Imperial Stout
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

Thanks to SS. Poured a dark murky brown with a thin reddish tan head. Aroma is mostly nut and cocoa. Tastes of coffee, chocolate, nuts, caramel, dark fruit, and small hop presence. Finishes creamy and silky. Alcohol is pleasantly enjoyable. Great brew.

Pungent aroma that smells of maple syrup, coffee, and dark bitter chocolate. This beer is black with little head to speak of and almost no lacing. Flavor is a black licorice, espresso, and chocolate...sugary sweet with alcohol present. This is a well-crafted stout...wish I had access to more although having a second tonight would be pushing it!!!

A very thick and rich brew , Black with a dark tan quarter inch head , aroma raisiny rum molasses , taste is bitter dark chocolate, malt forward not finding the hops,loads of alcohol w/ subtle soy notes.Definately a snifter sipper!

Bottle courtesy of Styles. Poured a dark brown with a small tan ring for a head, with minimal carbonation. Typical aroma for the style, with malt being dominant. Pleasant hop bitterness and well disguised alcohol make this interesting on the palate to say the least. Bitter chocolate overtones with espresso and fruit notes.

Bottle thanks to ogglethorp. Pour dark with small brown head. A lot of dried fruit, chocolate and malt on the nose. Big chocolate and prunes in the flavor. Nice bit of hops on the finish. It is so smooth hard to notice the 12%.

12 oz bottle I’ve been saving. Pours black. Aromas of roasted malts, ripe fruits and coffee. Taste was of dark chocolate, toffee and oranges. Alcohol was well hidden. Wish I had a few more of these to age.

Picked up a single bottle at Cheesehead YeHa in Milwaukee, WI and sampled at MN Ratebeer Winter Gathering in Maplewood, MN. From a 12-oz bottle pours an opaque dark brown brew with a thick tan head that has some good retention and lacing. Aroma of dark roasted black malt, some black licorice, tobacco, molasses and plenty of flowery hops. Taste is full bodied, light carbonation with flavors of dark roasted malt, some dark chocolate, molasses, and some coffee. Finish is semi-bitter with a citrus zest and dark roasted malt aftertaste.

Bottle sent by Miketd. Thanks!
Poured black, with a semi lasting brownish head. Smell was roasty but with some sort of off aroma I want to describe as oxidation. Taste was roasty with a touch of dryness and a slightly tart and bitter finish. Overall, nice, but for some reason I felt something was off. For 12%, well hidden alcohol, as well, though. Thanks again Mike!