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Bells Batch 7000 Ale

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Bells Batch 7000 Ale - Imperial Stout

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100
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Formerly brewed at Bells Brewery
Style: Imperial Stout

Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

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5284.15/5.04.14/5.0Special12%95.3Snifter
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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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 WeeHeavySD (2940), San Diego (Hillcrest), California, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/518/20
Dec 2, 2007  
PP Strong Ale Fest 07, bottle from JohnC, thanks again John. Pours black with a half finger light brown head. Nose is nice and sweet, very very nice. Taste is sick, amazingly robust imperial stout, Palate is thick and really killer,damn this beer is good. I liked it a lot, but BBB63 likes it more and he encountered a special vintage of this beer Strong Ale Fest Table Aged.


 yjb (110), Bloomington, Indiana, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/59/104/517/20
Nov 26, 2007    Updated: Jan 10, 2008
coccocrisp old ass bottle, found a 6pack. no disappointment... creamy rich & smooth like an old man with ca$h. Im tripping through the darkness of your legnat layer, plush leather couches cigars ...class. i could swirl your sweet legs all night. some mtetle at the end.jayZ should rap bout you jigga... Re-rate 1/2/08 -Not bad.... not as great as i remembered soo much wine, bring down the overall (from 18 to 16) and the flavor (from 9 to 8) a bit


 bitbucket (2025), Kirkland, Washington, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/57/103/516/20
Nov 24, 2007  
Bottle. Thanks, after4ever! Pours opaque black with a lacy tan head. The aroma is evident at arms length, with tons of chocolate, and caramel. Sweet, full, body, chewy with malt. Light carbonation. Bittersweet chocolate and coffee taste.The finish is espresso and cinders.


Brewkult (1), USA
does not count click to see why this rating of Bells Batch 7000 Ale does not count
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/510/105/519/20
Nov 18, 2007  
Thick dark blackness from the depths of Bell’s brewery. The malt flavors tasted as if heavily roasted or even burned. Flavors of bitter chocolate, coffee, and caramel weight heavily on the palate. This beer was a mighty triumph and testament to the excellence of U.S. craft beers. To bad it will never resurface.


 oldno7 (135), Spokane, Washington, USA
4.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/59/105/519/20
Nov 15, 2007    Updated: Nov 16, 2007
Let me start off by saying how greatful I am to have had this beer. Pours a dark black with an exploding rich orangish brown head. Smell is more complex than you could imagine with hints of fruit, mollasses, brown sugar, cocoa, raisen and bourbon. An interesting sweet flavor with a very creamy palate and a bittersweet finish. Rather complex and mellow for 12% (aged for almost 3 years). It had notes of semi sweet chocolate, coffee, dark fruits, caramel, roasted malts, cocoa and brown sugar. OUTSTANDING Imp. stout !


 after4ever (2711), Brier, Washington, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/105/516/20
Nov 11, 2007  
12-oz. Thanks, FranksnBeans! Black. Thick, surging, moussy tan head. Caramel and chocolate nose that reaches out and touches you from across the room. Thick, super creamy body. Carb is very understated. Thick caramel and bittersweet chocolate on the mid-palate, along with prunes, coffee, and maybe a bit of chalk and sour milk as it rolls over the finish. Could really stand a couple years in the cellar. Everyone should send me their spare bottles so I can make this happen.


 TheEpeeist (1427), Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/517/20
Nov 7, 2007  
Third beer, third round, in a 5 round, top-rated imperial stout blind tasting to be held over the next year. Four beers with similar characteristics will be sampled in each round. Beers in this round were cellared for about two years. Round 3 - Full body. 12 oz bottle. Dark brown with thin tan froth. Mild nose of coffee and grape. Black coffee, a touch of molasses with a growing hop biterness. Almost full body with a touch of carb tang.


 Alldaydrinker (557), Norwood, Massachusetts, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/518/20
Nov 3, 2007    Updated: Nov 29, 2007
I would like to thank Ughsmash for sending me this brew, It was a true pleasure. Pours an oily black colour with a medium dark tan creamy head. Nose dark fruits, roasted malts, cocoa, and alcohol. Initial taste is very creamy, melting chocolate covers the mouth with a touch coffee, dark fruits linger while the more roasted character comes into play with a tangy hop presence. Molasses & Alcohol is presented in the backbone through the intial taste to finish but defines the beer well and is not overwhelming. The full body helps intensify that chocolate and coffee presence. The finish is very enjoyable. The hops and chocolate are perfectly balanced. Very Sticky mouthfeel and lips. Lacing of the glass is good and minor head retention. Palate duration is perfect. Awesome



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