Bells Batch 7000 Ale

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

Bottle, thanks to MaxxDaddy. Black pour, viscous, with not much head at all. Aroma is a little soy sauce, rich roasted malt, and a little alcohol. Flavor is the same, some dark fruit, very rich malt with heavy roast (a little like soy sauce). Yummmy beer.

Bottle; poured a syrupy dark brown/black with not much head. Aroma of roasted malt, doughy malt, with alcohol and caramel. Flavor was very nice; alcohol, roasted malt, with a bit of fruit, caramel and earthy hops in the finish. A pretty great beer.

Gee,guess I’m in my own boat on this one. Drank fresh,and 2 days ago. Rating for the aged,which is just slightly better. Thick pour. Very dark,brown,red,almost black. Head is short,lived. Powerful vinous,fruit,alcohol,and some chocolate,roast. Thick in the mouth. Big charcoal,tar upfront followed by a little sweet malt and bombarded with alcohol. Burnt,vanilla and port. Finish has gotten better with age,but still I don’t care much for it. Lightly sweet flavors are masked by charred,smokey,flavors and ruling port/alcohol. This is probably the most wine/port like beer I’ve had,that wasn’t aged in a wine barrel. After drinking this one,I’m glad I traded my last two away. This beer was crazy fresh, and still is. Just a mess of flavors IMHO.

This poured pitch black color with a very tiny bornw head. This poured extremely thick like oil. Aroma was chocolate, dark roasted malts, dark fruits and soy sauce. Flavor was rich dark chocolate upfront, very thick but not overpwoering, with a nice dark roasted almost smoked flavor. This stuff is just amazing. My impression was that this tasted like a mix between Dark Lord and Expedition, YUM!

12oz. thanks to a generous fellow. Served into a snifter. Pour is oily black with no head at all. Aromas to the nose are soy sauce, huge roasted malt, slight alcohol, and loads of dark chocolate. The flavor is stellar! Fresh roasted coffee, dark fruits, warming alcohol, and finishing with chocolate. What a viscus brew here. This thing is like syrup! Amazing overall and im damn glad that I got to drink this one.

I think I got this via last years Secret Santa. If so, thank you Saint Nick. 12oz bottle pours a viscous, oily, opaque black with a very thin, bubbly tan head. Legs down the side of the glass like a fine scotch. Aroma is strong but doesn’t beat you over the head, toast, roasted grain, raisions, dark chocolate, earth, tobacco, molasses. Flavor is very strong on the brown sugar, chocolate, slight coffee, toast, very heavy raisin, vanilla, bourbon, booze, molasses, nuts, you name it really. I was surprised at how drinkable this was, easy on the tongue for 12% alcohol but still very complex. Sweet and bitter on the end, thick and oily. A real treat. I wish I had a case. Bells really knows how to do their stouts.

Thanks to MReusch for the bottle. Oozes out of the bottle like oil and managed to create a thin dark tan head. Once you start drinking some, it leaves a disgusting oily film all over the glass, just wonderful. Great aroma of cognac, tobacco, roasted grain, chocolate soy sauce and cocoa powder. Very complex and ever changing as it warms. Tasting this beast gives you a thick chewy body, chocolate, roasted grain, cocoa and hints of orange liqueur. Finishes with nice touches of chocolate. A big ballsy Imperial Stout that can almost double as a dessert beer. Simply outstanding.

Bottle pours oily pitch black with tan head. Aroma is some oxidation, bittersweet chocolate, and rich molasses. Mouthfeel is probably the thickest beer I’ve ever had. Oily thick doesn’t do it justice. Flavor follows the nose. I was expecting this to be a huge oxidation bomb. It had some, but not nearly as much as I was expecting. More bittersweet chocolate, espresso, and molasses. And I can still detect some alcohol. This is just a wonderful brew.