Bells Batch 7000 Ale

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

Huge thanks to Degarth for this rare beer. Pours pitch black with medium sized brown head and good lacing, good carbonation. Aroma is very big, you can smell all the flavors. Flavor is very sweet with a lot of alcohol, very dark sweet chocolate, good roasted flavors, lots of hops, some mocha, slight vanilla, espresso, coffee, the aftertaste is a very sweet bitter alcohol but it will be at 12% and it really sticks to your tongue. This is a well made beer.

Intense! Black! Lots of roasted malt flavor, though less in smell. Medium sweetness. Not much hops.

12 oz bottle via Clarkvv(thanks!). Pours a fairly thick pitch black with an average size tan head. Nose has notes of licorice, anise, mocha and alcohol. Wow, this is tastey and complex. We have roasty chocolate, espresso, licorice, vanilla, and more chocolate. Very nice bittersweet aftertaste. Very hoppy though.

Pours a super thick opaque black. Like primordial ooze. Very little head, just a swirl of lace in the center of the pour. Mirror black in the glass. Roast and alcohol dominate the aroma. Taste is very complex with burnt dark fruit, chalky burnt roast followed by caramel and hop/roast bitterness. Very complex and very good. I had thins one quite some time ago, wish I could score another bottle.

This is IMMENSE. So thick its almost chewy. Has an intense roasted malt flavor, the bitterness matched the maltiness quite well. I’m so glad i still have more of this.

Pours viscous and syrupy. Smells dark and roasty, with the slight scent of malts and alcohol. Had it many times on tap at the eccentric cafe and have a half of a case left for rainy days. Taste is mouthwateringly delicious espresso, chocolate, vanilla, with a perfect balance of hops and a light alcohol finish. I constantly have to remind myself to slow down and enjoy it. This is what a great Imperial Stout should taste like. Get it if you can...

Bottle. Poured a super dark opaque brown with a persistent light brown head. Rich sweet scent of dark chocolate and raisins, very malty. The alcohol in this is a little asertive upfront and something approaching a fruity sourness greets your tastebuds before the bolder dark roast bitterness overtakes and dominates this bold beer. Incredibely smooth with a nice lingering flavor.

Awesome. This beer is dark and flavorful. burnt coffe. bittersweet chcolate , vanilla, a lot of roasted flavors....carbonation level gives it a heavy mouthful, and lively taste -- spicey malt aftertaste....alch level is perfect!