Bells Batch 7000 Ale

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

Dark brown almost black. Smells like wine/ grapes. Has port flavor with bitter hop aftertaste. Thanks Ryan.

A pitch black appearance with a moderate tan head. An aroma filled with dates. raisins, molasses, and caramel. The flavor leans toward the bitter side with a huge coffee and whiskey flavor. Some licorice and dark chocolate presence. A very warming beer.

Wow, what a surprise, and a big thank you to Ohio Dad for this one! My geeking level has fallen over the years, so i had no idea that this one was an Impy Stout! The pour was deep ebony with minimal brown head. The aroma...my God. Tons of dark roasty patent malt, chocoff, molasses, brown sugar, hazelnuts tingle and tantalize the olfactory neurons. The flavor is hefty yet super velvety and smooth, and very complex. Definitely one of the best balanced and complex beers I’ve ever had. Mix 3 parts Stone RIS with 3 parts Dark Lord and 3 parts Bell’s Expedition Stout, throw in a part Mephistopheles and a dash of Speedway, and you have this beer, the best beer I have had in 2006. Ohio Dad, if you can get me a sixer of this, I’ll sell you my soul! (Actually, just one bottle would make my year). Do yourselves a favor and get ya some of this, folks, and do it pronto!

This bottled brew from Flemdawg was interestingly enough marked number 7000! It poured a small sized head of brown colored foamy finely sized long lasting bubbles that left behind an opaque black colored body with no visible carbonation and a fair lacing. The aroma was filled with dark malt roasted malt raisin and vinous notes. The mouth feel was initially smooth with a slight tingly then moved into a strongly tingly finish. The flavor contained vinous dark malt roasted malt and coffee notes and was very yummy!

(bottle - 12 oz) Dark black with a thick and creamy brown head. Aroma is very strong and malty with hints of wine, licorice, port, and chocolate. Tons of flavor at the start. Malt and roasted coffee explodes on your tongue and gives way to a very wine-like but roasty malt middle and a burnt malt and coffee finish. The alcohol is definitely present and very warming. I think wow is the only thing that sums this one up.

Well, Imperials are my favorite, and this one is a damn fine example. Very dark with virtually no head at all. Slightly syrupy texture with a flavor of over-roasted coffee beans. Great Impy Stout!!!

Poured a dark brown to black. Roasted malt and some licorice in the aroma. Flavor was all that and some bitter hops. The alcohol really comes thru on this one. I liked it, but imperials are not my favorite.

Bottle (12oz). Via trade with Pailhead, who’s a great trader, folks!. Poured opaque brown-black with a large creamy-foamy light brown head. Rich oily roasty aroma - chocolate, hops, coffee, roast chestnuts - wonderful! Taste - roast choc/coffee malt, celery hops bitterness, molasses and a hint of cream and mint, definite alcohol (ears are warm as I type) - lovely long funky hopy/overroast malt bitter finish, really nice. Thick, slick, lightly carbonated acidic mouthfeel - terrific imperial, can these guys make a bad stout?