Bells Batch 7000 Ale

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

Today is a good day. Recieved this bottle from a friend, and man was it worth it.Pours a coal black with a slowly bulilding head. Absolutely beautiful. Molasses and brown sugar mixed with the licorice is just a dynamite Aroma. The flavor follows the smell very closely with the molasses and licorice dominating. Some bitter chocolate shows up towards the end making this one of my absolute favorite beers Ive ever had.I love Larry Bell.

06/13/09 Haven’t had this beer since it came out. I thought it was great then and it tastes even better now. Thick nut brown head, rich dark chocolate molasses flavor. One of my favorites.

Some generous porter drinker made this beer available to sample at the weekly tasting. Thank you sir, may your cup of porter runneth over. Pours deep dark with thin dark tan head. The smell is hot as hell booze followed by caramel, roast, molasses and hints of maltiness. Wow, pretty darn hot nose burning alcohol (is it still too young?). The taste elicits another wow response to pure triple layered yumminess. I get a thick chewy velvety fudgy mouth feel that feels oh so right. Notes of blended creamy malts, chocolate, molasses and caramel have come together in velvety harmony. Holy cow. This is fudgy yummy chocolaty, rich and delicious. It gets caramel, fudge and dark roastiness into the finish.

Poured black with a brown head. Aroma of chocolate and roasted coffee. Flavor of roasted malt with hints of chocolate and molasses.

First rating in forever! Bottle courtesy of pantanap (thanks Kan!). Pours dark black with slim tan head, thanks to some force on my end. The aroma is lovely, tons of dark fruits and chocolate. Plenty of roastiness as well. And the taste...just wow. Everything I like about Expedition basically. Explosion of dark bitter chocolate, burnt roast, and slight plumminess. One thing I’ve been amazed at with both this and Batch 6000 is just how unreal the texture is despite the years of aging. Wonderfully slick and full on the tongue. Finish is bitter and roasty. Excellent, spectacular, etc. Can’t wait for Batch 9000!

Bottles courtesy of retorp. Poured a dark black, glass staining black. Huge roast malt nose. Some liquorice, coffee and dark fruit tartness. Boozey! Oily, thick mouthfeel. Flavors were bitter, charred malt, cocoa and some slight plum. Alchoholic and very warming! Excellent beer. Aged well.

12 oz bottle. Pours black with brown head. I was quite drunk by the time I got to this one but here goes. Aroma of chocolate with a hint of alcohol. The alcohol was noticeable in this one but the other flavors complemented it nicely. Taste was ’roasty’ and somewhat ’fruity’ at the same time. Very good. I’m looking for some of these.

Bottle thanks to northernbrews!
Dark brown, slight tan head that goes to a ring. Sweet nose strongly of bitter dark chocolate, also licorice, woody alcohol, some sugar, and berries. Incredibly rich mouth of chocolate and oat with minor bitter roast notes and very little alcohol. Monstrous body, but so smooth, loads of dark chocolate into the long, coating finish, and then some lighter sweet fruit notes emerge. This is fantastic right now. A master class impy, and perhaps more impressively, an easy one to throw back. Founders, eat your heart out.