Bells Batch 7000 Ale

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

Serve in Snifter

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700th rating! Bottle from 2005. Aroma has notes of chocolate, caramel, espresso, wood, red wine and dark dried fruits. Very dark brown that sits black in the glass. Small light brown creamy head that mostly diminished and left speckled lace. Flavor is very sweet and med bitter. Palate is very full bodied and oily soft. Just an incredible beer. Very chocolaty with great mouth feel and looks. The aroma and taste are just incredible. This beer has aged very well. It was an honor.

Bottle shared with Spudclampdawg. Pours thick black with a decent mud brown head. Nose is figs, raisins, baked plums, brown sugar, chocolate, and some roasted coffee like notes. Taste is a good balance of sweetness and bitterness though some acrid roast dry/bitterness comes through that i’m told wasn’t there a year ago. Very full body and an oily, creamy feel on the palate. Overall was good but the acrid roast character kinda turned me off by comparison to what I was expecting. Am very glad to have tried it this late in the game.

Was able to try a good portion of this at DLD 2009. Finally getting around to inputting some notes. Poured a very thick black with a good-sized mocha head and some nice residual head as it makes its way down. The smell is of plenty of rich dark chocolate, bits of coffee, roasted malt, and a few dark fruits. The taste is quite similar, with some darker sugars coming into play as well. Mouthfeel is very thick, and the years of aging have introduced a few nice port-like flavors and taken away some of the heat. Nice drinkability. Thanks to jerk44, who I believe is the one who poured this for me. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 03-17-2010

A-pours a jet black color with a creamy dark tan colored creamy head. S-the nose has lots of roasty malts, notes of wood, hints of alcohol, dark chocolate, residual sugars and dark plums and hints of black cherries. T-lots of roasty malts up front, light notes of wood, loads of sweetness in the back. this has dark chocolate and some rum cake like flavors behind the roasted malts, the wood presence is faint, the sweetness is fairly assertive with dark plums and black cherries. M-full bodied, thick and syrupy, somewhat sticky in the back, strong carbonation to balance the huge chewy body, creamy with hints of a dry finish. D-this is balanced very well, lots of sweetness but not overly sweet at all. if this was barrel aged the wood presence is light, the booze is still there with notes of heat, tasty stuff and holding up extremely well!

bottle. Pour was black with a nice mocha colored head. Good lacing. Aromas of carmel, toffee, and liquorish. A nice chewy stout with tons of soy, liquorish, coffee, and roasted malts. Not bad, but a little too much soy for me...

Bottle poured a clear dark brown with no head. Aromas of carmel, dark chocolate, dark fruit and light vanilla. Palate was medium bodied and smooth. Flavors of bitter chocolate, vanilla, dark fruit and roasted malt with a smooth dry lingering chocolate finish.

12 oz. bottle shared by Dan- thanks again! Pours a very dark brown, opaque and oily, with a small brown head. Aroma of dark fruits, chocolate, caramel, coffee, cardboard, and soy. Flavor of dark fruits galore- figs, cherries, plums- along with syrup, chocolate, caramel, flat cola, and soy. Lingering tart dark fruitiness. Medium-full bodied, with low carbonation and a smooth, slick mouthfeel. Can definitely tell this one has been aged a while, but overall it seems like the age is helping. Drinks pretty easily at this point.

Head dies fast. very nice taste of dark roasted malt. a little soya taste. some ageing notes.

Pours a pitch black body with a ring of small brown bubbles lining the glass. Huge, roasty flavor, dark fruits, some chocolate. Big alcohol presence.

shared at RBSG - chocolately, soy sauce and bitter hops. Warm finish. Pretty tasty, though this does have some age on it.