Bells Batch 7000 Ale

Bottle Rating #700 Pours a thick and viscous deep black with a tall and very thick creamy tan head. Sweet heavy dark roasted aroma with molassas and notes of purple grapes and not much coffee. Flaver is very rich dark roasted with plenty of bittering. Extremely smooth, silky but light at the same time. Almost pillowy. Carbonation is fine and soft. Lots of lingering bitternes but about right for the strong dark maltiness. A wonderfull example of the style and beers like this make me wish I lived closer to the prime beer spots in the contry. A big Thank You to OhioDad for this one.

Strong Alcoholic aroma with hints of sweetness. Dark brown with redish hues and a light tan head. Taste of alcohol is predominent with some sourness. Thin bodied with lots of carbonation and again a strong alcoholic presence. Too much of an alochol taste hides most of the other flavors, which would have made this more enjoyable.

I don’t even know what to call this thing. It’s too hoppy to be an impy stout, but it’s too creamy and malty to be a double IPA. Any ideas? It’s pretty great, whatever it is. I’m glad I got to try this one, because I can’t get Bell’s where I live and this is "only brewed once." Here’s to 7000 more. Cheers.

Pours real dark, with a decent light brown head. malt and chocholate notes rise up to the nose. Thick rich mouthfeel, almost like drinking chocolate syrup with hops and a touch of citrus, coffee, and alcohol. Very rich and flavorful.

Deepest burgundy-brown without the opacity of an expedition, but producing an initially fair head that leaves interesting lacing for its strength. Immensely hoppy nose explodes with grapefruit, mint and citrus aromatics, but the malt overlay is just as massive. Cakey feel is intensified by the floury, chocolatey and coffee-like notes in abundance. The roastiness is powerful all along. Very bitter in mouth, that’s usually not my type, but it has qualities otherwise, for one, its dominant orangey citric character somehow manages to keep the acidity level at a low. The coffee/cocoa malt combo seems to simply accept and bend under hop pressure rather than being forced to and I guess it makes the difference. Medium-full bodied, heavily roasty, sensible carbonation, but without the silkiness of the greats at this point, maybe as the hops mellow – it is not overly astringent, but the components extravagance can’t help but giving it a rapacious feel on the palate. Additionally, that hop action takes a lot away from the malt fruitiness underlying. While it may not have been made to be balanced, the final product certainly seems to be striving for it. Lots of hops for lots of malt. I would trade it for an expedition in a blink, but I can see how some people may find it a regal.

Good imperial stout, but too sweet for my taste. Needs more alcohol backbone and more hops. Definitely don’t notice the 12%.

Pineapple fruitiness, biscuity malts and orange blossom, minty, herbal hops greet the nose along with a strong milk chocolate sweetness. Opaque black body is topped by a decent brown head that recedes to cover with some sudsy lacing. Very roasty flavour with plenty of orange herbal hops and a lingering charred bitterness. Some notes of white chocolate. Full body with moderate carbonation that is velvety and sticky. Bottle sampled at Barry’s housewarming tasting.

aroma of gingerbread, brown sugar, ripe fruit. Pours opaque black, nice reddish/brown head. Flavour is sweet and thick. Strong licorice and fig flavours. Hops in the finish. Tasty.