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Bells Batch 7000 Ale

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Bells Batch 7000 Ale - Imperial Stout

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100
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Formerly brewed at Bells Brewery
Style: Imperial Stout

Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
5284.15/5.04.14/5.0Special12%95.3Snifter
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Commercial Description:
Batch 7000 is part of our commemorative series celebrating our progress with special brews. Our 7000th batch is a special recipe to be brewed only once.
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 sliffy (1966), Columbus, Ohio, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/517/20
Dec 10, 2005  
Bottle: Dark pour with a late forming dark tan head. You can smell some of the alcohol and a bit of fruit. Big thick mouth feel, with a nice roasty complex flavor. Warming finish. Very good.


 KAggie97 (2406), Ugly, Hot, and Humid Spring, Texas, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/103/511/20
Dec 10, 2005  
Bottles from Kevin and Styles
Pours a deep brown with a head that forms after the fact. Aroma is a strong strawberry and alcohol scent. Flavor is a bit of orange/grapefruit, followed by bitter roasted malt. A bit of pine seems to be poking its head out as well. A lingering sweetness is evident in the finish. Palate satifsfies. Good beer.


 jasonp (1504), Sterling/Dulles, Virginia, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/104/516/20
Dec 9, 2005  
Sampled at Argo and Kathy’s ’06 Holiday Gathering. Pours a deep black with a light brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, fruitiness and green hops. Flavor is very full and massive; notes of chocolate, coffee, plum, raisin, a ton of bitter roastiness and piney hops. Pleasantly sweet but as just mentioned, plenty bitterness. Has a prominent alcohol presence. Full, round and creamy on the palate with lively carbonation. Very nice.


 biz82 (1328), austin, Texas, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/105/515/20
Dec 8, 2005  
Extra thick pour. Solid black with a thin brown head. Big fruity aroma with leather, chocolate, alcohol and sherry. Very sweet. Acrid black barley flavor with resinous and herbal hops. A bit chalky. Long bitter alcohol burn in the finish. Nice. Wish I had a case to lay down cause this one would do better in time.


 fordest (1954), Santee/San Diego, California, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/104/517/20
Dec 8, 2005  
The first of my Secret Santa brews. 12 oz bottle thanks to that jolly fellow. Dark Dark pour with a dark brown head that remained in ring form to the end. Aromas of dark cherry and chocolate. Flavors were outstanding chocolate, mocha, molassas, toffee, more dark fruit, and a great hop finish. A wonderful Imperial Stout.


 csbosox (1076), Prairie Village, Kansas, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/105/517/20
Dec 7, 2005  
12 oz bottle at the Maproom. Pours very, very dark with a smal khaki head. Aroma is roasty, dark fruits, bright hop notes. The taste is sweet malt, initially, then roasty with some coffee and chocolate notes as well as dark fruits, alcohol, and yeasty. Not as complex as the Expedition. Nice, but somewhat lacking. Mouthfeel is HUGE. I was lucky enough to get a six pack in KC, so I will re-rate under non bar conditions.


 beerbuzzmontreal (2909), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/518/20
Dec 7, 2005  
Pours a pitch black color with a thin light brown head. Very appealing aroma of chocolate and rich roasted malt. The flavor is very good, notes of coffee, chocolate, hops and rich roasted malt haunt my taste buds and finish with bitterness. The body has a light to medium thickness with a creamy and dry mouthfeel, the carbonation is soft. This is another excellent imperial stout from Bell’s but it’s not quite to the world-class level that the other one achieved, what’s the name of that other imperial stout again?


 dhlesq (233), Thousand Oaks, California, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Dec 6, 2005  
Aroma of roast malt, chocolate, cherries, raisins, plaums, vanilla. Appears a dark, almost black, brown, with orange tinges, and with a small oliy tan head that lasts. Flavor is shockingly sweet plum, almost cloying at first, followed by a quick twinge of hop bitterness that leads into a hammering roast coffee and chocolate finish. Palate is creamy and thick, with a dry alcohol aftertaste. Overall, this beer is slightly greater than the sum of its parts, and I only wish I had more to age. My thanks to joeybgood for this outstanding brew.



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