Bells Black Note Stout

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Imperial Stout
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

Serve in Snifter

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From a handbottled @ home.
[ Trade by Bobby91w ]. Clear dark dark dark black color with small, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is heavy malty, roasted, milk chocolate, dark chocolate, bourbon, cask wood, vanilla, alcohol. Flavor is heavy sweet and bitter with a long long long duration. Body is full, texture is creamuy and oily - sticky, carbonation is flat. [20090429]

Handbotle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of KimJohansen. Pours a pitch black with a small beige head. Subtle bourbon dominates the notes as well as hard roasted malts. Solid body, rich burned dark malts, bitter chocolate, cocoa and aso a whiff of coffee. Very malt bitter finish with quite some alcohol burn. 230410

Handbottle, courtesy of KimJohansen. Pours dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is dark malty and roasted chocolated flavoured. Smooth and dark malty, chocolate and vanilla flavoured. Lasting dark chocolate and vanilla flavoured. Dry and bitter finish. Nice one.

Handbottled from tap, at Papsø. Pitch black coloured with a small beige head. Sweet anbd roasted aroma of vanilla, oak, dark chocolate, dried fruits and liquorice. Sweet and roasted flavour of dark chocolate, liquorice and hops. Dry roasted and hoppy finish.

UPDATED: MAY 20, 2012
Name: Bourbon Barrel Double Cream / Expedition Blend
Date: July 21, 2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, Indy
Appearance: black, wispy beige head, streaks of lace
Aroma: big sweet bourbon and dark chocolate aroma
Flavor: rich chocolate flavor, bourbon is well blended with the chocolate, touch of alcohol with the bourbon in the finish

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ***+ /4

Name: Black Note
Date: May 05, 2012
Mode: Draft
Source: Brick Store Pub
Appearance: black, creamy tan head, heavy lace
Aroma: sweet chocolate and bourbon aroma
Flavor: rich chocolate flavor, roasted .alt, lots of bourbon, caramel and vanilla
Overall: chocolate covered caramel candy with a bourbon center

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 18/20
Rating: 4.2/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **** /4

Courtesy of Kim, handbottled
Black color. Impressive aroma, with chocolate, Bourbon vanilla, cookies, roasted malt. Strong body, the mouthfeel is quite oily; strong chocolate flavor, sweet, with light vanilla and evident roasted malts too; the final actually has more roasted malts, which I don’t like too much. Strong bitterness. An excellent beer anyway, well balanced.

Near black with a tiny beige head. Sweet aroma with burned malt, dark chocolate, toffee, espresso and hops. Sweet flavour with burned malt, dark chocolate, espresso, cream and plenty of hops. Finished sweet and bitter.

Bottle @ Papsø. Thanks Kim. Pours black with a small bubbly brown head. Nose is deep and vinous. Extremely complex. Hard roast, oak, vanilla, coffee and chocolate. Low carbonation. Very smooth and full bodied. Taste is sweet and roasted. Quite rough with a lot of oakyness, alcohol and some hops in the end.

(Bottle # 564/1081, courtesy of ericandersnavy) Pours an opaque black body with a spare brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, vanilla, oak, and chocolate. Flavor of chocolate, vanilla, roasted malt, and bourbon with a bitter, dry oak finish.

Draft @ FoBAB 2009, Chicago, IL. As Black Note. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate, vanilla and woody bourbon aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and coffee flavor with vanilla and bourbon flavor. Smooth mouthfeel. Has a roasted malty vanilla and woody bourbon finish.