Bells Cherry Stout

Pours semi-dark, unnoticeable head. Pleasing cherry, coffee aroma. Taste is sharp and thin, and kind of like rotten cherries. Finish is full and dark roasted cherry malt. Not the worst and not the best stout I’ve had. If you’re ever at Turoni’s in Evansville in December, try the seasonal "chocolate-covered cherry stout". I didn’t see it on here, but it is similar in style to this beer by Bells and 100% more drinkable in my opinion. Overall, I’d say the next one of these I have will be free to me.

One of my favorite brews from Bell’s, and my most recommended; this starts with a big black body and a dark tan, burnt creamy looking head that leaves plenty of beautiful lacing on the glass. The aroma is gentle, very sweet and mellow, with the chocolate, java, and malty roastedness of a normal stout, yet with a heavy lingering aroma of fresh ripe berries with a tart edge. Attractive marshmallow and strong vanilla notes fill the nose, along with licorice and a doughy, cake-batter-like presence. The taste is wonderfully sweet and slightly tart, with montmorency and maraschino cherries, roasted coffee beans and jam. This beer is awesome on the palate! It starts soft and velvety, and ends very tangy, sharp, and puckering, creating a lovely mouthfeel similar to drinking cherry juice, yet all the while backed with the luscious, invigorating body of a delicious stout. The cherries mellow out the hop bitterness profoundly, and make for a cleaner, sweeter, less drying finish. Very interesting. Delicious!

Finger-thick dark brown, slightly burgundy head cascades into thin speckling. An eclipse, this beer is jet black. The nose is bitter chocolate covered cherries with notes of coffee. The I was very disappointed by this brew’s body. It looked big, it smelled big, but it was very thin. As far as flavor is concerned, the alcohol was a little too apparent, but this was offset by subtle, tart cherry and coffee.

A nice combo of sweet and sour, although completely subsumed by the stout base. Kind of a weird combo in retrospect. Very similar to every other Bells sweet stout.

an opaque pitch black liquid with a small tan head. lots of sediment. dark chocolate aroma with a hint of cherry medicine. dark chocolate and coffee flavors with a touch of cherry. the tartness of the cherry shows up more than the actual flavor of the cherry which is probably a good thing. full bodied with a slick-oily texture. the sourness is cool. different.

12oz Bottle - Trade - Daknole
Aroma – Nice dark malts with hint of cherry in the aroma.
Appearance – Reddish black in color, thin head and clear.
Flavor – Great flavor for the beer great cherry and chocolate mix with the dark malts.
Palate – Good Mouthfeel, Super texture with a dry fruit finish.
Overall – I hope to get more of this beer in the future to share with friends. This was a great beer the flavor rocked.

POured a black color with a tan head. Aroma is of sour cherries and some nice coffee aroma. Flkavor is of a lot of sour cherries, but with a weird acidic flavor which takes away from the nice stout roasted smoothness.

I love big, bold, dark and fruity beers and this one fits the bill. The cherry compliments the sour of the stout in a nice way. Adding complexity and a little surprise. The cherry thins out the texture just enough. I like the mild tartness along with the typical malty, chocolate, roasty notes of the stout. Dances on the tongue a bit. Very nice.