Bells Cherry Stout

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

Very dark stout with a slightly nutty roasted aroma. The head is almost non existant. I can’t say this is a bad beer, it is quite enjoyable in fact, I suppose it is not really what I expected. The cherry flavor is very subdued, which is a good thing but perhaps some more of their sourness would have been welcomed here... at least in my opinion. I think I was let down because it reminded me very much of one of my least favorite home brew experiences. If you’re looking for a good stout with some interesting fruit flavor, then this is a good enough beer, but it is nothing overwhelmingly fantasitc. Perhaps I should cellar some as the suggestion states.

Bottle, batch 7734: I’m not sure why it’s taken me so long to rate this one but on to it...pours a pitch black color with a minimal tan head. Wonderful chocolate-covered cherry aroma with some dark malts lingering. Tart, dry mouth feel...the cherry was a bit too sour/tart for my tastes but this was still very good. Other notes of chocolate and roasted malts noted as well.

Thanks to goryshkewych for the opportunity to try this one Bottle from batch #8339 poured into my tulip glass produced a fingers worth of tan head that turned into a ring of lace around the glass .the body was jet black in color Aromas of cherries and chocolate along with roasted malts fill your head Flavors of sour cherries dark chocolate and coffee Mouthfeel is not as thick as I like for a stout Drinkability is a hard one on this, it’s an interesting combination of flavors not one I would have thought went well together but it worked for me. I sipped my way through the glass and enjoyed it .I wouldn’t want one every night but once an a while would work I would label it a must try at least one to pass judgment on yourself

Poured dark, smelled faintly of cherries and coffee. Had a bitter almost medicinal aftertaste. I like cherries; I like stouts; I did not like this combination very well.

12 oz bottle courtesy of Linus stick. Pours an opaque black color with a medium tan head that faded slowly. The Aroma was a mixture of molasses and cherries with the molasses dominating. The flavor was more cherry forward, but the molasses was still clearly present. The mouthfeel was full and malty. The finish was long and a bit tart. Overall: I had no idea what to expect with this one, but it turns out that I rather like it--a nice session stout that goes down easy. And hey, if the lambic people can add fruit flavorings to their stuff why not the stouties. Recommended. And thanks again Linus--I owe you.

bottle poured a dark black in color with a textbook thick dark tan head that retained a heavy ring inside the glass. aroma has some sour cherry, coffee, malt, and molasses. first taste while cold it was two sided with one being a dark coffee stout and the other a sour cherry fruit. much better balance when warmed being more of a sweet stout. has dark stout characters with chocolate and coffee and a bite from the sour cherry. very interesting combination seeing both sides of the flavor are equally predominant. unique and one i am glad i got the chance to try.

I don’t know if I got a bad bottle or what, but this was a complete drainpour after the first two sips. Nose is a roasty stout, but the finish was so cough syrup-like that I couldn’t stomach it. Blech!

i love sweet stouts. they give you that big body with a more complex flavor. and theyre fun to pair with food. this one pours black and along with its roasted maltyed body this one starts cherry and finishes cherry. interesting beer. no de dolle.