Bells Cherry Stout

Stout with cherry tartness. Pour was dark with a small tan head. Aroma wasn’t as fruity as I expected. A little more on the stout side, with some choclate and roasted notes. The taste was very stout up front and very tart cherry in the finish. The mouthfeel was a little more carbonated than other stouts, but still thick and creamy. Great change up for someone that doesn’t like fruit beers. Fruit is not too dominant here.

According to the back, this is batch 7734. This will be my first Bell’s, so I am excited to try it. This beer pours very dark, but the stream from the bottle has a very dark red color in it. There is almost no head even when poured from a decent height. There are two equal aromas, cherries and roasted malt. The beer is about 50 degF but the aroma is still pretty weak. The flavor constantly changes as it progresses along my tongue and mouth. It starts off with roasted malt but quickly changes to sweet cherries and then finishes with a great tart cherry flavor. I really like how complex the flavor is and how it is dynamics. By the end, I can almost picture eating fresh cherries, although it is by no means too strong. This is perhaps the best fruit beer I have had. I do have to limit the drinkability because it is a bit sweet to drink a bunch of them.

bottle....pours a dark brown almost black with a thin tan head.....aromas of tart cherries and chocolate.....the majority of the flavor was dominated by tart cherries and a boozy component with little adding in the way of chocolate, roast, and other typical stout qualities. finish was a bit astiringent.....i really couldn’t even finish this which i can’t say is a frequent thing.

Black with thick brown head. Good lacing. This beer looks delicious. Aroma is sweet stout with cherries (a tad too saccharine). Flavor is, foremost, sweet, then cherries. It takes a moment for the roasted malt to force its way through to remind you this is a stout. Mouthfeel is good but has a distracting lingering sweetness. I don’t know if real cherries were used but it tastes artificial. Way too sweet for my taste.

The pour was a black with a thin dark tan head. The best part of this beer was the aroma. It was so sweet and enticing. The flavor was very sweet with the cheeries almost overwhelming it and with just a touch of malt. The tartness of the cheeries ring through on the finish. Ultimately, it was just kind of a slight let down to me.

Bottle - batch #8144. Picked up at Bells General Store. Pours black. Medium size dark tan head with red tints. No lacing. Light chocolate aroma. Tart cherry flavor is anything but subtle. Very dry finish that brings out a roasted chocolate flavor as you exhale. Clean finish, little carbonation. Unique beer. Been wanting to try this for awhile. No disappointment on my part. Another quality Bells beer.

A nice change from the regular stouts. Cherries are present in the aroma. It pours black with a tan head with a bit of red tint in it. Flavor is sour cherries and roasted malt. Nicde dry finish. Another winner from Bells.

Poured from a 12oz bottle (Batch 7734) and served in a pint glass. This stout poured a nearly opaque black with some mahagony highlights around the edges of the glass. A tiny tan head was very short lived. No lace. The aroma of this beer was made up of mild roasted notes, cocoa, and also just a hint of cherries. The flavor included charred malts, mild bittersweet milk chocolate, licorice, and some fruity cherry undertones. The mouthfeel was medium to full-bodied with a mild slickness and minimal carbonation. A very good, underappreciated stout. The fruit characteristics and roasted elements go together quite nicely.