Bells Cherry Stout

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

Pours as dark as midnight with a thin brown head. Aroma of roasted malt and a hint of cherry. Tase is rich Roasted malt, coffee with a nice touch of cherry. I don’t like fruity beers but, this is very good!!!

single bottle from cairo’s. dark black pour. perfect stout with a nice michigan tart cherry aftertaste. another nice bells beer.

Bottles thanks to Turdferguson and Monger: Pours almost black with a small brown bubbly head. Aroma if very light chocolate and just a whiff of sweet cherry. Flavor is malty, roasty, chocolatey, milk cream with a sweet cherry skin flavor and a little bit of cherry tartness. Body is thick and shows off the alcohol in this brew.Flavor is cloying and gets a little cough syrupy unfortunately or this would be a really high rating from me otherwise.

12oz bottle, batch 8144. Pours pitch black, topped with a thin brown head. Roasted chocolate malt aroma with some tart cherry. Tart cherry aroma flavor at first, then is joined by cocoa. Long, slightly tart finish with some vegetal notes. Cherry adds nice accents to this stout.

12 oz bottle

I picked up a bottle of this in Kalamazoo after not finding anything interesting on tap (and Dark Horse just down the road). The bottle was from batch 8144. It is more stout than cherry but the two play nicely against each other. Bell’s has a nice offering on their hands here that you should try if you run across it.

Aroma / Appearance - The black body was close in appearance to that of Expedition Stout including the lacing. A suede head roughly a half-finger in height sat on top. Black cherries, expresso and dark chocolate reminded me of a mixture of Belgian Red and a Top 50 Imperial Stout. For some reason the smell of black olives was strong after a while.

Flavor / Palate - The first sip filled my mouth with supreme pizza (specifically black olives and pepperoni). Smoke, licorice and burnt malts sweep across the throat on the second taste. Finally cherries complete the experience as they come out towards the end of the glass. The combination is more stout than fruit beer and totally different than New Glarus’ take on a cherry stout. If I were ever to slow down exploring new beers I wouldn’t mind giving this a try again.

Bottle. Pours black with a small but lasting tan head that leaves good lacing. Aroma of roasted malt, cherries, and caramel. Taste is tart cherries, chocolate, and coffee. Medium full mouthfeel with a moderate amount of bitterness and a tart cherry finish. Very good.

The aroma was strong roast with chocolate and a estery fruit presence which was nice. The fruity aromas were dark in nature, but not discernible as cherries. Dark chocolate and espresso roast coupled with caramel were very well done. The beer poured into the glass black with a brown short lived head which did trace at the glass. The flavor was tart with a definite sour cherry presence and strong dark chocolate and some espresso nature. The finish came in immediately dry with tart cherry flavors lasting well into the aftertaste. The beer was quite bitter and really had no middle, only an initial impression of chocolate and then the finish. The body was medium-full and the carbonation was a bit low. An ok brew, but certainly not a favorite. 12 ounce bottle. Batch 8152.

Creamy vanilla on the nose, with hints of chocolate and cherries. Pours dark brown pretty much black with a thick tan head, that does not last long. Tart cherries, with a slight sweet cherry flavor, with loads of chocolate, hints of coffee, and creamy vanilla. Very smooth. I like it more this time than the first time i tried it.