Bells Cherry Stout

12 oz bottle poured into a pint glass. I pulled this from the celler, it is a 2006 bottle, batch 7674. Pours black with a small light brown fizzy head that fades away leaving poor lacing. The aroma is of cherrys and also of roasted malts. Taking a drink first I taste a hint of roast malts, but mainly I am tasting cherry. No hop flavor or bitterness. The cherry flavor sticks with you for a while. The body is medium to full with a creamy texture and soft carbonation.

11-7-07 bottle.
Black with tan head. Subtle roasted chocolate aroma. Very tart cherry taste. It actually makes the cheeks tighten when it hits the mouth. Flavor is actually not bad it is just overly tart for me.

12 oz bottle. Batch 8152. This is the first beer from Bell’s which I didn’t really like. It pours very dark with a light tan head. You can smell a hint of cherries with some roastiness. The flavor is more confused than anything to me. There was an off flavor which I can’t identify. Bell’s says this improves with cellaring, so the rest of the 6-pack is staying in my beer fridge for a while.

12 oz bottle. Dark brown, a bit of tan froth. Aroma alternates between coffee beans and slightly sour cherry. Taste is very close to a fruit beer. Kind of like cherry pie with a burnt crust. Cup of joe to wash it down. Dries with molasses. Lemony carb, medium light.

12oz Bottle $12.00 6-Pack Bell’s General Store Bottled 10/9/07 7% abv As Bell’s Cherry Stout is being poured the stream from bottle to glass has a weathered mahogany look but in the glass is pure black. A creamy one finger brown head formed on the pour and fell rather quickly to a skimming with thick edges. Leaves some sticky chunk lacing on it’s way down. Very appealing aroma. Begins with hints of malted milkballs and leads directly into perfectly roasted malts and a milk chocolate/cocoa mixture. There’s very mild alcohol wafting in and out. The addition of cherries adds a quick flash of sweet but finishes mostly tart. Unique mouthwatering aroma with the combination of roasty and tart. The flavor has all the qualities of the aroma with a few little welcomed extras. Malted milkballs start things off before the roasty comes into play with the cocoa. Dark cherries come through mid palate and compliment the roastiness. As this beer moves through the cherry becomes tart and somewhat puckering. There’s even a touch of smokiness hinting around in there. The tartness on the finish makes this beer very unique. The tartness is enough to get you salivating after the swallow. Really nice mouthfeel. Body is on the heavier side of medium. Tongue coating creaminess as this beer works it’s way through. Great velvety texture with low carbonation. This beer glides through at its own pace and lets you pick out each flavor rather easily. This stout goes down very easy and produces a nice warming sensation on the swallow to warm you up on these cold fall nights. Another damn fine stout from Bell’s. I have yet to drink one of their stouts that hasn’t impressed me. This one is very unique and the tartness works perfectly with the standard stout flavors. Wish I would have picked up more than a sixer. 11/11/07

Bottle. Poured a very dark rubish color. Aroma is of nothing but cherries. The taste is cherry start with a nice chocolate finish.

okay, great looking beer. i dont like this at all. keep your fruit out of my beer. i had a hard time finishing it... but i dont like stouts really.

Pours black from 12 oz bottle, forming dark brown foam head. Aroma of coffee’s, tinge of cherry, roasted malts. Flavour is of cherry flavoured coffee! Roasted malts comes through slightly too. A different beer I must say, but I like it. No alcohol detected, a very complex and unique beer!