Bells Cherry Stout

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

bottle. pours black, with a thin red head. aroma of cherry, oats, and light alcohol - the combination gives it a slightly medicinal quality. flavor is tart cherries and caramel. mild carbonation. the combination of tart dark fruit, thick body and warming alcohol don’t do it for me - felt like i was drinking a refined dimetap. if you like fruit stouts, you may give it a go, but its not my bag.

12 oz bottle. Pretty much a big let down. Poured a flat looking deep dark bown with virtually no head. Good aroma of chocolate with some sour dark fruit, oak and a little bit of funkiness. Very sweet flavor of artificial cherry juice and chocolate blended with a beer. Thin falt body that reminds me of cherry juice. Not Bells best beer.

pint. pours much blacker and thicker than expected, mild dark caramel head. sweet mocha cherry aroma. Dry dark malt with mild hidden cherries behind it with a great subtlety adding into the complexity. dry finish and short. cherries are hidden, good sessionable quality.

A very interesting beer. The aroma is mild and kind of chocolatey. The flavor is sweet, chocolatey, with a slight cherry flavor. It tastes kind of like cherry cordials and would be a good complement to them. If I see this again, I plan on buying some.

355 ml bottle. Pours a dense reddish black with a copious burgundy head. Rich chocolate nose with notes of cherry. Medium body. Initial sweetness is quickly offset with an edgy cherry tartness. Nice semi-dry finish with lingering cherry tones.

This beer poured a slightly viscous black, with a very small amount of dark-tan head. Aroma is roasty with just a touch of fruit...which to my nose smells of cherries or perhaps grapes. Flavor is more of sour cherries than it is of stout. If I tasted this with my eyes clothes, I would’ve imagined this beer would be pink or red rather than the inky black that it is. Flavor is dissapointingly not roasted, but is still pretty good. If this were a fruit beer I wouldn’t really be disappointed by the taste...but for a beer that is advertised as a stout, I feel a bit let down. Mouthfeel is tart and puckery up front, but sort of slick and sticky as it sits in your mouth. Not bad. I’d weakly recommend this beer. Bells has a sterling reputation in the craft beer scene, but I’m guessing it is not because of this beer.

Bottle. Pitch black stout with a dark head. Super sweet nose. Initially it tastes like many other stouts, but the aftertaste is extremely tart. The more I have, the more it tastes like a good dark beer was ruined by mixing with children’s cough syrup. It gets pretty tough to get down by the end. This isn’t my style of beer.

anticipated this one. i am still waiting for a bad bells product and to date havent found one. this beer pours thicker than the taste. dark color with nice head that disappears gradually. for me not alot of cherry flavor but its a good mix with the alcohol content. the after taste is what gives me the cherry flavor. this beer would be good at just below room temp on a cold winter day.