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Bells Cherry Stout

Bells Cherry Stout - Sweet Stout

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 Percentile 
85
overall
Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Sweet Stout

Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
9233.46/5.03.45/5.0Winter7%76.1English pint
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Commercial Description:
This unique ale begins its life as a powerful and richly sweet stout to which Michigan tart cherries are added. The resulting black brew is complex, sweet and tart with a distinct cherry finish. It will improve with cellaring. Available September - May
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 buckybeer (666), Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Jan 3, 2007    Updated: Dec 20, 2007
Pours a dense murky brown with small tan head. Not a hint of cherries in the aroma. Just a nice roasted malt scent. Flavor only had a tad of cherry in it. Lots of malts and touches of chocolate and coffee. A little tart, a little sweet. Pretty darn good.


TheHairyDrum (2), USA
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3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Jan 3, 2007  
Bottle straight from brewery: Deep black in color with a medium tan head that dissapears quickly after pouring. Mellow aroma of coffee/chocolate with very small hint of cherry. Flavor is quite sweet, with the cherry tartness nearly overwhelming. Amazingly refreshing, especially for a stout.


 Braudog (3733), Dayton, Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/59/104/514/20
Jan 2, 2007  
Bottle: Deep muddy borwn with a thin but firm light brown head. Only a light cocoa aroma. Down the gullet it goes ... more of that cocoa, with the advertised cherry essence, kind of like chocolate-covered pie cherries. Nice body. Nice prep for my afternoon holiday nap.


 beaconstreet (811), Washington DC, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/54/102/55/20
Dec 31, 2006  
Kinda syrupy, eh. Glad this was a sample generously given me by a stellar bartendress.


 Holdwine (905), Beertimore, Maryland, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Dec 28, 2006  
A thick stout that is refeshing? The sweet finish is almost too sweet with cherries. Quite a motor oil pour and a decent mild stout backing a very chocolatey-cherry-fruity mix. It is a mouthfull.


 GaltScat (195), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/516/20
Dec 28, 2006  
Bells delivers a very well balanced, mild stout. Similar to Bells other stouts, Cherry Stout pours heavy and black with a reddish brown head. The aroma is rather mellow; with chocolate, cherry, and coffee. In the mouth it tastes sweet with hints of cherries and chocolate. There is little to no alcohol taste. The finish is also sweet. The classic Bells stout taste is subdued in this offering. Overall, Cherry Stout is tame. A little too sweet for my tastes, which is why I gave flavor a lower rating. It is very smooth and easy on the palate.


 mephisto (1144), Taiwan
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/510/20
Dec 25, 2006  
black with brown head that quickly disappears, the aroma is nutty with a slight hint of cherry. acidic and rich, the brew has a nutty finish.


 IrishBoy (2686), Bakersfield, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Dec 22, 2006  
Bottle from TPaliga; Nose of chocolate covered cherries and a cup of coffee; Opaque black with a medium reddish tan head; chocolate flavor with some cherry. Is this anything like say a Sam Adams Cherry Wheat, I think not! Should be some kind of stout!



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