Bells Cherry Stout

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

Best, stout, ever. Dark chocolate, cherry, alcohol, in that order. Drinking with food brings out the complexities, some spices you’ve never tasted in a stout. WARNING: Michigan cherries ar not sweet, but VERY tart.

This is an absolutely phenomenal beer. The stout is silk-smooth with a faint sour-cherry taste. It is certainly not what I would consider a fruit-beer...the cherry taste is much too muted. A must-try for any stout aficionado.

This beer is a fantastic Cherry Stout. Michigan cherries are used in this chocolatey brew, and they complement stout wonderfully. Bell’s Cherry Stout pours to a deep brown/black color with a big, thick, tan head, and a soft carbonation. The nose is wonderful. Big aromas of sour cherries mingle with aromas of chocolate malt. The palate delivers more of the same, big chocolate malt flavors, and a slight bit of roast, and a touch of sourness. It is a stout malt backbone, the body is big but not too hefty. The finish starts chocolatey then explodes into a big sour cherry flavor. Sour cherries work SO well in this beer. This beer is dangerously drinkable, its 8% abv, but you would never know it. This beer just begs to be matched with desert. This would go great with chocolate covered cherries, German Black Forest Cake, or Cherry Vanilla ice cream. This is probably my all time favorite fruit beer, got to make it back to Kalamazoo, MI!

Delicious strong aroma of roasted barley, bordering on beef. Opaque black pour with a medium brown head, good lacing. The taste is complex and incredibly well balanced with a tastefully viscous mouthfeel. Coffee and cherry layers rest on a bed of charred lamb. It finishes rapidly into a whisper of smoke. Superb!

Good Stuff. The cherry flavor is there, but not real sweet.

12 oz bottle. Pours like 3-year old used motor oil with a small reddish brown head. Lacing disappears quickly. Smells of roasted coffee, slight cherries. Tastes of chocolate, coffee and a nice cherry aftertaste. Great stout aftertaste and some dryness from the fruit. Recommended as a snack, not necessarily for session work. Very nice.

An excellent stout with the right amount of tartness. Michigan cherries are the best of the breed, and as go fruit beers, so is this. Enjoy...

Had one of these at my new favorite pub the Winking Lizard. Nose of heavy coffee, slight chocolate and cherries, vanilla and butterscotch - wow! Pours black, with black highlights. The smallish brown creamy head is mostly diminishing with no lacing. The brew starts sweet and slightly tart. Exceptionally deep, with a hugely explosive finish. Very different, the tartness is a big plus. The heavy, chewy, and soft body like velvet. Very nicely done.