Bells Expedition Stout

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

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle 2011 Vintage - Soy sauce, sweet oak and some vanilla. Jet black with a very thin brown ring. Sweet, oaky and some light bitter chocolate. Nice if you like the soy. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Roast and molasses in the nose with notes of coffee and dark bitter chocolate. Black with a tan syrupy head. Bittersweet like quality dark chocolate with strong notes of espresso and roast malt. Full bodied and slightly oily with a thick bittersweet finish. A true champion of the style.

Pours almost black with very thin head. Aroma of malts, raisons, chocolate, molasses, and caramel. Hops come through on the end. Great imperial stout. Larry Bell...kudos again.

Pours oil can black with a several fingers of khaki head. The aroma is sweet dark fruit and a hint of vanilla. The taste is dark chocolate and coffee. You can also get a bit of sweetness on the back end. It is really a tasty stout. The mouth feel is a thick creamy treat. I have three of these I am going to drink and 3 I am going to age. I will try one of the three for the next three years and see how it changes.

Pours black and has a finger and a half length, tan head that dissipates slowly into nothingness. Aroma is so strong with alcohol. There is also this awful toffee and vanilla that doesn’t work at all. In the background, there is this dark chocolate that seems to remind me of the 1st bottle of this 6-pack I had 6 months ago. The mouth is fantastic at this point though. Velvety and smooth, and dark chocolate in the back of the mouth that lingers for quite a while. I had one of these too soon, and will probably re-review this 6 months later when I have another bottle.

From a bottle. Pours opaque dark brown with thin tan head. Tastes like coffee, chocolate, caramel, raisins. Very sweet. Smells like sweet, dried fruit. Medium body and medium carbonation.

Aroma: honey and molasses hit the nose in the bottle and in the snifter; almost reminiscient of bbq sauce with a little soy sauce. Appearance: Gorgeous motor oil; creamy, khaki head and well-balanced lacing. Head retention is decent to good. Taste: tangy honey gives way to sweet molasses and finishes on a boozey note. Not as rich and roasty as I remember my last glass, but that may be because I poured at 55 degrees Fahrenheit. Going to let it warm up a bit. Palate: A light syrup; washes down reasonably well, but pretty thick. Outstanding beer, and I can definitely see why the barrel aged Black Note I had was so amazing: this is an excellent starting point.

12 oz. Bottle from Edina Liquor served at just below room temp. Pours a dark brown/black color. Thick looking but smooth. Minimal head upon emptying contents into glass. Hints of chocolate and nuttyness are strongly apparent with some caramel like aftertaste. Has a coffee like aroma. Moderately carbonated. Just the right amount of alcohol in my opinion for this type of stout. At 10.5% you can tell that it’s there but it doesn’t overpower the taste. One of the best stouts I’ve tried to date.

Dark, thick, black pour with a nice tan head, tan lacing. 2012 vintage. Man this is a nice beer! Sweet, roasted malt and chocolate on the nose and again in the taste. There is some nice hops backbone here to help balance out the thickness and sweetness of this beer. Excellent.

First time having this! MIke in MI sent it to me. 12oz fresh batch, 2 finger head, oily black pour. nose is fantastic. everything you’d expect in a stout. bitter hoppy at the start, middle is choclate and caramel. oaky finish. sweet and drinkable like hopped chocolate milk! I could drink this every day.