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Bells Expedition Stout

Bells Expedition Stout - Imperial Stout

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 Percentile 
100
overall
Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Imperial Stout

Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
17054.32/5.04.31/5.0Winter10.5%99.1Snifter
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Commercial Description:
The darkest beer we make; this Imperial stout contains double the malt and five times the hops of our Kalamazoo stout and is perfect for cellaring as its complex character will evolve over time. Available October-March.
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 DeadGuyFrank (347), http://westchesterbeer.com, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/58/104/514/20
Oct 7, 2008  
I really am torn about this beer....I know I know - it’s awesome, it’s from Bells, it’s an Imperial Stout....that being said, it’s way too concentrated - really high in alcohol taste, in other words this will drink like a meal and feel like you drank twenty beers. The torturous part about this review is the initial taste of this beer is everything I love about stouts - chocolate richness, coffee and smoky flavors reside in the mouth feel for minutes. I think this beer deserves another try, but for my palate is too much power....


edmajorjoe (79), Vail, Arizona, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 5, 2008  
Eerily similar to Surly Darkness and an Oatmeal Stout with reddish tint and long lasting head. Aromatic scent to die for and taste is also amazing.


 Moggman (187), Columbus, Ohio, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/518/20
Oct 2, 2008  
Bottle. Pours almost black with very little head. Scent of chocolate, coffee, and a little smoke. Flavor is coffee, chocolate, smoke. finish is bitter hops and warming alcohol.


 Chipper (179), Red Lion, Pennsylvania, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Oct 2, 2008  
Draft at Kclinger’s Pub. Nearly black with minimal head. Chocolate, smoke, malt, and coffee aroma. Smooth drinking and the alcohol is present but muted. A little bitter on the finish.


 timsilvia32 (445), from Michigan now in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/104/518/20
Sep 29, 2008  
It had been a couple of years since I had this until this last weekend at the Charlotte NC octoberfest. Thick black pour, reddish coffee colors around the edges. Roasted malts and molasses, mocha nose. Roast/burnt malt up front with a hint of port and raisin. Quickly goes into brown sugar, bakers chocolate and espresso as the full bodiness fills the mouth. The hop balancing in this is some of the best I’ve ever tasted. Bells always does well with this. Finish bitter and slightly warming. You never notice the alcohol. I heard a friend say this tastes like every typical imperial stout. I believe he was wrong in that this has the best part of each typical imperial stout. Whereas the typical RIS can’t put it all together and has negative qualitites. No negatives in this one, making this far and away the best for the money and near the best anyways.


 chimplechamp (463), Oslo, Norway
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/105/518/20
Sep 28, 2008  
bottle- pours pitch black with thin tan head. spots of white make it look like a latte. notable sour taste in first sip, vinous qualities, real big, great hop character to this beer, better balance than the kalamazoo. mouthfeel is sooo thick and warming. it is a real quality beer this one, not for sessioning on an october day, but sipping in a winter evening.


 TeamTrappist (365), jericho, New York, USA
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/519/20
Sep 26, 2008  
12 oz bottle. Well as expected this poured like motor oil, extremely viscous. Intense aroma, WOW!! Burnt sugars and malts, coffee, chocolate, and licorice. We served this a bit on the cold side for better or worse, which made it like the best milkshake I have ever had. This was by far the thickest mouthful I’ve ever had. Just an intense, complex, delicious stout. With a great bitter finish. The 10.5% is super well hidden. I would love to find some more of this.


 Dedollewaitor (3625), Odense, Denmark
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/517/20
Sep 26, 2008  
22oz bottle. Thanks Chris. Batch 7814. Pours pitch black with a creamy lasting head & lacings. Power roasted & vinous nose. Loads of coffee & chocolate & vague hints of licorice. Very vinous, smooth & sticky. Pleasant warmth. Top dollar Imp. Stout!



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