Bells Expedition Stout

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

Good rich taste like most Bell’s. Malty very nice blend and Smooth. A little on the alcoholy side but not enough to be distracting.

Thanks to DuctTape for this bottle. I have a feeling that I let it sit around for too long though as I can see where this beer was trying to get but it didn’t quite make it. It poured a beautiful dark toasted malty black with a disappointingly thin head. It was a lovely oily consistency with rich malty flavours. I look forward to trying a fresh bottle!

Pours black with a thin tan head. Nice aroma of chocolate and some fruit. Good complex flavor. Nice bittersweet chocolate and a great creamy mouthfeel. Has a little bit of alcohol kick at the end, hopefully it will get a little better with aging.

12 oz bottle from unclemike. Pours an opaque black color with a medium tan head that fades slowly. The aroma was rich with chocolate, molasses, dark fruits and a hint of rubbing alcohol. The flavor is big and bold with burnt malts, biter dark chocolate, plums and biter walnuts. The mouthfeel is full, creamy and smooth. Absolutely perfect palate The finish was very long with dry dark biter chocolate. Overall: An outstanding stout. I found the alcohol on the nose to be slightly distracting, otherwise a great concoction.

Shared bottle at DLD 08. Pours black with a tan head. Aroma is burnt malt, hops, coffee anbd a little chocolate. Flavor is really complex with sweet chocolate, brown suger and some vanilla. Perfectly balanced for this big of a beer. Great stuff. Re-rate 1/23/08. Pours pitch black with thin dark tan head. Aroma is of roasted malt, chocolate, dark fruits booze and caramel. Flavor is rich and creamy with roasted malt, rich chocolate, brown sugar, caramel, coffee and booze. Finishes smooth and boozy. Have been drinking a lot of RIS lately and this reminds me of what a good one is supposed to tast like. 4.4

12 ounce bottle picked up from Indiana by one of my buddies! Thanks! I have been saving this one for quite a while. Illini08 and nimrod were going to enjoy a tasty beer, so I decided there was no better time to open this baby! Poured a jet black color with a small brown head. The term "used motor oil" describes the look of this one perfectly. The aroma consisted of chocolate, vanilla, suggary malts. and dark fruit. The taste was a wonderful mix of chocolate with a surprising amount of vanilla. It left a taste in my mouth that made me wanting more! The mouthfeel was very heavy also. An excellent brew that I would definitely seek out again!

Dark-ruby with light brown head...a dark beer lover’s delight. Taste is very complex, with a symphony of coffee, chocolate, red wine. Acidic and full-strength in character. The alcohol is obvious and provides some nice warmth. This one was aged after six months, and was better than the ones I drank last fall. Not for the light-hearted!

12 oz bottle. Pours a motor oil black with some, but not much head. Aroma is sweetness with chocolate. Starts of sweet but ends on a dry note. Not unlike drinking semi-sweet chocolate. Excellent stuff!