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Bells Expedition Stout

Bells Expedition Stout

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An Imperial Stout brewed by
Bells Brewery

Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

bottled
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14334.33/5.04.32/5.0Winter10.5%98.5 Snifter P  Stats

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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 undsioux7 (491), Cologne, Minnesota, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/105/515/20

May 26, 2006    Updated: Jul 11, 2006
Pours blacker then the night with a small brown/grey head that disapears quickly. Lots of hop smell with roasted chocolate. Smooth and syrupy feel on the palette. Taste is coffee, caramel & much more. Finishes very sweet with burn. Too sweet for my tastes, but great complexity. Re-rate. About the same as before, but less coffe taste, orange bittersweet chocolate.

 badlizard (1473), San Diego, California, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/517/20
Sep 7, 2008  
Thanks to Martha for this delicious beer. Black with a brown creamy head. Coffee chocolate and roasty and floral aroma. Sticky syrupy palate. Sweet very roasty bitter dark chocolate taste with nice cherry notes, juniper berries, and chocolate malt tastes to the finish.


 Lubiere (3266), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/517/20
Sep 6, 2008  
A deep dark black stout with a thin dark brown head, viscous and menacing. A pleasant sweet caramel chocolate with funky creamy character, dried dark fruits, and soy sauce. In mouth, an intense bitter chocolate, coffee, vanilla, warming alcohol and dried fruits, a mother of a stout, with class and clout. Tasted Dec. 2006.


 sebletitje (270), Tampa, Florida, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Sep 6, 2008  
Pours an oil thick black with thick brownish head. Aroma reminded me of soja mixed with chocolat matls. Taste sweet (some vanilla), sugary, very thick and heavy beer. This is close to a meal in a bottle. Mouthfeel of has a good alcohol presence and leaves a nice light coffee aftertaste. Lightly hoppy with some chocoloate bitterness, some barley, malty. A great brew that you want to enjoy slowly and not cold.


TearsforBeers (3), Ohio, USA
does not count click to see why this rating of Bells Expedition Stout does not count
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/59/105/519/20
Sep 5, 2008  
Aroma was odd - sometimes a great coffee, chocolate, cararmel smell, but occasionally it would smell horribly of ethanol. The appearance was black, thick, oily, with very little head. Flavor was fantastic - varied flavors emerge and all of them taste dark. Very thick, meal-like beer. Just great.


jkaiser (79), USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/103/58/104/518/20
Sep 3, 2008  
This beer is fkn big. A monster of malts and hops. Took me over two hours to finish. Blacker than black with average head but outragous lacing. Aroma is of cocoa and chocolate. Taste of intense creamy malts and medium to high hops. Good god!




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