Bells Java Stout

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Stout
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

Serve in English pint

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Bottle 12fl.oz. @ home.

Clear dark brown black color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, strong coffee, dusty coffee, dark roasted malt. Flavor is heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, coffee, dark chocolate, chocolate bean. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft and smooth. [20101018]

A black beer with a nice dark chocolate brown head. The aroma is sweet with notes of fresh brewed coffee and chocolate. The flavor is sweet with powerful notes of coffee combined with notes of oil and chocolate, leading to a dry roasted end.

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Pours completely black and opaque with a creamy, beige head. Extremely ashy, burned aroma - as if this was brewed on an emptied ashtray. Medium-bodied again with very burned malt and notes of both licorice and chocolate. Lightly bitter finish. 030306

12 fl oz bottle, courtesy of fiulijn. Pours dark brown to black with a creamy tan and chocolate brown head. Aroma is spiced and dark chocolate malt aroma. Smooth roasted and chocolate, coffee herbal. Smooth and roasted chocolate vanilla and coffee roasted flavoured into a smooth malty and chocolate finish.

Bottled, thanks hopsrus!!
Just what I needed to wake me up after a long session with incredible beers. Very black. And... coffee. Loads of coffee. The aroma is all about coffee. The mouthfeel sweet and creamy and nicely rounded, and the tarry, bitter finish is like eating from the bottom of a cup of turkish coffee. I wouldn't say balanced, but I sure like it.

Bottle. Black coloured with a beige head. Sweet roasted aroma of coffee with notes of vanilla. Sweet roasted flavour of coffee and vanilla. Dry roasted finish of coffee. Too much coffee.

UPDATED: APR 16, 2011
Date: May 07, 2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Party Pic, Indiapolis, IN
Appearance: pours thick jet black, big tan head
Aroma: rich roasted coffee aroma
Body: velvet smooth body
Flavor: rich thick coffee flavor, lots of roasted character, long bitter finish

Date: February 25, 2006
Source: blind coffee stout tasting
Score: iiii to ii
Appearance: black, nice tan head
Aroma: big coffee aroma with touches of roasted and chocolate
Flavor: strong roasted and chocolate flavor, coffee bitterness

Date: June 03, 2006
rich coffee aroma and flavor, all coffee with a hint of beer

Date: August 08, 2008
Mode: draft
Source: maduro
rich chocolate and coffee flavor, butterscotch sweetness,

Date: January 10, 2010
Mode: draft
Source: taco mac kennesaw
Score: 2.8 to 3.0
Appearance: black, fine tan head, solid lace
Aroma: roasted coffee and dark chocolate aroma
Flavor: big coffee and roasted malt flavor, bitter dark chocolate
Overall: dark and bitter

Date: February 18, 2011
Mode: bottle
Source: hop city
Score: 3.0 to 3.3
Aroma: huge coffee aroma bordering on ashy, rich roasted, dark chocolate
Body: creamy body
Flavor: rich coffee and chocolate flavor, lots of roasted, bitter dark chocolate
Overall: a big ole cup o joe

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *** /4

Black color; medium sized head, beige. The aroma is actually suspiciously dusty; there is roasted malt too, coffee grounds, very light phenol, not very nice. The flavor is much better; smooth mouthfeel, roasted malt in front, light coffee, actually with some residual sweetness; later, there is some light liquorice and phenol. Correct bitterness; the final is a bit drier. Very good.

UPDATED: JUL 27, 2008 My first rate of this was overly harsh - I thought the beer was, too. Very dark brown. Very coffeeish aroma with light nuts. Big beany taste with lots of chocolate syrup character. Quite sweet, despite the heavy coffee. I’m still not crazy about it, because I don’t usually like coffee stouts anyway, but it’s a decently made beer and gets a substantial upgrade.

(Draught) Pours a dark brown (almost black) color with a medium tan head. This brew has a HUGE coffee taste. Will only be liked by coffee lovers. I like a good stout, but the coffee taste of this one was way to strong for me.