abcfan (91), USA May 14, 2008 Thanks emacgee. Pours black with a nice tan head. Aroma is dominated by coffee with hints of vanilla. Taste is roasted coffee, with hints of licorice. Very smooth and creamy on the palate, with a very long sticky finish. Would drink again. pforei (254), USA May 12, 2008 Bottle thanks to Hellbilly. Black with good sized dark tan head. Roasted aroma of powdered chocolate and mollases with a slight amount of hops . Taste is similar with a little licorice and then bitter hops at the end. The hops keep it interesting an uncloying. Medium body. 502Flavors (55), Kentucky, USA May 11, 2008 12 oz. bottle into a shaker. Oil pour with dirty tan head. Aroma of coffee, currants, and vanilla. Flavors are the same an include hints of molasses and malts 9 little to no hop action) - full flavored for non-imperial. Smooth on the palate with a medium to heavy body (not too thick, but, again, impressively full bodied for non-imperial). Overall: great beer worth trying, but wasn’t super unique; still, a very sturdy stout. Crafty07 (300), Lexington, Kentucky, USA May 7, 2008 More than a thousand reviewers grant this ultra thick stout a 99% style rating. And again, I believe the ’experts’ are a bit off.
Color, lacing, finish are all top notch but the overly bitter aftertaste takes away from its complete perfection.
Still, Bells has another extraordinairy beer to offer. knights97 (11), Tennessee, USA May 7, 2008 excellent stout with a moderately thick body, smooth in taste with a smoked, slight roasty after taste.
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