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Bells Kalamazoo Stout 4.03 1416

Bells Kalamazoo Stout

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100
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bottled
common

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common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
14164.04/5.04.03/5.06%99.7English pint
Commercial Description:
This is a full-bodied stout with plenty of roast flavor as well as hints of molasses and chocolate. Ridiculous amounts of black and caramel malts make this stout smooth, creamy, and utterly opaque.
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 Oddefellowe (130), Tampa, Florida, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/517/20
Feb 6, 2010  
cola black with a beige head and heavy lacing. strong roasted coffee nose, mouthfeel slightly more viscous than most stouts, but not syrupy. somewhat bitter. awesome.


 highibus (461), Mill Creek, Washington, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/516/20
Feb 5, 2010  
Deep black with coffee head. Nice lasting lacing. Aroma is somewhat lacking although I am a bit stuffy. Flavor is cocoa and roasted malt. A bit subdued as well. Not much on the finish. Decent but not getting what is in the description.


BavarianPurity (15), Tempe, Arizona, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/59/20
Feb 4, 2010  
Its pourings is milky-creamed, deeply darkened purplish register and a lively jumbling-conscious head; I thought it looked solid enough, but not really intriguing enough--an eruption of froth does not constitute solidness for appearance, actually I find it a tad bothersome and annoying... but all the more, I liked its color. For its smells... hmm, kinda hard to say, really-- there was a humbling burnt-twigs alongside weirdly off-balanced astringents not too well in their head, if you ask me. Vague. And for its taste... an utter letdown, in all accustomed honesty: there was a rippling of tight bitterness, not from hop-bite, or chocolate, but something else altogether... lawn grass, maybe? Dirt? The licorice was extremely faint, and I got more chocolate than I did licorice, but I wasn’t too sure chocolate was even used in this one. This beer is quite similar to Chicory Stout, which is all the more upsetting as it got only rave reviews for it. Its palate was like drinking (and mushing through) cold coffee that’s been sitting out all day. Hmmm. I’ll give Larry Bell the benefit of the doubt on this one, but not one their better releases, I can tell you right now.


CptGreencoat (70), Kettering, Ohio, USA
0.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
1/101/51/101/51/20
Feb 3, 2010  
12 oz bottle poured into English pint glass. Pours to an opaque dark brown with a creamy tan head. Nose is caramel, roasted grains, and coffee. There is a bitter bite from the roasted grains, but it met with a slightly sweet creamyness. The crystal and roasted malts meet each other half way, making a fairly smooth beer. Thee coffee profile is fabulous. They must have been conservative with their hop usage while brewing this one, as there isn’t any detectible flavor. This is an excellent American stout.


 TheHulk (183), Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/515/20
Jan 24, 2010  
Great subtle aroma of coffee in sweet malts. Rich and heady, roasted, just a bit of alcohol in the end. Very dark, not much head or lacing. Smooth dark malt with coffee on the tounge, after a few sips there is a bitterness at the end that has just a hint of licorice, but otherwise it’s unpronounced. I thought it was just hops until I read the label. A very nice and smooth stout, but just a touch thinnish.


 Cole (344), , Alberta, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Jan 24, 2010  
Pours Black with a thick foamy head. Deep brown in colour. Very rich malty aroma, coffee, and roasted barley. and a hint of chocolate. NIce flavour chocolate and coffee, with a bold and bitter mid palate. then roasted malt and a long lingering bitter almost sour flavour constantly changing until I take another drink. this is a nice stout.


 Teege (204), Orlando, Florida, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/103/518/20
Jan 23, 2010  
Draft at redlight redlight. Pours black (opaque). Strong roasted notes on the nose, but a great complexity beyond just that. Hints of Belgian chocolate, toffee, mocha, and vanilla make for a enticing aroma. Semi-sweet very delicious flavor. Creamy and smooth, an excellent stout.


 sigma23 (312), , Maine, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/103/515/20
Jan 20, 2010  
pours pitch black with tan head. aroma is burnt malts, bitter chocolate, old coffee. drinks semisweet with burnt malts all over this one as well as hints of bitter chocolate and molasses.



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