Bells Kalamazoo Stout

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Stout
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

Another gem from what’s becoming my favorite brewery (if it’s not already). Pours to a small, dark tan head. Creamy, moderately thick body. Wonderful blend of nuts, coffee, and caramel. Absolutely delicious!

Requisite black appearance with a large, dense, deep tan head and very good lacing. Roasted malt aroma with nuances of coffee and bitter chocolate. Earthy taste with a little smoke and a subdued sweetness beneath the bitter roasted flavors. Dry, lingering finish follows the rich, full bodied, moderately carbonate mouthfeel.

Pours black. Roasty malts, coffee, burnt coffee and cocoa nose. Flavor is a bitter cocoa, and roast, some hop bitterness. Smooth mouthfeel, slightly oily. Excellent stout.

Pours an opaque black with a good bit of light brown-tan head and an aroma of matled chocolate. Flavor starts as dark-roasted coffee and finishes chocolatey with a hint of the licorice mentioned on the label. Mouthfeel is smooth, not slick at all. Alcohol content is low and well-hidden. It may be blasphemy, but I think this is a better beer than Expedition Stout!

12 oz. bottle from Grape & Gourmet (Batch 8927, bottled January 8, 2009). Black pour with a creamy tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee, and dark chocolate. Wonderful flavor of bittersweet chocolate and dark roasted coffee. Very sessionable at only 6% alcohol. This has a lot of flavor for a non-imperial stout; hard to imagine finding a stout that is much better.

Another Bell’s brew, courtesy of my Philly kinfolk. This label has a drawing of an old guy on it, and he has me wondering if this could be up to the level of their supreme Expedition Stout. Dark pour and noisy tan head. Aroma of coffee grounds and yeast. This is a dry, hoppy stout that is medium bodied and flavorful. A fine brew that may not be worthy of an expedition, but is well worth drinking if you see it.

bottle poured a dark chestnut brown in color with a dark tan head that took some vigor to produce. aroma of coffee, chocolate, and light roast. mouth feel is creamy with a nice coating and low carbonation. flavor has a nice malted chocolate, coffee, and licorice. comes of rich but the flavors are not overdone and the sweetness is right.

12oz bottle. Black pour with a big light brown head. Malty chocolate aroma with coffee and licorice. Chocolate flavor with a licorice and molasses influence and a bitter coffee finish. World class.