Bells Kalamazoo Stout

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Stout
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

As black a beer as I’ve ever seen. Pretty much opaque. No head. Big stout aroma (coffee, chocolate, roast, molasses) with some astringency underneath. Hoppier than most stouts, not too sweet, and not a lot of bitterness from the roasted malt. Body is a tad thin. Very good, not great.

pours black with several fingers of tan, slowly dissipating head. Really nice, softly sweet hazelnut odor. The taste is different then what you’d expect from the odor, though that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Taste of burnt toast starts off as it melds in with chocolate and ends with a nice, smokey aftertaste. Really solid stout

Black in color with a nice looking tan head. Looks inviting. Good lacing. Smell is roasty, a nutty coffee aroma, dark chocolate, some licorice. Taste is a nice roastiness, coffee, licorice, and chocolate. Almost too roasty in taste.

opaque black with sediment under a small brown head. milk chocolate and sugared coffee aroma. flavor is similar to aroma with dark black unsweetened coffee. touches of maple syrup. smooth and creamy texture. medium bodied. roasty aftertaste. is there oats in here? i’m not getting the licorice the bottle claims but thats perfectly o.k.

Bottle.Pours BLACK like oil with a medium tan head. Aroma of roast malt,coco,and coffee. This brew has a very smooth creamy falvor with notes of licorice, raisin, smoke, vanilla, coffee,and so on,and so on. I could find no fault with this stout, other than I believe it made me slightly flatulent,good stuff buddy. Thank you to the hard working crew at Bells

The lacing is attractive and lasting. Aroma is one dimensional: only smoked malts, not even sweet and no evidence of hops. Yet mouthfeel is smooth and even; very heavily roasted malt and some burnt bitter chocolate combine for a warming and relaxing flavour. Finish is full and bitter. An appreciable beer.

Bottle. Moderate malt aromas of cereal, dark chocolate, and strong coffee, light herbsfor the hops, with date, brown sugar, vanilla and milk in the background. Head is creamy with some large bubbles, light brown, with good lacing and is mostly diminishing. Color is black with a red tint. Flavor is moderately sweet and lightly acidic to start and moderately sweet and bitter in the long finish. Palate is medium to full, creamy, and has a soft carbonation. It finishes moderately astringent. A good Stout with some deep flavors and aromas

Nice mocha aromas and a decent head at pour. Smoky fruits with a hint of raisin and plum, not too bad, but a bit overrated.