Bells Kalamazoo Stout

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Stout
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

A dark, ferociously roasty stout. Jet black body, with a frothy tan, root beer float like head. Smells like a mocha latte: rich bittersweet baking cocoa, plum, damson, and roasted, smoked malt. Like a bonfire. Further notes of lavendar, overripe grapes, raisins, boysenberries and a soil-like earthiness. And that’s just the aroma! The taste is remniscent of a smoked porter, with gunpowder tea, intense roastedness, chestnuts, kalamata olives, licorice, blackcurrants, and once again, a rich, damp earthy character. This beer is intensely complex, the finish is full of thick smoke and grilled meats. Chewy, bitter and bracing, yet oily, soft, and not overly harsh on the palate. Very long lasting, dry finish.

12 oz. bottle. Not served in a glass. Aroma of dark malt. Swirling the bottle, I see a creamy persistent head. Taste of dark roasted malt, prunes/raisins, dark chocolate and licorice. Medium full in body, carbonation pleasantly medium-low. Good brew, but one a sitting is plenty.

12oz bottle served in an English pint glass. Very dark brown/nearly black body with an inch of tan head. Deeply roasted smell of dusty chocolate & coffee. Big bold burnt/roasted flavor, deep earthy undertone, some dark chocolate. Like a sessionable Imperial stout. Good stuff.

Pours a deep brown/black with a small thin coffee colored head. Aromas of coffee roasted malts. Taste is very much the same. Palate is nice and creamy and silky. Dont let the short review fool you, this is a fantastic beer!

Poured a dark brown/ black with a tan head. Aroma of roasted malts and a bit of coffee. Taste of roasted malts with mild coffee flavor and some hops bitterness in the finish. More carbonated that I would have expected. A very nice stout.

12 oz. bottle. Pours a black/dark brown color with a light to medium head. Aromas of cherry, dark chocolate, coffee and licorice are apparent on the initial pour. Consistiency is full-bodied with a bitter finish. Overall, a very nice selection.

aroma is roasty with some licorice and coffee. pours black with off white head. flavor is roast, coffee, licorice, and some raisin. full bodied. a good stout in everyway, it just didn’t knock my socks off.

Pours black with a a lot of tan head. Aroma is a smoky mix of chocolate, coffee, and malts. Flavor tastes strongly of the roasted malts with hints of the coffee coming through. The warmer it gets, the more the coffee is evident. Extremely drinkable.