Bells Kalamazoo Stout

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Stout
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

Serve in English pint

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Mold aroma and a deep black appearance leads into a satisfying taste of mocha and incredible mouthfeel. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

I am not sure how to rate this at all. It has a nice flavor but it's almost too balanced! Not a single thing wrong. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottle. Black colour with a tan head. Aroma is caramel, coffee, roasted malt. Flavour is coffee, roasted malt, hop, chocolate. Balanced easy drinkable beer.

From notes. First reviewed 10/228/2011. Poured from a 12 oz. bottle into a pint glass. Batch 9984. With a quick pour, my glass fills with a dark brown ebony liquid with a viscous look and a creamy tan head. Eventually it fades to a collar and leaves just a bit of lace. Roasted malt, a bit of smoke, roast coffee, and a bit of unsweetened dark chocolate dominate the nose. The taste has a little sweetness sneak through along with the mostly unsweetened dark chocolate and roasted malt. The malt has some light burnt character to it, and there is some milk creaminess to it. The finish has a bit of licorice and a bitter coffee flavor. The creaminess to the mouthfeel is nice. Too often stouts on the lighter part of the ABV spectrum just seem watery to me, but this has some character to it. The carbonation has a mostly creamy nature, but there are a few stray bubbles that are noticeably fizzy. The body is medium to full, and there is a soft stickiness to go along with the chocolate in the flavor. This is definitely one of the more enjoyable stouts I have had in this ABV range. I would definitely have a few of these while I sat at a pub.

Bottle. This is a good stout. Black in appearance with a dark tan head. Light aroma of chocolate and coffee. The taste is much more apparent. It is heavily favored towards coffee, with a hint of chocolate, and has a smoky aftertaste. Not my favorite Bell’s, but very good.

Location/Date:Bottle split with Bryan on 3/09/2012.

Appearance: Pours perfect black opaque head.
Aroma: Aroma is roasty of malt and chocolate.
Taste: Really toasty, hint of bitterness, some chocolate.
Palate:Smooth body, lingering aftertaste.

Summary: A really nice stout that is tasty yet not super boozy.

On tap @ the Beer Seller. Black brew with a creamy tan head. Nose of oats, Hershey’s syrup, and some roast. Smooth and creamy - chocolate and coffee with bits of smoke.

Pours a deep dark brown with a very thin head. A very smooth taste of coffee and a hint of chocolate is followed by a quick aftertaste of smoked malt which has a touch of bitterness. Well built.

12 ounce bottle purchased almost a year and a half ago at Sun Devil Liquors in Phoenix. Pours a true pitch black, possibly the first non-imperial stout that I have seen pour so dark. The two full fingers of creamy dark brown head have good retention. Aroma of tar, smoke, musty dark roasted grains, and a hint of milk chocolate. Flavor of ashy soy sauce, hard roasted malts, leather, and some bitter coffee. Strange astringent finish. This bottle certainly appears to be INFECTED as everything seems off and I am finding almost nothing that other reviewers are finding. That is unfortunate as I was really looking forward to this world-class stout...will have to try and find another bottle and re-rate. (1693, 668)

Pours a strong black coffee color with a medium tan cap with orange hues. A one finger cap quickly dissipates to lacings on top. Aroma is chocoloate, coffee, orange, and fusal hops. Flavor is maltose malt, toffee, chocolate, coffee, orange, and roasted barley. Mild citrus and fusal hops in background. Very good beer with lots of toasty roasted barley.