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Bells Kalamazoo Stout

Bells Kalamazoo Stout - Stout

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 Percentile 
100
overall
Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Stout

Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
13724.04/5.04.04/5.06%99.7English pint
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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.
 Most Recent Top Raters Highest Ratings Who's Rated This?  
 dukefan (173), Dallas, Texas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Apr 17, 2008  
Straight up roasty, flavorful yummy stout. Like most of Bell’s "base" products, this is a benchmark for the style.


 imadeadguy (378), back in NJ!, New Jersey, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
Apr 13, 2008  
Pours deep black with small brown frothy head. Aromas of roasted malt, chocolate, and dark fruits. Flavor is roasted malt, coffee, and some chocolate in the finish. Very good brew, but nothing to jump up and down about.


BeMerry (37), Fairfax, Virginia, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/519/20
Apr 10, 2008  
Bottle. Pours pitch black with small cocoa head. Sweet aroma of chocolate, caramel and unknown spice, perhaps clove. Tastes of medium-sweet chocolate, roasted coffee, clove, with delicious slightly sour-bitter ending on back of tongue that lasts. Everything in perfect balance. Creamy, rich mouthfeel. An after dinner cordial. to linger over and relish.


 pintocb (508), Darsville, Georgia, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Apr 9, 2008  
Dark and a bit oily looking. Fluffy off white head. I don’t get much licorice, but I do like the aroma. The flavor is dry and roasty. The finish is smooth and wonderful. Another good Bell’s experience. They really need to distribute to GA.


 gonzo46and2 (108), Tampa, Florida, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/518/20
Apr 8, 2008  
I loved this stout. Great roasted malt. Tastes of nutty coffee and liquorice.


 JFGrind (1346), Glenside, Pennsylvania, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Apr 8, 2008  
Enjoyable full-bodied stout with a licorice undertone, solid roasted, caramel and chocolate malts. Not sure who the guy on the label is supposed to be, but he should take pride in knowing his mug graces a great beer.


 ksurkin (355), Norfolk, Virginia, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Apr 7, 2008    Updated: Apr 12, 2008
pours nearly jet black, not as thick as the expedition, with a thin brown head andvery little carbonation. aroma is all stout with roasted nuts, coffee, and honestly, some black olive notes (actually licorice) along with chocolate malt. flavor is wonderful. starts off with roasted malt and quickly turns to a full on coffee flavor with a great lingering bitterness. i agree with the last rater about the "burnt dark chocolate". almost perfectly describes the atertaste. amazed at how bells makes two different, yet two great stouts with this and the expedition.


 changeup45 (782), Orlando, Florida, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Apr 7, 2008    Updated: Aug 4, 2008
Pours a black color topped with only a thin brown head. I was a little disappointed by the lack of a thick creamy head. Aroma is roasted chocolate malt albeit mild. There is however quite a bit of flavor to this one. It starts off with a nice rich toasty dark chocolate flavor blended in with malt and a hint of coffee in the background. A bitter aftertaste lingers a while. This one lets you taste it, the mouthfeel is nice and full. In between sips I keep tasting a roasted, almost burned, dark chocolate, bitter flavor. This is good.



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