Bells Kalamazoo Stout

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Stout
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

Pours an opaque black with a big light brown head that dies slow and laces. Smells roasty, chocolate, and expresso. All of the smells are in the taste along with a small hop bite. Balanced, delicious and subtle all around. Medium in the mouth and smoooth. Very drinkable on its own session or as a treat.

I’d give this beer a 6 on appearance if I could. Thick, opaque, black body with a foamy, lasting, creamy, tan head that laced the glass all the way down. Aroma is all roasted malt, sugar, nuts, molasses, dark fruits, grapes and coffee. Flavor is strong coffee and roasted malts, nuts, chocolate, brown sugar, molasses. Medium body in the mouth, slightly watery towards the end, with a chocolate/coffee finish. This is a really really good beer, complex, inviting but also tame enough to be consumed regularly.

Great stout as you would expect from Bell’s. Surprisingly, they’re distributing to supermarkets as well. This beer poured great with a very dark, almost black color and a frothy un-stout-like head. The flavors were that of roasted malts and hints of coffee and even chocolate. Very good stout!

typical looking stout- Got a good thick two finger head in a Duvel glass. Nose- some anise, bakers chocolate. Taste- very rich, and good balance of dry and chocolate/molasses sweetness. Great body and nice hoppiness on the finish. Drinks bigger than it really is. A lot of impy stouts probably wish they had the richness and flavour profile of this brew. One of the best non impy stouts I’ve had. great work!

12 oz bottle thanks Pantanap. A bit cold coming out of the fridge. Poured black, no head. Nose of Dogfish Head Raison d’etre. Body is thick while cold. I’ll let this sit and come back to it. A bit overcarbonated. Almost too sweet but bitter on the back end. A little chocolate, raisins, licorice. One is enough.

Says its brewed with licorice, thats no lie. It is the dominant flavor, especially noticeable in the dry roasty finish. A different kind of stout but pretty enjoyable nonetheless.

Pours a dark brown/black with a thin coffee colored head. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate and licorice. Roasted malt flavor with taste of chocolate, coffee, licorice, and dark fruit. Nice bitter dry finish with strong chocolate, roasted coffee and icorice aftertaste.

12 oz. bottle. Pours a viscous oily black with a nice choloate head, half find, that’s cream and quickly disapating. Nose of roast and chocolate, dark fruits, plum and raisin. Good roasted taste with a carmel sweetness, chocolate notes leading into a good, solid hop bitterness, that’s mellowed with some creamy fruit notes at the end. A good bitter chocolate after with a touch of coffee. Very good stout, highly drinkable and readily available. This could turn into a winter staple "session" beer.