Bells Kalamazoo Stout

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Stout
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

from crackedkettle.com - almost opaque black colour with a firm persistent dark beige foam; nice lace leaved on the side of the glass; the aroma is charming and robust showing notes of licorice along with roasted malts and dark chocolate; fair hop presence too; respectable malt body, creamy mouthfeel and with a fair and subtle carbonation; solidly bitter, quite dry and with a long hoppy finish with more roasted chocolate and licorice - absolutely wonderful beer

Bottle on 08/08/09. Pours a deep opaque black with a small tannish head which quickly dissipated. Aroma is caramel and chocolate with a sort of milk stout-ish sweetness. Flavors are what I think a great pint of Guinness should taste like. Deeply roasted and dry without being too heavy. The finish is distinctly bitter, with probable contribution by the strongly roasted/burnt malts. A nice solid offering that I’ve been wanting to try for a good while.

Bottle on 8/8/09. Pours jet black, bubbly mocha head that doesn’t stay long. Coffee in aroma that is dominated by sweet chocolate and caramel. Extremely well balanced stout. Nice sweetness, then a slow bitterness, then an amazing bitter coffee finish that lingers.

Deep rich black, huge foamy brown head. Aroma roasted coffee, chocolate, soy sauce, caramel. Flavor slightly smoky, roast (almost burnt) chocolate, coffee, caramel, and a lingering tang of soy sauce. Decent stout.

This was an overall good Stout. Poured dark with a small brown head that was short lasting. Not quite as strong as some Stouts but was refreshingly tasty. The aroma was pleasant with undertones of coffee and roasted grains. A must try. Not the best Stout around but still delicious.

batch #6007 bottle thanks to brentfeesh. i think this bottle was at least 5 years old because it was not popping up on website. poured black with a tan head that laced the glass. aroma of coffee, chocolate, and dark fruits. flavor was coffee, chocolate, dark fruit, and burnt roast.

12 ounce bottle enjoyed on a rainy summer day. Absolutely picture perfect pour. It came out a dark black color with a very nice 1.5 finger width tan head. The aroma is fairly bland for a stout. It consisted of roasted malt, faint coffee, and possibly some very subtle dark fruit notes. The taste also consisted of roasted malt and some coffee. It left a bit of a strange metallic aftertaste though. Finished with a nice bitter taste. Overall, a very good stout, but definitely not as good as Bells Expedition...