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Bells Kalamazoo Stout

Bells Kalamazoo Stout

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A Stout brewed by
Bells Brewery

Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

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11164.06/5.04.06/5.06%99.6 English pint P  Stats

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.

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soyorganic (84), Denver, Colorado, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/516/20

Apr 20, 2008    Updated: Jun 13, 2008
Bottle, color is black with a tan head. Sweet charcoal, chocolate and coffee aroma. Very smooth, flavorful and drinkable beer. It is not overwhelmed with flavors of chocolate and coffee but they are there. Nice simple taste with slight bitter undertones.

 yayforbeer (582), Orange Park, Florida, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Jul 4, 2008  
$9.49 for a six pack at Total Wine. Happy Fourth of July! And what better way to celebrate than with a sixer of some of America’s finest stout. I’m somewhat amazed at finding Bell’s Kalamazoo Stout in North Florida. Bell’s must have really ramped up production, and I am grateful. Black beer with a small tan head. Aroma of stout! Great stout flavor! Chocolate, coffee, dark malts, burnt toast, molasses. Very roasty, bitter and dry on the end, but the full, silky smooth flavor takes you there. Nothing off, no rough edges. Perfect balance. Yum!


 BrewDad (1528), Olympia, Washington, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jul 2, 2008  
12oz Bottle - Trade - Masonjer
Aroma – Huge Stout aroma, chocolate, coffee and light licorice.
Appearance – Dark Black in color, Nice light head and clear if you can see through black.
Flavor – One of the best Stouts I have ever had. Huge flavor and just crisp and filled with so many flavors. Coffee, chocolate where huge in this beer.
Palate – Nice Mouthfeel, Awesome texture with a good dry finish.
Overall – Loved the flavors. Just a precise beer to drink the flavors where so perfect. Great Great Beer….


 DocHop (165), College Park, Maryland, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/59/104/518/20
Jun 30, 2008  
Pours very dark brown with very little light brown head. Amazing aroma of sweet chocolate, caramel, lightly roasted oats and malts, and espresso! Taste is equally impressive. lightly sweet chocolate balanced by slightly roasted, dry coffee. The earthy sweetness lingers for a long time very pleasingly. Flavor palate is as full as the body, and very very smooth.


 durhambeer (291), Durham, North Carolina, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jun 29, 2008  
Bottle. Expedition’s little brother, this one. Very tasted. Roasty barley, chocolate, marshmallow on the nose. Smooth sweetness and not over the top. Perhaps the best American session stout out there. Sol-id.


IDunno19 (12), Ames, Iowa, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/104/518/20
Jun 28, 2008  
I’m glad I’m finally getting to try the upper echelon beers. Pours a dark, almost coffee like consistency with a deep caramel colored head. The aroma is of molasses and caramel and cocoa. The flavor is very full and has hints of coffee and caramel with a little bit of a smokey flavor. Absolutely phenomenal beer.




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