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Bells Porter

Bells Porter - Porter

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 Percentile 
94
overall
Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Porter

Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
8853.67/5.03.67/5.05.6%96.2English pint, Stem glass
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Commercial Description:
A dark ale for all occasions. A blend of dark malt gives this beer flavors of coffee and chocolate with some smokey roasted notes.
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 alexsdad06 (1056), Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
Feb 1, 2008  
12 oz. bottle. Pour is dark brown to almost black in color with a medium sized diminishing beige head. The aroma is roasted malts, sweet chocolate, and some coffee. The flavor has much of he same with the addition of some hoppy bitterness. The chocolate and roasted qualities still are in the forefront. Good moutheel. Another of the usual solid offerings from Bells.


 topherh (878), Kearney, Missouri, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/59/104/516/20
Jan 31, 2008    Updated: Jan 27, 2009
12 oz bottle pours a dark brown with ruby tinges around the edges. Aroma of roasted malts. Taste is of nuts, slight coffee, and lots of bitter roasted malts. One of my favorite porters.


 DWestrick (235), Ft Wayne, Indiana, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Jan 29, 2008    Updated: Feb 16, 2008
Yum! Pours dark (not black) - malty flavor with chocolate and ends bitter...definite nut aftertaste. I liked it alot!


 CP (124), USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/513/20
Jan 28, 2008    Updated: Feb 16, 2008
This beer is pretty boring and there is nothing that really sets it apart from a traditional porter. Flavor is consistent throughout. Kind of watery for a porter.


sbroome (69), Burnsville, Minnesota, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/515/20
Jan 28, 2008  
Bell’s... God knows I love you, one of my favorites, however I feel like we’ve encountered our first disagreement. Now, it’s not that I’m done with you, I just don’t think we’ll do the Porter anymore. Please don’t take it personal, it’s just there are more attractive ones out there. You’d be more appealing if you weren’t so burnt and dry. I like smokey like the best of them, but the threesome wasn’t as I expected. Please don’t be mad, and if you would, could you have your friends Expedition Stout and Hopslam call me. They are much better looking.


 wmubronco1992 (176), Coldwater, Michigan, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Jan 26, 2008  
Bottle - batch #8024. Dark brown with slight red tint. Nice big tan head and great lacing. Sweet and malty with coffee flavors. Smooth with little carbonation. Not tons of body, but enough to put it in a different league then the macro porter I tried recently. This isn’t my favorate style so I may be a little bias. Its a good beer, but just no little wow factor for me, but I appreciate any beers from Bells.


 Tripplebrew (486), Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Jan 20, 2008  
Pours a dark chocolate brown with a thin layer of tan head. Aroma of nutty coffee, chocolate and bacon. Taste is largely of malts, nuts and coffee undertones. Body is very light for this beer and a bitter finish. Good but not great


 Zinister (1199), Houston, Texas, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jan 20, 2008  
Foam Rangers January meeting. Dark brown with tan head. Nose is nutty coffee and chocolate. Taste is thinner than I had hoped, and had soft chocolate and coffee flavors. Good, but not great.



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