3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Black, light tan creamy head. Soft roasty cocoa cream and coffee aromas warm to lighter notes of earthed mushroom and black bread. Upfront roasted choco-cream flavors are nicely balanced with a light spicy rye and dark fruity tone from start to finish. Medium bodied, fluffy carbonation, bittersweet finish. Good, but I’ll stick to the Bell’s mainstream for my stout fix…
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Pours brown with a small head. Raisens and sweet malts in the nose. It’s a sweet stout with some sweet maltiness and hint of grass.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Traditional stout with a little extra snap. Moderate off white head vanishes quickly to just a ring atop the dark brown body. Aroma of fresh pumpernickel toast. More or less a standard stout in character: oak, nuts, and malt stand out, but there’s the slightest sparkle of dark rye on the tongue. Some citrus notes in the finish; orange, cumquat, and mild licorice.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
bottle, dark brown with slight tan foam, aromas of nutty, alcohol, flavors of rye bread, hazelnuts, malty, finish is roast and slightly thin
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
12oz bottle pours black with almost no head. Aromas of roasted almost burnt malt and coffee. Flavor is nice roasted malts and bitter sweet chocolate as well. Dark roasted malts comes through as well also just touch of coffee/chocolate... Palate is smooth and creamy. Medium bodied. Amazingly drinkable. Would work well as an everyday stout.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours near black with red hues and a thin tan head. Notes of rye, spice, toffee, and coffee. Medium to full bodied with soft carbonation.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Nice roasty aroma, with hints of rye in the back end. It pours an opaque black with just a thin light tan head. Nice rich roasted flavors, balanced by a slight bite of rye. This is another solid beer from Bells.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
(bottle) Pours dark brown with a fast dissipating tan head. Aroma of burnt toast, roasted malt, a little beef jerky, and some smoke. Taste is really nice, with alternating flavors of raisin, chocolate, and roasted malt. These alternating flavors are great, with the sweet and roasty flavors continually bouncing in and out of perception. Warming gives rise to some spicy rye flavor and teriyaki beef jerky. Further warming provides a strong taste of Hostess cupcake. Finishes with some roasted malt and dry dark chocolate, and the rye shows up far into the finish, providing a lingering note of baked bread. Mouthfeel is smooth and full like all of Bell’s stouts. This is pretty solid stuff.
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