3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours black with a tan head. Aroma is faint with rye and burnt coffee. Flavors are roasted malt, cocoa and rye. Soft creamy mouthfeel. Another Bells stout hits the spot, what else would you expect?
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
[Bottle] bonused by Sprinkle. Thanks Mike! Pours a mostly clear deep brown with a small and diminishing tan head. Aroma is roasted malts, some dry cocoa, a hint of saltiness, and I really can’t detect a whole lot of rye on the nose. The flavor, though, definitely has the rye present, but on the back burner compared with the dark roast coffee and malts. Medium mouthfeel and ample carbonation despite the lack of a head. Another tasty and well balanced beer from Bells.
3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
An incredible bouquet of roasted malts and coffee. The pour is very dark brown and the flavor profile consists of roast and dark roasted coffee and dark chocolate. Another solid and diverse stout from Bell’s.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
2009 Bottle, Batch 9370 - Thanks mibirder! - Pours an opaque dk brown with a large tan head...aroma is roasty and woody, cocoa and plum, with a pronounced graininess...flavour is similar, sweet caramel malt, coffee, a great amount of rye taste without becoming one dimensional, finish is somehow a lingering char bitterness, but the mouthfeel is completely sweet...odd brew that I completely enjoyed!
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
An extremely dry-smelling and dry-tasting stout. Some spicing, but mostly papery, roast coffee and toasted flavors. More pit fruit on the nose. Not an oppressive amount of alcohol, but enough that you notice the drying finish. An interesting beer. The use of rye is adept, but the final product just doesn’t do enough to stay within the profile of a stout.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Dark brown pour with a thin light tan head. Looks like a coke. Roasted malt aroma. Mostly bitter with the faintest touch of sweetness. Roasted malt and grain flavor. Some earthiness. Bitter hop finish.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: NOV 4, 2009 Pours a deep mahogany brown with a slight reddish tint in the light, very smallish tan head. Aroma is very roasty and grainy, a little spice and coffee. Flavor is much like the aroma, but with the spice a little more pronounced. This has an excellent mouthfeel for only 6.7%, not thin like so many stouts in this % range. I would absolutely love to see Bell’s make an Imperial version of this beer. Although it didn’t wow me, it is very enjoyable nonetheless.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
TAP: very dark brown pour, tan-offwhite head. Grain on the nose, big rye bread on taste, plus some creaminess. Excellent!
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