Bells Rye Stout

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Stout
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

Serve in English pint

12 oz bottle via trade with demitriustown. Pours black as the fur on a panther with a head that was really dissapointing that is until it dissappeared completely leaving a vague arcapelago of residue on the top. Roasty aroma that I assume has a bit of Rye to it, but I don’t really know what rye smells like. Its tasty with a nice something extra I’m guessing is the rye. The carbonation is nice and sticks to the tongue. Overall good but not super exciting. Very easy to drink for a 6.7.

On tap at the brewery. Pours a black color with brown highlights and a ring of light brown lace on top. Good aroma of rye and roasted malt, the flavor has the same elements but they feel milder. The body is light while the carbonation is moderate. Not bad but the flavor lack some punch.

This pours with virtually no head. Dark brown that will appear black in all but the best light. Light roast aroma. Tangy and dry but not as much roasty depth of flavor as I would expect from what is perhaps the most dynamic Stout brewer in the country. Thinish.

Pours a deep dark brown mahogony black, topped by about an inch of deep tan foam. Good head retention and lacing. I can’t get over this aroma - to me it smells like Raisin Bran cereal still in the box - grain, bran, and those tiny tartly dried and subsequently sugared raisins. Dry rye and bitter cherry pit flavor combines with a bittersweet chocolate and a roasted grain flavor. Perfect. Medium body, prevelant and silky smooth carbonation

Dark, almost black pour with a small tan head. Nice roasted malt aroma with hints of rye, coffee and chocolate. Taste is an interesting roasted grain mixture, dominated by the rye - but a bit less than I expected. I just tried Bear Republic’s Hop Rod Rye DIPA and am partial to other rye DIPAs and Strong Ales so its hard to get into "lesser rye tastes". That said, I’m a big fan of everything Bells. Other tastes include a bit of coffee - almost chicory-like. The body is a bit on the thin side, which is surprising. I like this beer, but I think it would have been better to just brew some Kalamazoo Stout with a bit of rye.

a lot of rye, A LOT. a decent sweet stout with a very noticable rye aroma and flavor. good, but i’m not THAT much of a rye fan

Bottle - Pours deep dark brown with thin tan head that fades fairly quick. Aroma is roasted malty chocolate and coffee. Mouthfeel is a little thinner than I expected, but still silky smooth. Upfront taste is bitter coffee followed by some roasty malt. Finish has a sour rye note that lingers for a bit. Overall this is an interesting stout, but probably not something I’m going to reach for on a regular basis.

Poured black with a very small brown creamy head. Aroma of coffee. Taste is of coffee, chocolate, and roasty - thick and very smooth. Slightly bitter end. Rich brew.