3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
As far as Bell’s Stouts are concerned this is probably near the bottom end of them (although their other ones are so good). I had this on tap at the brewery. The stout wasn’t as dark in color as you might expect. Light flavor that doesn’t stay with you as much. I think it would be a great beer for people just beginning to drink Stouts...or if you want something not quite as heavy.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle; batch 7235. Poured black with a thin tan head. Nice mocha aroma with a light rye background. The flavor is an enjoyable coffee and milk chocolate mix with hints of spices. Full body, smooth but dry. Sweet throughout with a mocha aftertaste. Nice!
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
From a 12 oz. bottle with a batch number, 7235, and a short blurb on the back label, packaged on 02.09.06.
Poured a stout looking coffee black with a small foamy tan head, minimal amount of sticking.
Aromas of salt and minerals, lightly roasted coffee, a sweet fruity and a trace of smoke.
Moderate carbonation and a malty crisp, a watery slick, smooth medium-full bodied mouthfeel.
Tastes of coffee and grains, a touch of rye, a very subtle smokiness, a watery fruitiness, not much of an alcohol presence, and some sweet caramel with coffee in the finish with a lingering sweet, but watery fruitiness.
To my taste, far from the best of the usually quality Bell’s stouts, drinkable, but I only wanted one of these.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours deep brown with a thin light tan film in place of a head. Nice full nose of chocolate and some zesty rye. Same in the flavor with a tangy rye grain standing out with bready malt accenting. Medium mouthfeel.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottled sample. Almost black in colour with medium carbonation. Malty aroma with suggestions of coffee, milk chocolate, molasses and berry fruit. Flavor wise, the milk chocolate aspect becomes dominant, but some and spicy rye notes also become aparent along with other toasted grain nuances. Huge mouthfeel to this one. Very enjoyable, but perhaps a shade less forcefull than the Kalamazoo stout.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Thanks to KingpinIPA for the bottle. Very distinctive roasted malt and roasted coffeebeans aroma,dark black small head color, very smooth texture coffee chocolate roasted malt taste,medium bitterness, mild sweetness, tastes like oatmeal in the aftertaste,guess that must be the rye I liked it a lot
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
12 oz. bottle; batch 9370; pours clear light brown with thin off-white head fades fast; dry roasty aromas with mild rye spice and more of a smoky, tobacco aroma; quite nice; thin with a sweet roast and mild chocolate; oaty, mild rye spice and a little tobacco too; quite nice, but I just wish there was a little more of everything; has a subtle roasty dryness and nuttiness as it warms
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
12 oz bottle from holiday market. pours deep red with a short tan head. steady body carbonation. aroma of roasted malt and rye. very much the same for flavour but it is a touch thin. super drinkable and i would have guessed this was about 5% so it could easily sneek up on you. overall it another nice stout from bells.
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