3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from Cavie. Black pour with a nice tan head. Aroma is roasted, chocolate, a hint of pepper spice, and rye. Taste is a nice rye kick, chocolate, roasted malts, and creamy.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
12oz bottle, batch # 9370, courtesy of secret santa! thanks, shawn! pours a dark brown with a very thin, beige head and a light ring of lace. aroma is very nice, exactly what i expected, with dark, roasted malts, licorice, and toasted pumpernickel bread with hints of raw barely, chocolate, and light coffee. flavor is great with the roasted malts, dark chocolate, and coffee grinds coming forward with the unique, spicy, dry, rye notes coming through on the back end in the form of pumpernickel loaf and fresh caraway seeds with just a hint of dark fruits on the finish. palate is medium bodied, dry, and lightly carbonated. overall, another well done stout from bell’s.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Thanks AgentSteve. Poured dark brown, creamy, roasted malts, chocolate, rye bread, slight coffee.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at Pizza/Birreria Paradisio. Pours a clear brown to black with ruby highlights and a thin beige head. Caramel, roast, light toffee. Spicy rye flavor comes through right away along with some chocolate, roast, and just a hint of coffee. Smooth creamy mouthfeel. Finishes up with a nice spicy rye note and a long lingering roast and caramel.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Batch 9370. Pours a dark brown, near black in the glass with a minuscule cream colored head. Light aroma of roasty malt, chocolate, and a faint hint of rye. The flavors are all pretty subdued, but work well with each other. There is roasty malt, coffee, and a hint of rye on the finish. Very full body and a lot more carbonation than the head would suggest. All in all pretty solid, but not as good as Kalamazoo if you ask me.
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!
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
12oz bottle. Pours a fairly dark color with a tan head that is short but one that stays around for a while. The initial flavor certainly has the coffee and raisin like flavors we come to expect from a stout. However, what stands out is the mouth-feel. It is very creamy and smooth on the palate, leaving behind a very pleasant impression. Carbonation is also incredibly soft, making this a simple but enjoyable and memorable beer. Aftertaste has a bit of butter, almost like an esb. Quite interesting.
3.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draft at redlight redlight. One of the best out of Bell’s line of unusual stouts. Pours a dark translucent brown. Warm nose with lots of rye and dark roasted malts. Smooth, very drinkable. Fairly traditional (though solid) stout with some delightful rye flavors improving everything. Only criticism is that it is a little thin. Still a very good beer.
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