Bells Trumpeters Stout

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Dry Stout
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Draft. Roasted barley malt aroma. Brown-black with moderate head. Light toasted barley malt flavor. Solid.

On draft @ the brewpub. Listed on the big board at 4%. Pours an opaque dark brown with a frothy off-white head. Not too much of a scent, slight roasted coffee. Good amount of taste for the low alcohol content, coffee and chocolate, very dry. A very drinkable session stout.

Good stout. Aroma of nut, coffee and roast malt. Good lacing and head. Bitter aftertaste. Medium carbonation, medium palate and good consistency. Tap at brewpub.

Draft to taster at Bell’s. Looks good; black with foamy beige head that dissipates into lacing fairly quickly. Smells soapy and malty with a hint of smoke; an odd combo. Tastes better than it smells with some roastiness. Average on the palate with a dry finish. Alright, but not really my style.

Light chocolate and roast notes in the aroma. Black pour, average retention and lacing. Flavor is mellow roast malts, chocolate, very drinkable. Low-medium body, medium carbonation.

UPDATED: FEB 26, 2012 À la pompe au pub: Classique irish stout avec une dose magnifié de torréfaction et un fini bien sec. Très belle créature.

On tap at Bell’s Eccentric Cafe. An all-round good stout. Roasty, black, and dry in the finish. Another good one, Bell’s.

UPDATED: FEB 21, 2012 On tap at the brewpub. Pours blac with a dark brown head that dissipates very quickly and nearly completely. Aroma has a nice dark roasted malt note with a hint of roast and bitter chocolate. Flavor has some light chocolate upfront with backing dark grains and roasted malts with a dry finish.

Sampler pour on tap at the brewpub (Kalamazoo, MI). Pours a rich blackish darker pour, brownish glowing edges show healthy glow. A smallish frothy offwhite head dies to a ring, laces small. Aromas are gentle toast, roast, and cocoa. Some smoothed out sweetness, dry soda bread nose, touches of toast and roast grow. Not very sweet. Initial is typical Irish, a touch of thickness up front offering cocoa, roast, dry toast, and soda bread like dryness. Clean and fairly drinkable, with a touch of thickness as it’s giddy up. Middle shows touches of smokey roast, grains, and oatmeal. Some gentle smoked barley, touches of coffee, cocoa, roast. Really quite pleasant with a touch of body. Finish is cocoa, lingering smoke, roast, dryness. The smokey element really wins me over here. Quite nice.

On tap at Bells. Lighter bodied with a pronounced roastiness. Not much sweetness. Thin but not watery. Bell’s knows what they’re doing with stouts, that’s for sure. A nice easy drinker and a good food pairing type of brew.