Bells Batch 7000 Ale

Formerly brewed at Bells Brewery
Style: Imperial Stout
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

Thanks retorp for the share. Pours midnight black with am off-white head. Nose is booze, chocolate, earth, dark fruit, and burning, pulsing alcohol. Flavor is dark chocolate, roast, bitterness, plum, dark fruit, a slight vanilla, and booze. Full-bodied and lovable stout. Finishes sweet then somewhat bitter.

12 oz bottle. Pours Black with a large light brown head.Good lacing on the walls of my snifter. Wonderful aroma of coffee, soy sauce, licorice,some chocolate and a hint of dark fruits. Nicely balanced with a long finish. Average carbonation with a medium to fell body. Very nice beer.

Special thanks to Northernbrews for hooking up the Bell’s 4000-8000 tasting. All great brews. This was my favorite of the tasting. I wish I could have gotten to try the barrel aged version. Black, chocolaty, malty with a thick mouthfeel. Full of burnt toast and other dark malt character. Great stout.

Bottle, thanks to MaxxDaddy. Black pour, viscous, with not much head at all. Aroma is a little soy sauce, rich roasted malt, and a little alcohol. Flavor is the same, some dark fruit, very rich malt with heavy roast (a little like soy sauce). Yummmy beer.

Bottle; poured a syrupy dark brown/black with not much head. Aroma of roasted malt, doughy malt, with alcohol and caramel. Flavor was very nice; alcohol, roasted malt, with a bit of fruit, caramel and earthy hops in the finish. A pretty great beer.

Gee,guess I’m in my own boat on this one. Drank fresh,and 2 days ago. Rating for the aged,which is just slightly better. Thick pour. Very dark,brown,red,almost black. Head is short,lived. Powerful vinous,fruit,alcohol,and some chocolate,roast. Thick in the mouth. Big charcoal,tar upfront followed by a little sweet malt and bombarded with alcohol. Burnt,vanilla and port. Finish has gotten better with age,but still I don’t care much for it. Lightly sweet flavors are masked by charred,smokey,flavors and ruling port/alcohol. This is probably the most wine/port like beer I’ve had,that wasn’t aged in a wine barrel. After drinking this one,I’m glad I traded my last two away. This beer was crazy fresh, and still is. Just a mess of flavors IMHO.

This poured pitch black color with a very tiny bornw head. This poured extremely thick like oil. Aroma was chocolate, dark roasted malts, dark fruits and soy sauce. Flavor was rich dark chocolate upfront, very thick but not overpwoering, with a nice dark roasted almost smoked flavor. This stuff is just amazing. My impression was that this tasted like a mix between Dark Lord and Expedition, YUM!

12oz. thanks to a generous fellow. Served into a snifter. Pour is oily black with no head at all. Aromas to the nose are soy sauce, huge roasted malt, slight alcohol, and loads of dark chocolate. The flavor is stellar! Fresh roasted coffee, dark fruits, warming alcohol, and finishing with chocolate. What a viscus brew here. This thing is like syrup! Amazing overall and im damn glad that I got to drink this one.