Bells Batch 7000 Ale

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

A dark chocolate looking pour with a dark tan head. A huge chocolate aroma with a sweet smell of chocolate. A nice stiff biter that relaly stays with you. Thanks to Larry or kp for this beer at the pre noogfest tasting.

12oz bottle, sample #19 in a blind imperial stout tasting. Pours a very dark, murky brownish black color; dark tan head with fine-bubbled lacing. Plenty of dried fruits, candy sugar, and toffee in the aroma. Full, viscous mouthfeel: plenty of candy sugar, orange hops; slight oxidation; dense, creamy, oily caramel and dried dark fruits. Very lengthy, leather and dried fruits in the finish; some residual sweetness. 8.5.9.5.16=4.3

12oz bottle courtesy of HogTownHarry. Thanks, Harry! Pours a pitch-black core with thin translucent brown edges; dark tan head with decent retention and lacing. A dark, serious beer. Generous boozy nose, showing dark chocolate, black fruits, and pepper. Full, viscous mouthfeel: milk and dark chocolate, hints of coffee and spice, light carbonation, roasted malts and vanilla. Alcohol is well-integrated. Dry, lengthy finish: bitter chocolate and the slightest hint of a vegetal note. I prefer the focus shown in the Expedition, but this is still a pretty phenomenal beer. 8.4.9.4.17=4.2

This was a great imp stout smooth and a bitter sweetness to it. Very thick with a great finish and hidden alcohol CHEERS

Huge thanks to Degarth for this rare beer. Pours pitch black with medium sized brown head and good lacing, good carbonation. Aroma is very big, you can smell all the flavors. Flavor is very sweet with a lot of alcohol, very dark sweet chocolate, good roasted flavors, lots of hops, some mocha, slight vanilla, espresso, coffee, the aftertaste is a very sweet bitter alcohol but it will be at 12% and it really sticks to your tongue. This is a well made beer.

Intense! Black! Lots of roasted malt flavor, though less in smell. Medium sweetness. Not much hops.

12 oz bottle via Clarkvv(thanks!). Pours a fairly thick pitch black with an average size tan head. Nose has notes of licorice, anise, mocha and alcohol. Wow, this is tastey and complex. We have roasty chocolate, espresso, licorice, vanilla, and more chocolate. Very nice bittersweet aftertaste. Very hoppy though.

Pours a super thick opaque black. Like primordial ooze. Very little head, just a swirl of lace in the center of the pour. Mirror black in the glass. Roast and alcohol dominate the aroma. Taste is very complex with burnt dark fruit, chalky burnt roast followed by caramel and hop/roast bitterness. Very complex and very good. I had thins one quite some time ago, wish I could score another bottle.

This is IMMENSE. So thick its almost chewy. Has an intense roasted malt flavor, the bitterness matched the maltiness quite well. I’m so glad i still have more of this.