Bells Batch 7000 Ale

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

Bottle. Pours very dark, with lots of coffee and chocolate aromas. Smooth taste, with a descent alcohol aftertaste. Solid brew

Bottle. Pours to an opaque black, like motor oil, with a marathon of an aroma: espresso, semi-sweet chocolate, green apples, maple, more fruits covered in chocolate. The taste is very, very sweet, like sipping from snifters of bourbon and syrup at once, maybe just a tad too sweet until the hops arrive with a bang. So creamy, thick and succulent in the mouth...incredible. Finishes in a flash of woody, smoky brilliance. CHEERS.

Pours dark brown with a light brown head. Smells of biscuits, licorice, juniper, some mellow hops. Taste is chocolatey with a fair amount of roasted malt present.

Bottle. Deep dark brown in color with a nice thick tan head that left a nice lacing. Licorice and grainy aroma. Hoppy. Roasty hoppy flavor. Lots of hops. Chocolate notes. Finish is hoppy. Rich and creamy. Full bodied.

Bottle. Lasting brown head stits atop of a thick, black body. Aroma is anise and burnt grains. Taste is smoky and roasty but just a bit too bitter though. I like the creamy mouthfeel.

Absolutely massive beer. Black pour with a firm, fluffy brown head. Aroma offers a lot in the way of sweet, roasty malts, melded with a subtle soy sauce finish, freshly cooked asian rice, rum, raisin. Quite tasty, with a succulent sweet finish, which is begat by dark, bitter chocolate, plums and soy. Very thick and welcoming, yet still drinkable. Delicious. I think this would do swimingly in oak.

Thanks to iowaherkeye for this one. Black pour with a very small head and minimal lacing... almost oil. Aroma is big. Rummy raisins, licorice, chocolate, coffee, all the stuff you want. Flavor is big, some hop bite too. Oily mouthfeel, some alcohol in the finish. Very tasty.

12oz bottle - totally opaque jet black color with tiny ruddy brown/red head. Aroma has notes of apple, pear, brandy, blackstrap molasses, raisens, dark chocolate with a touch of roastyness. Flavor is malty, fairly roasty, prominent roasted grains, ash, bit of caramel, pear, brandy. Palate is thick and chewy, with a finish that is reasonably balanced, but the bitterness winning out a bit in the end. A deep, contemplative brew, nice, but with a bit too much bitter malts that gives it a bit too much of a bitter edge.