Bells Best Brown Ale

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Brown Ale
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

pours a brown colour with a thin off white head. Aroma is very nutty, roasted malt tones, very faint fruit and toffee. Flavour is toffee and toast, nutty, slightl burnt malt fruity bitterness.

12oz bottle. Pours slightly hazy (mostly clear) deep reddish brown with brilliant red and copper highlights and a thin, persistent, light tan head. The aroma has a good bit of roast and breadiness - like over-cooked biscuits - with some sweeter toffee notes, too. The flavor starts with a good bit of caramel and toffee and some roasty flavors, too - dark toast. As the beer nears mid-palate, some fruity esters emerge which complement the residual malt sweetness nicely. Hop flavors emerge as well, earthy and subtle. The finish is somewhat dry with a sweet caramel presence lingering along with a nice, fruity, balancing hop bitterness. The roast flavors and caramel sweetness combine into chocolate-like flavors in the end. The mouthfeel is full in body and very creamy with a silkiness imparted from the suds. Overall, a very pleasant brown ale. I must confess that it wasn’t quite as great as I was hoping, but it is a nicely-done brown ale that is drinkable and tasty.

Pours an attractive coppery brown body with a small off white head. Scent is enticing with a creamy fresh fumes. Flavor lingers on the tongue with hints of creamy, roasty caramel. Palate is left moist and slightly alcoholic. Well done on Bell’s half.

Pours a smooth milk chocolate brown with a tan head that disapates quickly. Has a sweet taste that goes down easy. One of the best brown ales I’ve had, although not usually my favorite style.

bottle. smells of toffee and chocolate. pours a dark brown with a thin tan head. tastes of chocolate and a bit of coffee. aftertaste is very smooth with a hint of carmel.

Wow this may rival Dogfish Head for the best brown ale I have had. Different monster though, this is much lighter and goes down easier. Alot sweeter and smoother but is clearly a Bells product with the aftertaste. Might want to stick to bottles though, I bet on tap it comes across as too smoothed out.

Deep brown, thick creamy tan head. Rich toasted milk chocolate malt aromas lay on soft wafts of peanut and caramel. Earth and chocolate toast flavors round to a well balanced lightly bitter finish. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, malty finish. A great session brew without a doubt as this literally could be the best brown I have ever tried…

Sampled @ Blacklick tasting 10-2-08: I don’t know why I don’t buy this one more often. This is a great fall beer. Pours an amber to dark-brown with a small creamy white head. Flavor is malty and nutty with still a relatively impressive hop profile in the back end. Very "round" finish. Drinkability is off the charts!