Bells Best Brown Ale

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

Dark amber colored, little light brown head. Chocolate and fine hops in aroma, also fruity caramel tones there too. Medium bodied, mildly carbonated palate. Flavor is sweet with chocolate and hops, aftertaste has some caramel. Slightly one-dimensional, but still ok brew.

Bottle from Josh (daalamar) Thanks! Pours out a brown color (shocking, i know) - not much head on it. Smell is sweet, full of malts, and nuts. Taste is similar, easy to drink, with the roasted malt flavor coming out in it pretty well. A decent brown beer that competes yet does not topple Hazelnut brown. Nice good solid bells brew though.

Pours a reddish brown with a nice tan head. The aroma has notes of crystal malt, nut, and fruit. Nice balance to the flavor with a nuttiness and sweetness being dominant.

Medium bodied, brown color. Malt aroma maybe nuts. Tastes of Belgium yeast. Kinda like a dubbel. Not what you would expect.

Bottle shared with and courtesy of HogTownHarry. Pours a hazy bubbly dark amber-brown with a small diminishing tan head. Aroma of caramel malt, dark fruit, spices, brown sugar, some hops and nuts -- a hint of metal in there too. Simple and straightforward malty flavour with some nuts and a mild hoppy finish. I got some metal in the flavour as well. Medium bodied. It’s a good version of the style, it’s just not one of my favourite styles to drink.

Bottle (12oz). Shared with blankboy, my bottle. Slightly hazy deep mahogany with a smallish beige head. Sweet roast caramel/chocolate malt aroma, a little yeasty, some green hops, hints of lactose. Taste is also roast sweet malt, quite a nutty and dusty character, tries to finish dry and a little bitter. Average body, somewhat flat, lightly syrupy - for a brown, it’s okay - could have more character, but it doesn’t anger me like some do.

Pours a hazy brownish amber with some floaties in there. Head poured average and diminished to smaller and off white. Aroma of dark fruits, brown sugar, molasses, toasted malts, nutty, Flavor was a mix of the same more on the malty and sweet side. Very nice mouthfeel and light hop profile. I enjoyed this one.

Bottle. Pours a nice tea-brown with weak lacing. Aroma is raisin with coppery cherry. Flavor features a smoky toffee with an acidic coffee finish. Palate is coating. Overall, it’s a great brew but gets low marks in that category because I found it hard to finish a 12 oz.