Bells Expedition Stout

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Imperial Stout
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

Was a gift, aged slightly (I believe my bottle was an 08). Enjoyed at cellar temp, about 60 F, wish I had drank it a little cooler. Pitch black, milk-chocolate colored head that didn’t stick around. Thick, syrupy body. Molasses, chocolate, coffee grinds to the nose, palette is unsweetened chocolate and molasses with a hint of cola and toasty burnt malt, bitter bite as a finish. This is a sipper, for sure.

One of my favorites. I picked this up a couple months ago at Total Wine & More and absolutely loved it. This beer has a dark thick body and is very chewy. It’s very balanced but its not for the faint of heart. Handle with care.

(Trade from Pantatrap). Obsolutely gorgeous dark tan/light brown head of tight bubbles. Dark thick body. Aroma is great too. Scent of fine dark chocolate and molasses. And it keeps getting better when finally taking a sip. While there is a bitterness it’s not harsh and balanced very well with a sugary sweetness and coffee tones. Body is chewy and thick in support of a beer of this type. Good warming in the throat. My first perfect score and it certainly gives one of my favorite beers, Old Rasputin, a run for its ruble Can’t wait for the six-pack I’m getting in another trade to arrive!!

Pitch black beer, small brown head. Very malty and full bodied, in body comes second only to mikkeller black hole. Aroma is plummy fruity and very roasty, coffee there too. The taste isn’’t too complex at least to me, licorice, salmiakki, tar. some salty notes and alcohol. I was expecting a lot more from this but it was still a good beer. If you like a big full bodied imperial stout with a rather intense feel, this is a beer for you.

12 oz bottle from Adrian. Pours a motor oil black colour with beige head. Smells of dark fruits, malts, espresso, bitter chocolate, and alcohol. Taste is much of the same as the aroma. Has a bitter after taste.

12 oz. botttle from Theisti. oily black pour into a Belgian snifter, no head to speak of. Smells like Malted chocolate, some fruit - plums? Dark coffee flavor, finished like dark, dark bitter chocolate with some alcohol heat. Wasn’t in love with it until about halfway through the bottle - chocolaty taste gets a little sweeter and more pronounced as it warms. Wanted another. Good stuff.

Black and thick like motor oil, malt, coffee on the nose. Big malt taste with coffee, chocolate, some alcohol. Finishes with bitterness and coffee bean flavor. Excellent stout here.