Bells Expedition Stout

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

Tanks daknole! What a fantastic pour. Rich, thick and creamy. Almost the color of well used motor oil and almost as thick. A late forming brown head doesn’t last long and leaves an uneven ring. Aroma is over brewed black tea, molasses, and dark fruit. Not a powerful aroma but very nice. Alcohol can be tasted but the effects aren’t significant.. This is such a complex beer that it is difficult to describe. Sometimes tart hop, sometimes cooked brown sugar, sometimes dark fruit, sometimes alcohol, etc. Throw in coffee, chocolateThe flavors come in waves sometimes small and subtle, others crash in. Amazing.

Brown with a medium brown slowly diminishing head. Aroma of roasted malts, molasses, licorice and mild alcohol. Taste of molasses, chocolate, alcohol, brown sugar and licorice. Finish is mildly bitter with some alcohol mixed in. A solid stout but I think it’s a step down from Kalamazoo & Java stouts.

Black pour with a small brown head. Lots of malts, chocolate, and espresso. Bitter/sweet and a nice syrupy palate. Lovely stout.

Wowza. This is amazing stuff. Stop reading this and go aquire a large quantity of this beer. Pours black with a beautiful brown head. And the aroma is something incredible. Coffee, and chocolate and nuts and every other good thing i can think of other than boobs. Then you taste it amd its so smoothe and complex. Bravo Bells!

I am going to start off with saying that I spent 18 dollars on a six pack of this, and I believe it is well worth it! This stuff is incredible. Literally comes out of the bottle like syrup, but is just balanced perfectly. Almost no head, and just coffee and chocolate galore. I LOVE BELL’S BEER!!

Bottle at Boston’s Bistro & Pub in Dayton. A hardcore stout. Black in color. Coffee, chocolate, and roasted malt for the nose and tongue to enjoy. The flavor contains a slightly bitter finish. The palate is just amazing, thick and syrupy. Top of the line stout.

second entry on ratebeer, 2000th rating "on paper". Black, like syrup, with a dark brown and good head. Smell of coffee and chocolate, with a bit of treacle and melassis. Bitter black coffee and black chocolate in the taste, with an edge of herbs and liquorice (like coughing-sirup). Bitter aftertaste and softly burning alcohol. A great way to celebrate my 2000th rating and my girlfriend’s birthday. Thanks to Miketd (for the beer, not the grilfriend).

Used motor oil pour. Is it a sout barley wine? Nice coffee/chocolate malt nose and taste. Maybe too high on the % (only negative I can come up with). Well balanced. Thick and rich and chocolit.... Wow.