Bells Expedition Stout

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

Bottle. Pours black as my soul with thin mocha head. Pretty standard aroma of chocolate, coffee, and caramel. Wonderful taste.

12 oz. Big bubbly, three-finger head tries to last. Chocolate, coffee, and hickory aroma has some metallic and herby hop notes. Flavor is initially molasses, turns to hickory smoked molasses, sweetened (just right) coffee, dried wood, char, and finally some cured tobacco leaf and slight alcohol. Medium-heavy body is syrupy and just watery (yet dry) enough on the finish.

Poured from a bottle. Paid 10.99 for a sixer! Poured thick black with tan head. Like previous raters said, it pours like motor oil. Aroma is strong molasses and roasted malts, with lots of hops. Flavor is amazing. It has all the complexities of a fine belgian ale with everything that makes a stout so great. Think I will cellar a sixer and see how this ages.

Bottled. Wow! This beer really changes character with temperature. I poured this a little too cold and it was dominated by molassas and soy sauce but really nice once it warmed up a little. Pours like oil with a cholately brown film on top. Aroma and flavour are dominated by chocolate and coffee. Really nice at the proper temperature.

jet black pour with just a slight tan head.roasted malts slight raisons and a hint of coffee. mmmmmmmm.......huge roasted malts for flavor as well......with slight burned wood flavor and finishes with a nice coffee and slight cream taste. wonderfuly thick mouth feel. and the slightest sip can liger in the mouth for several minutes after. soooooo good. I had this beer many a yea ago when I was inexpeienced and craft beer and couldnt handle it. But now I realize how luck I am to have bells in my back yard and access to this any time I want..

bottle. okay so this is probably the best imp stout that I have ever had. quite impressive considering that I have had some issues with some Bell brews. Tons of strong chocolates, light coffees, burnt malts, and light hops were all present in the aroma. also some light vinousnous was present as well. alcohol was very well hidden. velvety soft mouthfeel and oh so long finish duration. very well balanced awesome imp stout.

Pours black with a medium sized tan head into a snifter. Aroma is mostly of roasted malts. Coffee, licorice play nicely with each other with a hint of spice. I also get hints of caramel. A huge stout!!! One of my favorites. Glad I got to try it.

Bottle: Aroma is dark berries and fruits and supermalt. Pours the inkiest, blackest, holy shit-est dark black in the glass with dark brown head. Head dissipates quick but covers the top all the way down. First flavors I got were salty and sweet coffee, followed by boozy licorice and spicy chocolate. As the drink warmed I picked up grapes, figs, earth, grass, caramel, and prunes. So thick, so sweet and chewy! My lips got so sticky when I drank this midnight oil that I thought I was weezing the juice straight from a spigot on a Michigan maple; all the while my tongue was covered in buttery goodness. Sorry, Celebrator! Found a new number one. Bravo to the boys of K-zoo on the Megastout. Holy shit.