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Bells Java Stout 3.81 913

Bells Java Stout

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
9133.82/5.03.81/5.07.5%98English pint
Commercial Description:
The satisfying elements of both stout and coffee come together in this full-bodied treat. A marriage of Sumatra's best with rich chocolate and roasted malt provides for a truly enlightening beer.
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 dkachur (2409), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Oct 21, 2007  
Bottle. It’s a Bell’s stout taste fest! Pours opaque black with a dark, medium sizes head. The aroma is, what else? More coffee ice cream than coffee. Taste is a little bitter for my taste, but I’m not a coffee drinker.


 temporrari (327), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/104/510/20
Oct 18, 2007    Updated: Oct 19, 2007
Dark pour, dark head, what did you think? Big coffee nose. Flavor profile had lots of coffee again, but there is a nice chocolate element in there as well. Problem is that the coffee is not so well incorporated into the beer. Tastes like wet, used coffee grounds. Not completely disgusting, not my favorite Bells offering.


 tunneler (113), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/105/515/20
Oct 17, 2007  
The score is all of the effort here: Great thick black body and definitely a ’quality’ beer but it turns out I hate coffee stouts


 demdeac40 (241), Etowah, North Carolina, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 17, 2007  
Pours dark dark with a small tan head. Smells like sweet chocolatey roasted coffee. The flavor is bittersweet chocolate and lots of coffee. A nice slight bitterness on the finish.


 jobyone (234), Charlotte, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/516/20
Oct 16, 2007  
Pours black with tan head that slowly diminishes. Aroma is smoky and full of coffee with hints of chocolate. The body is medium to full. The taste is all about coffee. Realy nice roated flavors. with a lingering bitter finish. very nice.


 performula (147), Triangle Area, North Carolina, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/513/20
Oct 15, 2007  
Starbucks/Caribou/Barnies in a beer; plain and simple. This is the strongest coffee stout I can remember. Strong smell and taste. This is a dark roast for sure. :) I don’t taste one ounce of alcohol. Pitch black color. Long lingering coffee roast finish.


 JCB (1785), Durham, North Carolina, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 15, 2007  
12 oz bottle from Sam’s, Durham. Man, yet another killer - and highly distinct - stout from Bells. It’s got a very full body, with a really abundant mouthfeel that distinguishes it happily from some fairly thin coffee stouts out there. But the aroma is killer, and the flavor even better, with rich bitter chocolates blending seamlessly with potent malts and extremely strong roast coffee (tastes more like Italian than Sumatran if you ask me, but what the hell). Kudos again, Bells!


 DeweyDell (155), Columbus, Ohio, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/103/517/20
Oct 13, 2007  
12 oz bottle. Pours dark brown with a bubbly tan head and minimal lacing. Aroma of cold coffee/used coffee grounds... probably the intended effect, but strange because used coffee grounds generally smell like something you wouldn’t want to put in your mouth. Tastes really nice though... strong coffee taste backed by dark chocolate. Definitely good stuff.



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