Bells Java Stout

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Stout
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

I hesitate to give anything a full score, but in my short beer rating life this is the beer I enjoyed the most. This stout is like the smoothest, blackest, coffee. Full bodied, this beer did not dissapoint by being too thin or carbonated. I just couldn’t ask anything more from this beer, I do enjoy more of an alcohol warming but this is not an Impy and with a higher abv the palate might suffer. In the end this stout was exactly what I had hoped it to be and that is a first.

Poured opaque black with nice sudsy head which faded all too quickly with moderate lace. First aroma impression was hot peppers, then the chocolate, coffee and roasted malt start to sort out. The flavor starts out all strong coffee then fills out with dark toasted malt and bitter chocolate following. Some hops and yeast in the background. Full viscuous body, nice and chewy. An eye-opener.

12 oz bottle...Thank You Daknole!....Dark brown sugar head, dark dark brown body--almost mistook as black...Aroma is a fresh bag of whole bean coffee...bitter like Blue Mountain beans...after sitting less than 3 minutes, a sweetness enters the nostrils...so far a true coffee experience....fresh beans--then they are ground--cream is added--so far this is all before I have sipped it--ah the coffee is being created in my mind, now to taste-->Body is silky and smooth, rich and full, sweet, but not too sweet...coffee coffee and coffee...a bitterness in the finish--this beer defines coffee to me...dense and intense...lacing is dotted but sticks--overall balanced and easy to drink , yet it lingers on every taste bud...a wonderful caffeinated alcholated created beverage...palate nice, low carbonation--an alcohol infused coffee, but so much more,,,yum yum and yum I could drink this in the morning b4 the job...:)

A roasty aroma with notes of chocolate, and coffee. Taste definitely reminds me of an espresso shot. A delicious beer readily available 3 miles from my house. I am buying a bike.

A: This was a bottle from batch 7768 poured into a Chimay goblet. It pours jet black with a thick mocha colored head that fell over the period of several minutes. A couple of drops that fell on the bottle were a good red color. S: I’m pretty sure a stick of chocolate dynamite went off in this beer because it exudes pure chocolate aroma. T: This is one hell of a good beer. The flavor is insanely creamy and filled with TONS of chocolate and coffee. Sometimes I think about changing my favorite style to something else and then I have another double stout and that fleeting thought is immediately erased. It is perhaps a bit lacking in the aftertaste department. The flavor doesn’t last long enough as it quickly fades. M: This beer is good and heavy and as I said before, ridiculously smooth. D: Damn. I might have to move to a state where they sell Bell’s. Enough said.

Strong black color with a slight head once poured. Tastes of strong black coffee. Great brew for anyone that likes to explore java stouts.

this beer is delicious. Plain and simple. Deep, dark, and rich. I feel like I could drink this instead of coffee in the morning. Another winner from Bells.

Awesome coffee flavor and aftertaste. Great beer from a great brewery.