Bells Kalamazoo Stout

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Stout
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

opaque black with sediment under a small brown head. milk chocolate and sugared coffee aroma. flavor is similar to aroma with dark black unsweetened coffee. touches of maple syrup. smooth and creamy texture. medium bodied. roasty aftertaste. is there oats in here? i’m not getting the licorice the bottle claims but thats perfectly o.k.

Bottle.Pours BLACK like oil with a medium tan head. Aroma of roast malt,coco,and coffee. This brew has a very smooth creamy falvor with notes of licorice, raisin, smoke, vanilla, coffee,and so on,and so on. I could find no fault with this stout, other than I believe it made me slightly flatulent,good stuff buddy. Thank you to the hard working crew at Bells

The lacing is attractive and lasting. Aroma is one dimensional: only smoked malts, not even sweet and no evidence of hops. Yet mouthfeel is smooth and even; very heavily roasted malt and some burnt bitter chocolate combine for a warming and relaxing flavour. Finish is full and bitter. An appreciable beer.

Bottle. Moderate malt aromas of cereal, dark chocolate, and strong coffee, light herbsfor the hops, with date, brown sugar, vanilla and milk in the background. Head is creamy with some large bubbles, light brown, with good lacing and is mostly diminishing. Color is black with a red tint. Flavor is moderately sweet and lightly acidic to start and moderately sweet and bitter in the long finish. Palate is medium to full, creamy, and has a soft carbonation. It finishes moderately astringent. A good Stout with some deep flavors and aromas

Nice mocha aromas and a decent head at pour. Smoky fruits with a hint of raisin and plum, not too bad, but a bit overrated.

A dark, ferociously roasty stout. Jet black body, with a frothy tan, root beer float like head. Smells like a mocha latte: rich bittersweet baking cocoa, plum, damson, and roasted, smoked malt. Like a bonfire. Further notes of lavendar, overripe grapes, raisins, boysenberries and a soil-like earthiness. And that’s just the aroma! The taste is remniscent of a smoked porter, with gunpowder tea, intense roastedness, chestnuts, kalamata olives, licorice, blackcurrants, and once again, a rich, damp earthy character. This beer is intensely complex, the finish is full of thick smoke and grilled meats. Chewy, bitter and bracing, yet oily, soft, and not overly harsh on the palate. Very long lasting, dry finish.

12 oz. bottle. Not served in a glass. Aroma of dark malt. Swirling the bottle, I see a creamy persistent head. Taste of dark roasted malt, prunes/raisins, dark chocolate and licorice. Medium full in body, carbonation pleasantly medium-low. Good brew, but one a sitting is plenty.

12oz bottle served in an English pint glass. Very dark brown/nearly black body with an inch of tan head. Deeply roasted smell of dusty chocolate & coffee. Big bold burnt/roasted flavor, deep earthy undertone, some dark chocolate. Like a sessionable Imperial stout. Good stuff.