Bells Kalamazoo Stout

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Stout
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

Well, leave it to Bell’s to make stout my 2nd favorite style. This is actually the third stout in a row that I have purchased. The first two were Expediton stout from Bell’s, and a few nights ago i tried the poet from New Holland, and Kalamazoo stout is right in the middle. I loved everything about this beer.

ABV: 6 % RateBeer rating: 99 Calories: estimated at 160 C Volume: 12 fl oz. Glass: pint Purchased at: Issac Newton’s, Newtown, PA Price: $4.50 Consumed at: home First Impression: A very impressive presence - a nice aroma, good head and rich flavor. Aroma is bitter, coffee, and roasty. Visuals are an inky black body topped with a tan head that is persistent and lacy. Taste is thick with espresso notes, licorice, and pepper. Palate is perhaps its downfall - a bit weak, with a medium finish. Second Impression - not anything close to a Yeti or a Shakespeare, but not a bad stout - far surpasses a Guinness. But for $4.50 a 12 oz bottle, I’d much rather have the Yeti. Aroma: 8 out of 10 Visuals: 5 out of 5 Taste: 10 out of 10 Palate: 3 out of 5 Overall: 16 out of 20

this is what an american stout should be. black, thick, aromas of coffee, chocolate. sweet, yet enough espresso , bitterness and tobacco to bring it all together. my new "go to" stout

A good stout. Pours very nice, with a nicely carbonated body. Flavorful nose, and a great bitter chocolate finish.

Bottle pours a pitch black color with a dark tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, coffee, vanilla, tobacco, and molasses. Similar flavors, but also noticed some sweetness that reminded me of apples. Nice bitter finish. Couldn’t recognize the licorice mentioned on the label though. Oh well, still a very tasty stout.

nose of coffee & dark bakers choc. looks nice in the glass. coffee , coffe ,coffee on palate with some bitter choc on finish, clean & dry. not my favorite style but good. bell’s is one of my favorite brewers & happy as hell to hear he is coming back into the chicago market.

Highly drinkable for a full bodied stout. Light carbonation. Initially, the flavor is lightly sweet and roasty malts. The flavor ends in a bitter, dark chocolate finish that lingers until the next sip. Perfect level of alcohol. Surprisingly strong for a 6% beer - has the taste of imperial stouts.

batch 7648... don’t remember where I got this, but thanks to whoever sent it to me. Pitch black beer with a thick sticky tan head. Aroma is frickin’ awesome. Rich sweet cocoa and dark chocolate. Herbal, slightly smokey with a kiss of black licorice. Flavour matches the aroma in intensity and balance. Soft dark chocolate, licorice and cocoa. Soft sticky sweetness, but completely without any cloyingness. So rich and decadent that it’s hard to imagine that I can’t get another easily. Soft roasty bitterness. Fudgey and delicious. Just an incredible beer.