Bells Kalamazoo Stout

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Stout
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

[06Apr08] Bottle, batch 8306. Pours a black body with creamy brown head. Aroma of earthy coffee, burnt malt, and dark bread. Medium to heavy body; slightly oily mouthfeel. Flavors of dark, bitter chocolate, coffee, ash, and black licorice. Finishes dry and bitter with a lingering bitter aftertaste. {7/5/8/4/16}

[03Oct08] Bottle, batch 8652. Pours an opaque, very dark brown body with creamy brown head. Aroma of burnt sugar, roasted coffee, burnt malts, along with a hint of dark chocolate. Dark chocolate flavor with earth, coffee, ash, and black licorice tones. Finishes dry with a slight bitter cocoa bite; lingering coffee aftertaste. Medium to heavy body. {8/5/8/4/16},

pour out of bottle black with a 1 finger beige head. Beautiful, creamy froth that disapates way slow. Thick lace. Smells of sweet espresso and nuts. Sweet caramel cream for an instant then a wide coffee and roasty hoppy flavor. Dryer then I expected. Very dark roasted mocha finish and more dryness and alcahol. (in a very good way) Like most of their beers, this is truly crafted well. You could drink this a few times and, i think, and pick up different nuances each time. I have already edited this rating twice since i opened the bottle.

12 oz bottle courtesy of Linus stick. Pours am opaque black color with a big fluffy tan head that lasted the whole glass and left some lacing. Big nose with roasted malts, dark fruits and sweetened espresso. The flavor features coffee, molasses and burnt toast. The mouthfeel was smooth and creamy, but just a bit lighter than I expected, it was still pretty darn satisfying. The finish was long with a sweetened coffee aftertaste. Overall: A killer stout and one that goes down real easy. I love it.

pours black with small tight tan head.smells of roasted malts and coffee taste dark choclate ,burnt cofee and sweet carmal molasses very smooth and creamy. great porter stout or should i just say stout

Black, quickly fading brown head, slight lacing. Nose is water-cured black olives, roasted nuts and dark roasted coffee. Dark chocolate, molasses, coffee, anise, slightly sweet but not at all cloying taste. Very dry finish. Rasping, moderate bitter after from roasted characteristics. Creamier as it warms and breathes, carbonation fades to subtle, near imperceptibility. Overall a nice, subdued and balanced stout.

Extremely dark with a quickly diminishing head. Outstanding flavor: ; coffee, chocolate, molasses, and more. A bit of a hop bite in there. Very creamy. Feels just right in the mouth. The sort of stout that I can sit and drink watching a ball game till I fall asleep. One of my favorites.

Pours sticky and thick with great creaminess to the head and lacing all over the glass. Smooth, with a roasted malt flavor. I couldn’t really taste the brewers licorice advertised, but it made no difference. I have yet to try a better stout!

Pours black with small medium brown, bubbly head. Aroma of roasted malts. Flavor is dark chocolate, coffee, & anise. Nice thick/creamy mouth feel. Bells is a great brewer in my experience.