 BiddleBrau (332), Midland Park, New Jersey, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Sep 16, 2009
Pours just a hint off jet-black with off-tan thin head. Aroma is sweet, chocolate, hint of roast and some plums/raisins. Oh this is good. Very smooth, creamy, with a roasty and dry aftertaste that lingers. Chocolate, coffee and and a hint of fruit flavor very faint and fades as the roastiness steps up. Well balanced, nice flavor, nothing too extreme. If anything the palate is a bit light.
Toxygen (238), Sanford, Florida, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 10/20 |
Dec 20, 2009 (br-btl cm-lbl, Bell’s Brewery in Comstock MI, "Brewed with brewers licorice", 6%)
opq-bk, thin-tan-head, syrupy-full-body, ^co2.
aroma: roasted-malt §lcrc §bready-alchl §fresh-hop.
roast-malt §lcrc T1 §sweet-bread fruity alchl-warm T2 §herbal-hop chrcl T3.
too top-of-the-tongue, needs to be creamier, no good malt or hop flavors.
nathan30533 (158), Dahlonega, Georgia, USA
| 4.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 20, 2009 Pours a dark with lite white/brown head. Chocolate overwellming taste and aroma. Wonderfull overall stout. Great brew.
cwmiller (3), Minnesota, USA
does not count  | 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Dec 19, 2009 Licorice aroma with a strong coffee taste. A bitter aftertaste that hits hard.
yemenmocha (421), Glendale, Arizona, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 18, 2009 This is one beastly stout! Gorgeous black color in the glass with dark brown head that almost overflowed my glass. Head retention is good with nice lace. Nose has some pleasant freshly ground coffee aromas and a trace of fruit in the distant background. Big dessert flavors are noted on the palate, perhaps like one of those double chocolate chip cookies. Hops balance out nicely, and finish is long with a lot of roasty flavors.
bonk0076 (93), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 11, 2009 Pours jet black in color with a boisterous brown head that leaves a decent lacing behind. Aroma consists of bubblegum, licorice, with hints of toffee, coffee, and roasted malt. Taste is bitterness of roasted malt and coffee up front, with sweetness of black licorice in the finish. A bit watery finish as well though.
jumpjet2k (162), Austin, Texas, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 10, 2009 Bottle. Black, with a foamy medium tan head that soon dissipates to about half a finger’s width but leaves some nice lacing. Chocolate and a little licorice in the aroma. Flavor is rather rich up front, with clean roasted and caramel malts leading into a chocolate coffee finish and a lightly bitter aftertaste. This has a malt profile that would make a great imperial stout, if it were about one and a half times as big. Smooth palate. A nice stout. I could easily see this as a great everyday drinking stout, if it didn’t come from a thousand miles away...
tpd975 (243), Riverview, Florida, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 10, 2009 A: Deep black in color with a nice espresso head that fades to a nice ring atop the glass.
S: Nice malty brew. There are definite Coffee, Chocolate, and Caramel aromas here.
T: I like this one, not the best of the Bell’s bunch but good nonetheless. Has a nice smokiness to it. I can taste hazelnuts, chocolate, dark roasted coffee, and charcoal.
M: It’s an easy drinker. Medium in body, but goes down ever so smooth.
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