Bells Kalamazoo Stout

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Stout
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

aroma is bakers chocolate devoid of java. appearance is jet black with little lingering head but film. flavor is big cocoa and well developed hops that provide good background bitterness; which lingers and does well to mesh with the chocolate savory note rather then offset it. palate is thickened even when stored (temporarily) in a chicago winter to preclude fridge space limitations the day before christmas dinner.

One of the darkest richest pours i have ever seen. lots of tan head. subtle sweet toast notes on the nose. delicious mixture of sweet, just a hint of bitter, and wonderful toast notes all of which linger on the palate beautifully.

Batch #8338 Bottled 2/22/08. I left work for the last time today as I joined the realm of the retired and this was the first post-work beer I had. Poured black with a good brown creamy head. The head left nice lacing throughout the glass. The aroma was sweet chocolate, coffee and a hint of anise/licorice. The initial flavor was on a lightly sweet side with chocolate, coffee and then rolled to a mild bitterness with more of the coffee and anise flavors coming through. Thhe finish remained slightly on the bitter side, but was very smooth and flavorful. At 6% ABV this is a good session beer and very enjoyable

Bottle, with thanks to bitbucket. Bob you are the man! Pours a deep black, with ultra-fine carbonation. Nose is graham crackers, coconut, sweet roasty/toasty malt, marshmallow, chocolate, oh man this smells like the best s’mores ever. Brazil nuts and hazelnuts also present. Flavours of roast barley, light smoke, milk chocolate, dry nuttiness, like a Ferraro Rocher without the sugar. Fantastic!

(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.

Pours a dark with lite white/brown head. Chocolate overwellming taste and aroma. Wonderfull overall stout. Great brew.

Licorice aroma with a strong coffee taste. A bitter aftertaste that hits hard.

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.