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Bells Rye Stout

Bells Rye Stout - Stout

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 Percentile 
89
overall
Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Stout

Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
3773.53/5.03.52/5.0Winter6.7%84.9English pint
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Commercial Description:
An abundance of rye grains provide a spicy twist to otherwise traditional stout flavors. A unique approach to an entirely new style of stout.
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 DeweyDell (155), Columbus, Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/103/516/20
Sep 17, 2007  
12 oz bottle. Pours black with a white-ish head, looks like a fairly typical stout. Smells like vegetable soup... mostly cabbage, some cooked carrots. Really unique and kind of bad smelling, but maybe something I could get used to depending on the taste. Tastes surprisingly good, chocolate, rye bread, a little bit of hops. Decent beer, definitely unique, and drinkable despite the vegetable soup taste/smell. I like it, and I think I’d buy it again.


 Grovlam (3790), Copenhagen, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Sep 2, 2007  
Bottle. [Courtesy of Papsoe, another great session @ Papsoe] Average beige fizzy head that mostly diminished. Fair display of lacework. Black color. Aroma of roasted malt, distant fruit, chocolate, coffee, sweet malty notes with a hint of brown sugar. Medium bodied with an average carbonation. Moderated bitter flavor with good balancing sweetness. Lingering liquorish finish. 31-08-2007


 Papsoe (14613), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/514/20
Sep 2, 2007  
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of sliffy. Hazy, dark orangey brown with a small, beige head. Aroma of roasted malt and licorice. Medium body, sweetish, roasted malt notes with a lightly burned edge. The finish is dry. 310807


 yespr (11613), Copenhagen O, Denmark
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Sep 1, 2007  
12 fl oz bottle. Pours murky dark brown with a light brown head. Roasted malty aroma with a mild herbal twist. Rye flavour with some herbal noted bitterness, dry malty. Nice.


 kp (8400), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/104/511/20
Sep 1, 2007  
Date: 03/10/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Trade

black with ruby edges, thin tan head, touch of lace, roasted oatmeal aroma, creamy body, light roasted flavor, very low bitterness, a nice dry and very creamy stout, great drinking but not a lot of character

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *4


 fiulijn (7150), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Aug 31, 2007  
Cloudy dark chestnut color; the head disappears quickly. Like the American yeast aroma. More persistent, a milky aroma of roasted malt. Medium to light body, with a quite good mix of sweet caramel and some roasted malt. Not my liking, but not bad.


 biggenius29 (155), Hamilton, Michigan, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/59/103/517/20
Jul 12, 2007  
Bottled on 2-9-06, batch 7235. Notes from a 1-9-07 rating. Big coffee taste and a spicy rye finish. Very creamy mouthfeel but a fairly light body. Very complex, yet very good.


 shadey (1496), Rochester, New York, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
Jun 10, 2007  
Pour is appropriately black. Very little head, but still attractive. The aroma is slightly roasty with a good amount of smooth chocolate. The flavor has just a touch of spiciness that I thought wasn’t normal for a stout. However the rye is masked and I doubt I would have noticed if I didn’t know what I was looking for. still a very good stout.



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