Bells Rye Stout

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Stout
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

Deep, dark brown. Chewy-soft texture; light and fluffy, in a way. Notes of sweet cream, cereal, wheat-like grains, mild coffee, faint smoky wood and pinch of chocolate. Slight sourness in the finish. Dryish, mildly bitter finish. All right.

Black body with a quickly fading small creamy head. Nutty, grainy aroma with extremely mild notes of roast. Lightly nutty flavour with hints of mocha and mild roast. Malty tang in the finish. Average palate is really to thin for a stout but seems to be sort of a appropriate here. Interesting. 7/3/7/3/14-15

Pours black with ruby edges and a quickly fading light brown head. Mocha, smoke along with a sour/ashy character in the nose. Tasty - sweet caramel, roasted malt, chocolate, mocha, light smoke and a pleasant slight touch of sourness. Medium bodied with a smooth texture and moderate carbonation. Pretty good stuff.

Bottle. Deep pitch black, small tan’ish head. Interesting aroma of grains, malt, smoke and rich dark chocolate. Mouthfeel is thick but at the same time tingly. Taste is nice - rich stout, rye like grains, sweetness, some smokiness, maybe some hops at the end. A rich tasty stout and another winner from Bells.

Stoutesque in a stout-like fashion with stoutish elements and stoutful presence carrying for a stoutment for mankind. Hell, I did enjoy this, but can say with all honesty that I was doing that thing with my head that dogs do when they seem confused, tilting it from side to side and furrowing my brow. Also can’t recal who sent this in trade - shadey? Okay, let me piss off everybody with a lame rating and bad ending .... (DID like it, that CAN be said)

12 oz bottle thanks to santa. Black pour with a small head. Aromas were roasty with just a tuch of that chocolate/coffee expected. Flavors were very roasted malt, with a touch of burnt that made me think porter. Some rye flavor in the malt. Pretty good

12 oz bottle Thanks OhioDad. Deep brown-black beer with a tan head that quickly fades back. Great herbal aroma, underlying a deep rich dark chocolate nose. Chicory and light roast in the aroma. Flavour is really fantastic, dark chocolate, toast and roast. Big slick mouthfeel and a great rye spiciness. The heavy rye mintiness works very well with all of the dark chocolate. Earthy hoppiness with a hint of pine as well. I’m a huge sucker for rye and this doesn’t disappoint. Great balance, great maltiness, great beer with a touch of coffee through the finish. Awesome.

Pours black thin tan head. Great sweet chocolate flavor, followed by the roasted barley, slight coffee, but mainly a great sweet milk chocolate taste, great beer.