Bells Rye Stout

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Stout
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

Bottle. Pours black with a small off white-tan head. This head soon fades to a very thin covering leaving substantial lacing. Aroma is strong of rye malts, with coffee, toffee, and dark chocolates. Flavor is nice and smooth of rye, coffee, and is somewhat grainy with a light souring bite to it. Mouthfeel is light and drinkable. Nice.

Bottle: Black pour with a decent tan head. The aroma was a lot of rye with some underlying spicyness to it. Flavor was similar. Medium bodied stout.

No head, dark brown...definetly rye and grains in the aroma - very full of minerals, dry. The finish is highly smoked, but with a bitter, metallic and unpleasant finish.

Thanks to Pailhead for this one - kind of like a mildly spicy version of the kalamazoo stout - a little thinner - some tartness and background rye, grain, nutmeg - interesting, but one of the weaker-flavored stouts they make.

Courtesy of Ohiodad and Goldtwins who both sent me bottles the same day. <P> Aroma is a little spicy with chocolate and dark karo syrup notes. Deep black with a quickly fading tan head. For is spicy and tobacco tinged with the flavor what I imagine hot water that had had rye seeds steeped in it would taste of. Spicy pepper notes tickle the tonsils as I swallow. A smooth choclate malt flavor runs through all ranges. The finish kind of reminds me of a very toned down version of the Stone 03 03 03 and its lingering spiciness. Interesting, but it gets thin and the lack of any real head hurts the visual appeal.

Dark brown pour with a thin bubbly head that quickly dissapates. Aroma is grainy with chocolate and coffee detectable, maybe some vinuios fruit there as well. More watery than I would have expected. Flavor is plesant with a good ammount of chocolate and coffee. They rye is easily found with plenty of grainy spiciness through the middle and a short tartness on the finish. Overall it is a plesant brew but nothing especially exciting.

this was another good one from bells, but falls a tad short compared to the rest of their stout offerings....pours black with small off-white head...aroma is full of dark chocolate and coffee hints...nice rye notes present...flavor is very similar and is remarkably smooth for a rye...palate was a bit thin; a 3/5 may even be generous

pours dark brown with a small tan head that disappears quickly. creamy chocolate aroma. chocolate dominates the flavor with a little spice from the rye. flavor seems a bit flat. body is quite light for a stout. carbonation is very fizzy especially on the finish. finish seems a bit watery with very little flavor except for the spice. not a bad beer i was just hoping for more from this beer.