Bells Rye Stout

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Stout
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

This poured a dark brown with a beige head. Aroma was light chocolate, toffee, roasted malts and rye. Flavor was nice toasty malts sweet cholate and a bittering rye flavor. Nice stout just a bit thin.

From 12oz Bottle, #7235. Pours a rich, deep brown color with a thin layer of fizzy tan head that quickly recedes to a thin rawhide ring around the edges of my glass. Interesting fruity aroma of sugar plums dance with a soft bouquet of molasses and pumperknickle bread. The aroma is quite interesting in its gentle fruity approach and restrained toasted malt character for a stout. Medium bodied texture with light carbonation. The flavors bring out some mild christmas fruitcake spread with some fresh plum jam. The finish brings out a unique yeasty spice character before finishing with the promised smack of toasted rye. Quite tasty, delicate stout overall.

Typical bell stout aroma, rather oaty with some background hoppiness. Extremely sticky maltiness, with a long souring malt finish that keeps getting worse. This is the most confused of the Bell’s stouts that I’ve tasted.

Nice stout, like all of Bell’s stouts. The "rye" issue doesn’t hit home for me here. It mostly keeps its basic stout style and taste. A bit sweet as well.

12oz - 7235 - Aroma is roasted malts and big rye with small coffee and hops. Pours black quickly fading brown head and decent lacing. Flavor matches aroma with a weird back of the throat stickiness. Palate is dry and creamy. Different and tasty.

12oz bottle shared by sliffy. Dark brown pour with a thin beige head. Aromas of roasted malt, tart fruit and bready malt. Creamy and roasty malt flavor with a tart berry finish. Not entirely sure about this one and I have to wonder whether it was better fresh. Still glad I got to try it though.

12 oz bottle

Poured ver dark with a thin tan head, Scents of rye, grain, oak and smoke wafted from the glass. On my first sip, the grains were obvious - rye and what with a slight smoky flavor not unlike cured ham. A creamy coffee taste soon followed and then it faded away leaving almost no taste behind. Towards the end of the glass I began to detect the taste of club soda. Overall, a fairly nice stout from Bells but I doubt this is one to actively seek out again.

bottle. near pitch black pour with thin tan tiny bubble head. great fruit and hops in the aroma with malt and sweet chocolate. Very crisp. a mild/medium body. chocolate lingers in the aftertaste. mild coffee. I taste what I imagine is rye but I couldnt say for sure. This is a very easy drinking stout.