Bells Rye Stout

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Stout
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

Bottle. Pours dark red brown-black with tan head. Aroma is bitter coffee, caramel, and rye. Flavor is coffee, rye, molasses, caramel, and very dry.

12oz bottle thanks to jeffin7: Pours to a deep, murky brown that is definitely brown and not black, with a medium leather-hide brown colored head. The aroma is light rye bread, dusty grains, some dark roast, the rye does give off an almost sweet, spicy scent at times. The taste is a very hard to detect medium bitter hops that flash very quickly at first, then immediately go right into a grainy, spicy rye-coffee flavor, along with bread dough, de-bittered cocoa, and a hint of light molasses. Medium-full bodied, moderate carbonation, bottle conditioned, finishes with some grains & flavorful rye aftertaste.

Thick black pour with tan head that quickly turns into a rim of foam. The aroma is filled with rye and burnt malts. A slight musty odor wafts from a quick swirl of the beer. Burnt, somewhat bitter malts and rye dominate the taste which also has hints of coffee. Aftertaste is slightly bitter with a charred flavor. Medium to full body.

Deep brownish garnett hue. Small tannish head. Grainy nose. Earthiness is evidient all the way through. Sweetness first, firm malt backbone, medium to full bodied, with a pleasant bitter finish. Very interesting, the rye is a great addition.

12 oz bottle from the Binnys singles rack (Orland Park, IL). Pours a very dark hue, black with browner edges, a moderate light brown grainy head that dies to a decent layer, laces a bit. Dark, but thick and near opaque. Aromas are rye malts, a bit smokey, with roasted malts, a bit of caramel and rye sweetness, a touch of cocoa, faint coffee on the nose. Nice. Initial is lighter side of medium bodied, rye malts, caramel, light roast and toast, but instead suplemented with sweetness, lighter roast and toast, faint bitterness on the finish. Overall, a mellow sweetness and rye are the main elements, with some roast and toast coming in towards the back. Subtle, lighter/thinner. Not bad at all, a very drinkable beer.

Bottle; batch 7235. Poured black with a thin tan head. Nice mocha aroma with a light rye background. The flavor is an enjoyable coffee and milk chocolate mix with hints of spices. Full body, smooth but dry. Sweet throughout with a mocha aftertaste. Nice!

Weak roasted malt aroma. Looks like a stout. Thin palate. Weak coffee and malt flavor--not getting the rye presence at all really. A dissapointment from Bells.

(Bottle via trade with BBB63, thanks Mike!) Pours very dark brown with about 1/2" of tan head that fades to a film. Aroma is possibly warm rye bread with some coffee and chocolate in the background. Mouthfeel finely prickly making it a touch harsh, dry, also a little "blunt" feeling. Sloppy lacing. Tastes lightly of coffee and chocolate, then light rye and sourdough in finish. Not really rich and tasty.