Bells Rye Stout

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Stout
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

2009 Bottle, Batch 9370 - Thanks mibirder! - Pours an opaque dk brown with a large tan head...aroma is roasty and woody, cocoa and plum, with a pronounced graininess...flavour is similar, sweet caramel malt, coffee, a great amount of rye taste without becoming one dimensional, finish is somehow a lingering char bitterness, but the mouthfeel is completely sweet...odd brew that I completely enjoyed!

Thanks Santa....pours out a deep brown with a small off white head. Aroma is of roasted malt and some rye. The flavor is very interesting, roasty with rye, coffee and slight fruit here and there. Little bitterness on the finish

12 oz. bottle. Pours dark brown (deep copper when held to a light) with a small creamy beige head. The aroma was sweet with notes of caramel and dark chocolate, black coffee, and rye. The flavor is roasted malts, rye, coffee at times, and milk chocolate. This is not big in any way. Medium bodied with a creamy smooth mouthfeel. Enjoyable, I’m glad to see they are making this again.

12 oz bottle from Ohiodad(thanks!).Pours a near black with a small tan head. Nose is of roasted coffee and rye. That is pretty much the taste along with some lactose and possibly some oats. Well carbonated fizzy finish. The rye is actually fairly subdued. Thin bodied and sessionable. No alcohol detected. Nice easy drinking stout. Bells seems to never do wrong.

Very dark brown pour with a substantial and steady brown head. Lacing nonexistent. Aroma is nutty malts, coffee and toffee, spicy rye, peppery with bittersweet chocolate and mild earthy hops. Flavor is somewhat spicy and dissimilar to the aroma. Noted are heavy doses of rye and caramel, along with mild chocolate, some citrus fruit and buttery malts. Palate is full and unbalanced, spiciness intruding upon the pleasantries. Finishes aggressive and salty/spicy, short-lived as well. This has an underlying flavor that is nice, but confusing. I usually associate the addition of rye to a beer with producing a creamier mouthfeel and I’m just not getting that here as much as I’d like. My least favorite of many Bell’s stouts sampled.

Well, I dont like rye, but I do like stouts, so who knows how this will turn out. Well, this is far better than I had expected. The rye was no where near what one could plan on getting in rye bread. Flavor has a small spicy bite at first, then fades away for a nice smooth finish.

12 oz. bottle, batch 7235. nothing spectacular yet very drinkable and enjoyable. mild flavors of chocolate, rye, coffee and some oak. low carbonation with a spicey note on the finish. a good summertime stout.

As far as Bell’s Stouts are concerned this is probably near the bottom end of them (although their other ones are so good). I had this on tap at the brewery. The stout wasn’t as dark in color as you might expect. Light flavor that doesn’t stay with you as much. I think it would be a great beer for people just beginning to drink Stouts...or if you want something not quite as heavy.