Bells Rye Stout

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Stout
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

Bottle. Pours brown with a small head. Raisens and sweet malts in the nose. It’s a sweet stout with some sweet maltiness and hint of grass.

Pours a dark brown color with thin head that fades quickly. Smells of chocolate, roasted coffee, rye, and a hint of hops. Taste much the same with a sweet and subtely spicy rye finish. Medium bodied and mildy carbonated.

Bottle. Poured an opaque dark brown that appeared black in the glass. Head was minimal. A strong roast scent with a subdued sweetness, the rye was evident. Nice balanced flavor of roasted malt with like the aroma, a hint of sweetness and minimal bitterness. A bit watery, but with a pleasant fizzle to this smooth brew. Tasty.

Tap at Happy Gnome. Pours dark with decent head and some lace. Aroma of rye is there, along with stout roast. The flavor is sharper than other Bell’s stouts, with a nice cut for the afternoon lunch we had (pheasant tartlet). Overall, very nice in all ways.

Chocolate and roasted malt stand out in the aroma.Pours black with almost no head.Get some chocolate with a hint of rye in the flavor.Thin mouthfeel with a roasted malt finish.

Rye beer is a style that I do not have a whole lot of experience with, but I am eager to taste. This stout is jet black in appearance with a tan head. The nose is dominated by roasted barley. The beer has a high acidity that gives this beer a unique thirst quenching quality that I find desirable. The palate is very dry with a lime like flavor that is a bit briny. The more I drink this beer the thirstier I get. Bone dry beer. Bells rye stout is very intriguing, but seems to lack in complexities to separate it from other stouts. I believe that most stout drinkers would benefit from tasting this out of the ordinary beer. I wonder what percent of the mash is rye.

On tap. Pours dark dark brown, some light does make it through. Aroma is roasted malt, some chocolate notes, rye. Flavor is slightly smokey, some molasses perhaps, cocoa, roasted malt. Palate is medium bodied, medium to ligh carbonation, finishes bitter. Yhis is not one of my favorite stouts from Bells. Still a fairly solid brew though.

had this directly finishing the oatmeal. a stronger tasting and smelling beer. still far short from overpowering. this beer had a longer lasting roasted almost herbal taste. darker as well