Bells Rye Stout

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Stout
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

Tap @ maproom in chicago. Pours a nice deep brown-black with ruby highlihgts and a nice fluffy deep beige head, and great lacing. Aroma is roasted barley, chocolate malt, light on the hops and has a wierd zesty rye spiciness in the aroma, but the rye is actually more apparent in the flavor and the finish. More roast, coffee, toffee, sweet crysat, bready rye, spicy, and finishes with a wierd light bitter hoppiness and a zesty zing frrom the rye. Very nice. I wish I could have brought a 6er back from Chicago, but my space was limited.

Black, almost no head. Wheat and rye aroma, malty and with some chocolate. Malty, hoppy flavor, some vegetables, some grapes. Quite mild, some bitternss in the finish.

Bottle poured a clear deep dak brown with a lasting tan head. Aromas of bitter chocolate, roasted malt, coffee, rye and light vanilla. Palate was medium bodied and smooth. Flavors of dark chocolate, roasted malt, rye, vanilla and light coffee with a smooth lingering roasty chocolatey finish.

Bottle. Almost black with a beige head. Aroma has a nice doughiness along with roasted malts. Taste does have a bit of rye in there, adding just the right dryness to it. Flavors of sour chocolate and even more coffee. How is this retired?

Bottle. Pours a murky impenetrable black with an average size diminishing tan head. Slightly mild aroma starts with coffee, some chocolate, lightly roasted malt and yes, some faint rye malt (some smoke too) -- smells pleasant. Flavour of caramel malt, some light roastness, coffee and faint rye malt -- a touch watery. Medium bodied, creamy mouthfeel. It’s good but a little dissapointing. To be fair though, if it wasn’t a Bells Stout I would probably be praising it but Bells have so many better Stouts.

Pours a dark, dark brown with very light hints of red when held to the light. Head was small even when poured aggresively. Color of the head was tan and bubbly, left slight lacing. Aroma I actually did pick up the rye up front followed by chocolate, roasted malts and spent coffee grinds along with a hints of smoke. Flavor is a mix of the same. I did like how the rye added to the flavor of this stout. A little on the thin side, but I think I was just expecting more since it was Bells. Is brewed to style though.

Bottle. Dark brown to near black pour with a thick, dense beige head. Aroma is chocolate, rye, roasted malt, and light toffee. Taste is rye, roasted malt, light coffee, dark chocolate, and burnt bread. Body is medium with a thick, creamy carbonation. Ends with more roasted malts, chocolate, light coffee, and toffee. Rye is also present. More dark bread here as well.

Draft at Eccentric Cafe. Poured a dark dark brown color with only a bit of orange light getting through. Head was thin and tan.Not much in the way of aroma with the exception of some chocolate. Slightly sweet up front with a dry and slightly mouth-puckering finish. Medium bodied. Tasted of bitter chocolate, tangy rye, and a bit of dark bread. Interesting beer, but I didn’t like it as much as their other exceptional stouts.