Bells Rye Stout

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Stout
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

Pours a deep dark brown mahogony black, topped by about an inch of deep tan foam. Good head retention and lacing. I can’t get over this aroma - to me it smells like Raisin Bran cereal still in the box - grain, bran, and those tiny tartly dried and subsequently sugared raisins. Dry rye and bitter cherry pit flavor combines with a bittersweet chocolate and a roasted grain flavor. Perfect. Medium body, prevelant and silky smooth carbonation

The rye adds a deep earthy aroma to the nose, the color is black and the head voluminous, beige in color, the lace is thick upon the glass. Start is grainy, the middle moderate as is the carbonation, the finish dry and some what hop spicy. Excellent beer, another winner in my eyes.

Cute Jewish woman adorns the bottle that screams New York and rye bread. Opaque liquid topped by fluffy tan head. Thin lacing that’s almost nonexistent. Rich chocolate smell with roasted ground coffee aroma floating around in the glass. As the brew warms up, a slight alcohol smell comes through. Delicious rich stout taste. Lots of roasted flavor and malty sweetness but it seems the cute old Jewish lady has let me down. Where’s the rye taste that the name and label bring me to expect? This is a great beer with good carbonation and an enjoyable feel. Please come south, Bell’s. We need you down here.

Very good. A bit like their spiced stout but smoother and dryer.

I agree with funk, EXTREMELY tasty but alittle dryer and bit less exotic than bell’s other stouts. But still an excellent addition to bells beloved 10 stouts of november

12/23/02: on tap at the smokehouse. thick, rich, creamy- dreamy head, which diminishes to a medium size. very malty smell and taste. heavy coffee flavor and a bit of a smoky taste. excellent brew.

light, grainy aroma of dark malt on a brown/black body with a smallish tan head. extraordinarily smooth body. definitely some spiciness to go with the typical coffee flavors; sweet malty backbone with a great balance of some bitterness. smooth tasty finish with a hint spices.

A spicy flavor with a little bit of coffee in the aftertaste. Nice job Bell’s