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Bells Special Double Cream Stout

Percentile
98
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
10933.85/5.03.85/5.0Winter6.1%98.7English pint
Commercial Description:
Sweeter and smoother than Kalamazoo Stout. A beer for special winter occasions. Great with chocolate desserts. Available October-March.
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 madmitch76 (493), , Essex, England
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/513/20
Nov 15, 2009  
28th June 2008. 10 different malts! Very very smooth stout which is creamy. Very lightly toasted malt runs through the creamyness but there is no bitterness.


 wavers1 (129), novato, California, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/105/517/20
Nov 12, 2009  
damn nice cream stout! both nose and taste have a lot of funcky, cheesy notes that work very nicely. it’s like a cottage cheese stout! lol!


 curly (575), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/515/20
Nov 11, 2009  
Pours solid black with a creamy brown head. Aroma is chocltae, coffee, and vanilla. The body of the beer is thin but also full of wonderful flavor. Mocha, cocoa, caramel and rich roast are present flavors. Very nice beer.


 shp555 (1681), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/516/20
Nov 10, 2009  
Pours a black color with brown head. Aroma is caramel, toast, chocolate, roast, cocoa, cream, a touch of some, and some earthy hops. Flavor is creamy, chocolate, smoke, roast, toast, cocoa, and a bitter spicy finish.


 bsp77 (202), Minnesota, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/516/20
Nov 10, 2009  
Poured from bottle into Nonic Imperial Pint. Opaque black with thick light brown head and major lacing lines. Rich roasted aroma, highlighting coffee, dark chocolate, and roasted barley, with semi-sweet undertones of molasses. Starts off slightly sweet (molasses and dark fruit) but quickly becomes dominated by roasted flavors of bittersweet chocolate and coffee. The taste of cream is persistent throughout and then ends just slightly bitter. Low carbonation, rich full body, ridiculously smooth and creamy, somewhat dry finish. Fantastic English-style stout. Lots of flavor yet very easy to drink. However, I am strangely not compelled to seek it out again, as I would the Kalamazoo Stout.


dand645 (85), Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Nov 10, 2009  
dark brown pour, offwhite head...nice creaminess, good anount of balance between sweet and bitter...nice


RoscoeJackson (15), Michigan, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Nov 9, 2009    Updated: Nov 12, 2009
one of my all-time favorites. definitely a classic cream stout. creamy, slight chocolate, thick, dark, all-around goodness.


 Tripplebrew (490), Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/515/20
Nov 8, 2009  
Pours an opaque chocolate with very thin tan head. Aroma is very chocolatey, vanilla and malts. Flavor is bitter chocolate, a blend of coffee notes and chocolate taking the edge off of any potential sweetness. Abit earthy too.



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