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Cherry Stout
Bell's Brewery - Eccentric Café & General Store
- From:
- Bell's Brewery - Eccentric Café & General Store
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- American Stout
Ranked #346 - ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 80
Ranked #26,062 - Avg:
- 3.54 | pDev: 16.1%
- Reviews:
- 1,071
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 06, 2024
- Added:
- Jan 09, 2002
- Wants:
- 117
- Gots:
- 359
"A mysterious dance of tart Michigan cherries with the dark, roasted malts of a big and bold stout." and "Stout brewed with cherry juice."
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Ratings by TheStove:
Reviewed by TheStove from Illinois
3.82/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.82/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from a bottle into a 12oz glass.
Poured a deep inky black with tinges of cola color when held to the light. A very light brown head forms at the top and quickly disappears. Looks like black water. Beverage smells of a delightful play of maltiness and cherry. The cherry smell is multi-layered, smelling sweet but also fleshy (odd, I know).
Sips with a prominent flavor of sweetness, which is primarily cherry backed by malt. Mid sip gives way to more malt characteristics before kicking in with a slight bit of cherry sweetness, mixing with caramel and light chocolate malt flavors and finally finishing with that tart cherry flavor described on the bottle. Finish is a tad syrupy and reminiscent of cherry juice but still enjoyable. Malt flavors become more apparent as beverage is consumed and add to enjoyment in mixing with cherry flavor.
Overall a great beer given it incorporates fruit but I'm not sure how it works singularly as a stout. The interplay of cherry and malt flavor alone makes this worth drinking and almost makes it a lower gravity dessert beer if you weren't into drinking an eisbock. I aged this bottle for a year and while it liked it better fresh, this is still a great one for a cold night.
Oct 06, 2011Poured a deep inky black with tinges of cola color when held to the light. A very light brown head forms at the top and quickly disappears. Looks like black water. Beverage smells of a delightful play of maltiness and cherry. The cherry smell is multi-layered, smelling sweet but also fleshy (odd, I know).
Sips with a prominent flavor of sweetness, which is primarily cherry backed by malt. Mid sip gives way to more malt characteristics before kicking in with a slight bit of cherry sweetness, mixing with caramel and light chocolate malt flavors and finally finishing with that tart cherry flavor described on the bottle. Finish is a tad syrupy and reminiscent of cherry juice but still enjoyable. Malt flavors become more apparent as beverage is consumed and add to enjoyment in mixing with cherry flavor.
Overall a great beer given it incorporates fruit but I'm not sure how it works singularly as a stout. The interplay of cherry and malt flavor alone makes this worth drinking and almost makes it a lower gravity dessert beer if you weren't into drinking an eisbock. I aged this bottle for a year and while it liked it better fresh, this is still a great one for a cold night.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by BuxMontBeerLover from Pennsylvania
3.68/5 rDev +4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.68/5 rDev +4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Poured into a goblet. Totally opaque, deep black color. A faint beige head on the initial pour that fades to a light ring.
A slightly tangy cherry aroma. Maybe some faint sweetness as well but not much.
A very sour-like cherry flavor. A mildly bitter chocolate taste is there but not like a deep, rich stout would have. The ABv isn’t noticeable.
Thinner consistency with medium carbonation.
Not a bad brew but not a top-tier stout by any means. The cherry flavor dominates and taste slightly cough syrupy. Not bad but not great…cheers!
Jan 28, 2024A slightly tangy cherry aroma. Maybe some faint sweetness as well but not much.
A very sour-like cherry flavor. A mildly bitter chocolate taste is there but not like a deep, rich stout would have. The ABv isn’t noticeable.
Thinner consistency with medium carbonation.
Not a bad brew but not a top-tier stout by any means. The cherry flavor dominates and taste slightly cough syrupy. Not bad but not great…cheers!
Reviewed by Valdez_Mescalito from Michigan
3.89/5 rDev +9.9%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.89/5 rDev +9.9%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
October-November 2023 Limited Time Offering Release - 6 pack
12 oz. bottle dated 10/03/2023 - 7.0% ABV / 17 IBUs
Brewed and bottled in Comstock, MI
Poured into a Bell's branded tulip snifter glass
Look - Pours a thin reddish-tan head that leaves nice lacing. Opaque, black appearance.
Smell - The scent is faint cherries and dark chocolate.
Taste - The taste follows the nose with cherry being the most dominant, and has a decent tartness upfront. It fades quickly leaving not much of an aftertaste.
Feel - Medium bodied with a sharp mouthfeel that finishes dry.
Overall - The cherry flavor borders on medicinal and kind of overpowers everything else.
Nov 02, 202312 oz. bottle dated 10/03/2023 - 7.0% ABV / 17 IBUs
Brewed and bottled in Comstock, MI
Poured into a Bell's branded tulip snifter glass
Look - Pours a thin reddish-tan head that leaves nice lacing. Opaque, black appearance.
Smell - The scent is faint cherries and dark chocolate.
Taste - The taste follows the nose with cherry being the most dominant, and has a decent tartness upfront. It fades quickly leaving not much of an aftertaste.
Feel - Medium bodied with a sharp mouthfeel that finishes dry.
Overall - The cherry flavor borders on medicinal and kind of overpowers everything else.
Reviewed by Foyle from North Carolina
4.17/5 rDev +17.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.17/5 rDev +17.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Poured from 12 oz bottle into pint glass. Thin beige head, mild lacing, dark brown color. Mouthfeel is heavy with a dry finish. Flavors chocolate, caramel, tart cherries, dark roasted barley, earthy hops. Overall: very good.
Mar 10, 2023Reviewed by Wattie83 from Pennsylvania
3.43/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.43/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from 12oz bottle to a stout glass. Pours black with some ruby highlights. A cocoa brown head falls quickly to a cap that never leaves. Smell is roasted malt, earthy hops, some cherry too. Taste is roasted coffee and earthiness up front. Black cherry and cocoa powder in the middle. Finishes with cherry and roast malts. Starts bitter, gets more tart throughout the sip. Finish is a bit astringent Feel is medium bodied with quick, tight carbonation. Overall, it's OK. I wouldn't go out of my way to get it again. Seems to need a bit of sweetness somewhere to balance things out.
Jan 01, 2022Rated by KT3418 from Colorado
4/5 rDev +13%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +13%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This hit this spot with chocolate cake. I wish it was black forest cake. Great stout action, subtle cherry. Would purchase again
Mar 18, 2021
Cherry Stout from Bell's Brewery - Eccentric Café & General Store
Beer rating:
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