Porter | Bell's Brewery - Eccentric Café & General Store
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Bell's Brewery - Eccentric Café & General Store
Michigan, United States
bellsbeer.com
Style: American Porter
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 5.60%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
One of our many award-winning beers, Porter emphasizes the darker, roasted aspects of malt. Hints of dark chocolate and freshly roasted coffee provide the focus, while hops remain in the background. Not as full-bodied as a stout, Porter bridges the gap between malty brown ales and our more heavily roasted stouts.
Added by Mitchster on 02-06-2002
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Ratings: 2,996 | Reviews: 1,080
3.77/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Solid Porter my friends. Brevity is the theme. This beer is simple and good. If you run a restaurant you would do well to offer this one. This is a basic good porter.
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look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Solid Porter my friends. Brevity is the theme. This beer is simple and good. If you run a restaurant you would do well to offer this one. This is a basic good porter.
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4.24/5 rDev +9.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.12/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bells Brewery, Inc. "Porter"
12 fl. oz. brown glass bottle, "PKG 01/10/2018 PRN 20332" and sampled on 03/15/2018
$2 @ Giant, Havertown, PA
Notes via stream of consciousness: Not my first Bell's Porter, not my last. Massive head of foamy tan... now I'll have to wait for it to settle, I should have poured more carefully. Opaque brown-black body with minimal highlights of dark mahogany when held to the light. The aroma suggests cocoa powder, milk chocolate, and caramel nougat ~ even the suggestion of coffee beans in the background although there's no coffee there. Let's just call that "nutty". Does it smell like a candy bar? Well, yes. Beautiful pint. I can see some heavily sedimented less in the bottom of the bottle. On to the flavor... softly chocolatey and lightly caramelish with just a touch of roastiness in the back as expected. It's sweetish but not sweet, and gently bitter but not too bitter, perfectly rounded and balanced. If there's anything left to be desired here it's more complexity but at the same time I'm not sure I want that... this is a simple, straightforward drinking beer. It's flavorful and fulfilling and I'm not sure I want to have any more to think about. Massively drinkable! The body is medium and it's got a delicate, fine-bubbled moderate carbonation that lends a little bit of crispness but then warms to become smooth. Looking back there's some very nice lacing left behind. It reminds me of the lacing that's usually left behind in a pint of British cask ale. Overall, superbly rounded and balanced. Proof that sometimes just doing something simple in the best way possible wins over pushing the envelope. Well worth trying.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bells Brewery, Inc. "Porter"
12 fl. oz. brown glass bottle, "PKG 01/10/2018 PRN 20332" and sampled on 03/15/2018
$2 @ Giant, Havertown, PA
Notes via stream of consciousness: Not my first Bell's Porter, not my last. Massive head of foamy tan... now I'll have to wait for it to settle, I should have poured more carefully. Opaque brown-black body with minimal highlights of dark mahogany when held to the light. The aroma suggests cocoa powder, milk chocolate, and caramel nougat ~ even the suggestion of coffee beans in the background although there's no coffee there. Let's just call that "nutty". Does it smell like a candy bar? Well, yes. Beautiful pint. I can see some heavily sedimented less in the bottom of the bottle. On to the flavor... softly chocolatey and lightly caramelish with just a touch of roastiness in the back as expected. It's sweetish but not sweet, and gently bitter but not too bitter, perfectly rounded and balanced. If there's anything left to be desired here it's more complexity but at the same time I'm not sure I want that... this is a simple, straightforward drinking beer. It's flavorful and fulfilling and I'm not sure I want to have any more to think about. Massively drinkable! The body is medium and it's got a delicate, fine-bubbled moderate carbonation that lends a little bit of crispness but then warms to become smooth. Looking back there's some very nice lacing left behind. It reminds me of the lacing that's usually left behind in a pint of British cask ale. Overall, superbly rounded and balanced. Proof that sometimes just doing something simple in the best way possible wins over pushing the envelope. Well worth trying.
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4.12/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.71/5 rDev -3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
4.11/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Deep rich brown with 1/2 finger head that disappears quickly. Little to no lacing. Smells of chocolate and coffee, as does it taste. Very smooth on the pallet. Very little carbonation. This is tasty and smooth and goes down super easy. Finishes moist with only a hint of bitterness. If head and lacing are important to you, look elsewhere as this beer looks flat in the glass. If excellent taste and drinkability are what you care about most (as I do), this is a fantastic choice. Although some may think me a heretic, I think this tastes just as good straight from the bottle and I don't waste a glass on it because it isn't the prettiest to look at. Fantastic everyday porter to throw in the cooler.
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look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Deep rich brown with 1/2 finger head that disappears quickly. Little to no lacing. Smells of chocolate and coffee, as does it taste. Very smooth on the pallet. Very little carbonation. This is tasty and smooth and goes down super easy. Finishes moist with only a hint of bitterness. If head and lacing are important to you, look elsewhere as this beer looks flat in the glass. If excellent taste and drinkability are what you care about most (as I do), this is a fantastic choice. Although some may think me a heretic, I think this tastes just as good straight from the bottle and I don't waste a glass on it because it isn't the prettiest to look at. Fantastic everyday porter to throw in the cooler.
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4.77/5 rDev +23.6%
look: 2 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
From 2d2dspuma. In Ikea's pint glass. Playing Cally's Caves 3. Lots of foam, requiring 2 pours. Dont let its aspect deceive you. Its feel is really smooth and creamy and has superb roasted notes in both nose and mouth. Really drinkable
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look: 2 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
From 2d2dspuma. In Ikea's pint glass. Playing Cally's Caves 3. Lots of foam, requiring 2 pours. Dont let its aspect deceive you. Its feel is really smooth and creamy and has superb roasted notes in both nose and mouth. Really drinkable
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3.99/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.68/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours a reddish brown that allows ruby light through and a slightly tan head. Smells of roasted malts, coffee, and toffee. Tastes of light coffee, toffee, tons of roasted malts, caramel, and chocolate. Medium-light in body and medium carbonation. Overall a very good standard porter.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours a reddish brown that allows ruby light through and a slightly tan head. Smells of roasted malts, coffee, and toffee. Tastes of light coffee, toffee, tons of roasted malts, caramel, and chocolate. Medium-light in body and medium carbonation. Overall a very good standard porter.
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3.88/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.5/5 rDev -9.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Porter from Bell's Brewery - Eccentric Café & General Store
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