Java Stout
Bell's Brewery - Eccentric Café & General Store


- From:
- Bell's Brewery - Eccentric Café & General Store
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- American Stout
Ranked #138 - ABV:
- 7.5%
- Score:
- 88
Ranked #18,125 - Avg:
- 3.94 | pDev: 11.17%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1,159
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 10, 2025
- Added:
- Dec 11, 2001
- Wants:
- 185
- Gots:
- 442
Java Stout uses a custom blend of coffee beans, roasted locally for us by Water Street Coffee Joint, to generate its intense flavor. Possessing an unmistakable aromatic punch, Java Stout has long been one of our most popular stouts.
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Ratings by Sinfull:
Rated by Sinfull from New York
3.96/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Black color. Medium-sized, beige head. The aroma of coffee, and dark chocolate. Coffee and roasted malt flavor. Roasted bitterness all the way.
Jan 16, 2025More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Whyteboar from Michigan
3.93/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3.93/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Poured like coffee yet ended up stout black with a short brown head.
The taste is not quite typical coffee stout, it’s more like espresso stout. Bitter coffee leads and the malts play second fiddle.
The feel is appropriate for the style, easy to quaff and way to easy to quaff quickly.
OA, haven’t seen this in years, glad I found it again.
Nov 11, 2024The taste is not quite typical coffee stout, it’s more like espresso stout. Bitter coffee leads and the malts play second fiddle.
The feel is appropriate for the style, easy to quaff and way to easy to quaff quickly.
OA, haven’t seen this in years, glad I found it again.
Reviewed by milkshakebeersucks from Maryland
4.06/5 rDev +3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.06/5 rDev +3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Aromatic blend of coffee, toffee and chocolate hits the nose immediately as the foamy, tan head leaves light lacing over this rich, dark brew. Smokey, roasted malt taste with the right amount of carbonation to keep the full bodied mouthfeel from becoming too murky. Moderately bitter, long lasting finish.
Mar 04, 2023Rated by Newbeergeek1 from Maine
3.77/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Not one of their best for my tastes but still very glad I tried it. Maybe a tad more malty than I like got me not rating as highly.
Aug 23, 2020Reviewed by Nash39 from Florida
4.26/5 rDev +8.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.26/5 rDev +8.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
The pour is black, The aroma is of roasted malts & coffee. The taste carries along with what the nose had to offer along with a slight trace of baker's chocolate in there as well.. This is a pleasant drinking stout. I have not a Bell's stout to date that I was dissatisfied with. Cheers! A-
Sep 10, 2019Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
3.92/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Bottled 10/24/15; drank 11/26/15 @ the Yarchives.
Black/brown appearance.
A rough pour yielded a HUGE tan head; a frothy curtain of lace.
Mild habenero, roasted coffee bean & faint citrus notes in the nose.
Creamy medium mouthfeel.
Caramel & milk chocolate flavors up front; dry orange rind & faint pepper heat notes on the finish.
I wished this was more coffee forward, but found it enjoyable.
Apr 24, 2019Black/brown appearance.
A rough pour yielded a HUGE tan head; a frothy curtain of lace.
Mild habenero, roasted coffee bean & faint citrus notes in the nose.
Creamy medium mouthfeel.
Caramel & milk chocolate flavors up front; dry orange rind & faint pepper heat notes on the finish.
I wished this was more coffee forward, but found it enjoyable.
Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.78/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.78/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
From bottle at RBESG 2016 in Barcelona, Grand Tasting. Black colour, small tan head. Roasty aroma and flavour, distinct coffee notes, fairly dry. Better than average.
Jun 12, 2018
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