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

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.

 

Black color. Medium-sized, beige head. The aroma of coffee, and dark chocolate. Coffee and roasted malt flavor. Roasted bitterness all the way.

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.

 

 

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.

 

 

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-

 

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.

 

 

 

 

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.