Special Double Cream Stout
Bell's Brewery - Eccentric Café & General Store

 

Purchased as part of a “build your own “ 6 pack of bottles from Wegmans in Collegeville, PA.

L- Pitch black with a tan creamy head.

S- Hardly any aroma.

T- Mildly hoppy flavor with a subtle cocoa
taste.

F- Creamy smooth mouthfeel.

O- A very easy drinking and enjoyable milk
stout!

 

 

 

This was the first beer from Bell's, and one of the first craft beers I ever tried.

 

Pours dark brown with a very nice one finger head. Aroma is nice roasted malt. There is a degree of sweetness to the aroma as well. Taste is on the lighter side of moderate, sweet, with roasted malt though not as much as hinted at by the aroma. The brew is smooth and creamy. The ABV is nearly absent. A bit on the watery side for my personal taste but drinkable.

 

 

 

 

 

Poured stout black and, much to my surprise, had virtually no head but left off-white lacing.
The aroma was mild for my nose, but that’s normal. I did get that lactose sweetened malt and smooth coffee.
The taste features malts galore, cocoa and chocolate and coffee and toast and the expected sweetness was present, just not as a major player.
The feel was a bit thin for a stout, especially a double, but as the ABV makes it possible to drink more than one without falling over, the thinness works in its favor.
Glad it’s local, I get some every year, just never rated it before.

Very tasty, but light for a stout.

 

On first taste, smoothness is more prominent than taste. Not too sweet. Has a well balanced stout flavor.

12 oz bottle
Glass: Nonic Pint
Temp at Pour: 47 F
ABV: 6.1%


Look:
Very dark brown-to-black with some chestnut highlights when held up to a light. 1-finger dark tan/light brown head that quickly dissipates to a thing cover and then that begins to disappear. I suspect that the age of this bottle is a factor, here.

Smell:
Sweet roasted oats and rich semi-sweet chocolate. Touch of coffee here and there.

Taste:
Initial molasses sweetness is quickly joined by roasted oats and some char. The semi-sweet chocolate appears and transitions to bittersweet chocolate and obvious coffee notes emerge. Anise shows up near the end. Finishes on a sweet fading chocolate and molasses note.

Feel:
Smooth and creamy. Body is in the heavier side of medium

Overall:
This stout is a perennial favorite of mine. I pick up at least a 6 pack each year, if I can. The coffee and chocolate notes remind of coffee stouts, but are much less in your face. The heavier body is nice. Somehow, this particular bottle hid in the cellar for 2 years. It didn't last long after I found it.

L - black with mahogany highlights and a creamy tan head that dissipates somewhat quickly leaving behind some lacing
S - notes of semi sweet chocolate, roasted dark malts, coffee - smell is somewhat faint
T - follows the nose with semi sweet chocolate and roasted dark malts intermixed with sweet cream and coffee along with a somewhat nutty finish
F - medium bodied with light to medium carbonation. Smooth and velvety, but a little thin on the finish
O - a nice milk stout that doesn't really do anything wrong.

Poured gently from a bottle into a snifter glass, forming maybe a finger of tan head. Deep cola brown color. Smell is sweet/roasty oats. Taste is similar to the taste, just mostly roasty with some sweetness. Taste got a bit much after it warmed, wasn't a fan at all at that point. Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. A fine milk stout if you like the roasty nature.