Special Double Cream Stout
Bell's Brewery - Eccentric Café & General Store
- From:
- Bell's Brewery - Eccentric Café & General Store
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- Sweet / Milk Stout
Ranked #405 - ABV:
- 6.1%
- Score:
- 89
Ranked #16,679 - Avg:
- 3.96 | pDev: 10.35%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1,552
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 14, 2026
- Added:
- Dec 30, 2001
- Wants:
- 255
- Gots:
- 568
SCORE
89
Very Good
89
Very Good
Named for its velvety smooth, creamy texture, this incredibly rich stout is brewed with 10 different specialty roasted malts chosen that impart notes of rich mocha and espresso. Dark and sweet tones intermingle with a soft, roasty finish.
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Ratings by Craig-er:
Rated by Craig-er from New Hampshire
4.25/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
L- 4” of carbination. Dark chocolate color.
S- espresso and choc
T- lovely coffee no bitterness
F- full bodied.
Nov 13, 2025S- espresso and choc
T- lovely coffee no bitterness
F- full bodied.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Wattie83 from Pennsylvania
3.64/5 rDev -8.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.64/5 rDev -8.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
12 oz bottle poured into a stout glass. Look is dark brown body with a khaki head that falls to a thin cap. Smell is roasted malts, cocoa. Taste is rich, roasted malt, grain, bitter cocoa, dark roast coffee. Feel is medium to full bodied, w decent carbonation. Overall, a nice, bitter, roasty stout. Not much sweetness to balance as the name / style may suggest.
Dec 26, 2025
Reviewed by mattpressley from North Carolina
3.95/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.95/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Very dark color with a quarter inch head. SRM 34. 6.1% ABV. I bought it because it said sweet stout. Seems to me like it's good but average for Bell's; comparable to Founders, Allagash, and Boulevard. It's dark, it's stout, slightly sweet as advertised. Slightly bitter with the taste of dark chocolate.
Oct 20, 2025
Reviewed by TheBigBoy from Pennsylvania
2.9/5 rDev -26.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.9/5 rDev -26.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Double cream is spot on naming for this one. Enjoy a good sweet stout but this one divides on delivering a stout and chalky creaminess. What is missing is the nail on the sweet stoutiness.
Sep 06, 2025
Reviewed by rapayn01 from Kentucky
4.49/5 rDev +13.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
4.49/5 rDev +13.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
I've enjoyed one of these poured from a bottle in each of the past few winters. It has excellent creamy mouthfeel with a tasty roast flavor that matches that pretty well. There's even a bit of hop (or perhaps coffee) bitterness. It's a winter favorite that I should drink more often.
Jul 06, 2025
Reviewed by Sinfull from New York
3.97/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.97/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Almost black. One finger thick, beige head. Chocolate and toasted malt in aroma. well-balanced taste with some chocolate sweetness and moderate roasted bitterness. Full body, smooth mouthfeel.
Jan 16, 2025
Reviewed by MonDak_Joe1953 from Minnesota
3.92/5 rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
12oz bottle. Stamped date on label is 'BESTBY: 28SEP25'.
Black colored body, with a red mahogany back lit edge. One finger of light tan head, and this recedes to islands and a ring. Leaves behind a few scattered lacing spots.
Aroma of roasted malts, with sweet coffee and a bit of chocolate.
Taste is a little sweet but more dark and roasty. Flavors of dark rich coffee and cocoa. Rich and bitter, tempered by the creamy sweetness. Bitter aftertaste fades quickly.
Medium mouthfeel. Has a thin creamy texture. Some tongue numbness. Good carbonation.
Stays away from extremes for bitterness and for sweetness, but extends gestures of both.
Jan 15, 2025Black colored body, with a red mahogany back lit edge. One finger of light tan head, and this recedes to islands and a ring. Leaves behind a few scattered lacing spots.
Aroma of roasted malts, with sweet coffee and a bit of chocolate.
Taste is a little sweet but more dark and roasty. Flavors of dark rich coffee and cocoa. Rich and bitter, tempered by the creamy sweetness. Bitter aftertaste fades quickly.
Medium mouthfeel. Has a thin creamy texture. Some tongue numbness. Good carbonation.
Stays away from extremes for bitterness and for sweetness, but extends gestures of both.
Reviewed by steveh from Illinois
4.03/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.03/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Felt like something rich and malty. Local was having a good sale on this Bell's classic that I hadn't sampled in a while. Poured into my stout (not necessarily Stout) mug.
L -- Deep, black body with a tight, creamy, tan head that holds up well.
S -- Cocoa, milk chocolate, creamed coffee.
T -- Roasted malts, earthy back with dark fruit and herbal bitterness. Cocoa and roasted malt in the finish.
F -- Creamy smooth mouthfeel with a medium-robust to robust body.
O -- Very nice rendition of the style.
Dec 11, 2024L -- Deep, black body with a tight, creamy, tan head that holds up well.
S -- Cocoa, milk chocolate, creamed coffee.
T -- Roasted malts, earthy back with dark fruit and herbal bitterness. Cocoa and roasted malt in the finish.
F -- Creamy smooth mouthfeel with a medium-robust to robust body.
O -- Very nice rendition of the style.
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