Bell's Brewery Expedition Stout

Expedition Stout
(has 4 batches)

 

Bell's Brewery in Galesburg, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

  Stout - Imperial Rotating
Score
8.43
ABV: 10.5% IBU: 77 Ticks (all batches): 278
One of the earliest examples of Russian Imperial Stouts in the United States, Expedition Stout offers immensely complex flavors crafted specifically with aging in mind.

A huge malt body is matched with a heady blend of chocolate, dark fruit and other aromas. The flavors will slowly meld and grow in depth as the beer ages in your cellar.
 

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8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
355ml bottle thanks to BenH. Appearance - opaque black and viscous with fawn head. Nose - dark chocolate with booze and spiced fruit cake. Taste - raisins sweet spices and chocolate all engulfed in a boozy case. Palate - full bodied with a big sweet viscous texture and a fairly balanced finish despite the big sweetness at the front. Overall - yeah great stuff. A multi dimensional imperial stout.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Jul 2014 at 13:46

8.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
355 ml bottle at home. Black color with a very nice brown head. Aroma is roasted malty full of chocolate, some coffee, fruity (raisins) and alcohol. Taste begins sweet but it becomes very bitter quickly. Milk chocolate, dark chocolate and coffee. Full body, creamy, flat carbonation, bitter coffee finish.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Jul 2014 at 12:45

8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 8
0.355l bottle shared with The Tasting Crew. A little treat on this Easter day. It has a deep deep dark brown body with a small islandy and side sticking brown top. It has quite a deep and somewhat complex aroma. Somewhat on the sweet side with lots of sweet licorice, lots of confectionery chocolate. So much that I'm having a hard time member in the last time I had this much confectionery chocolate in a beer. Soft vanilla, a little gift of green banana and oak. Not sure if this had been barreled on anything, but it definitely smells of oak. A little bit of charcoal and lots of licorice! It's really comfortably carbonated with a good solid oily mouthfeel. Chocolate, roasted, a fantastic bitterness. Just a lovely flavored beer. The finish is packed with dark chocolate. Almost like I've finished a plate of dark chocolate by myself. 31.03.2013
Tried from Bottle on 17 Jul 2014 at 03:22

8.1/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
12 oz. bottle, thanks to Dunn4040. Pours black, with a small, brown head. The aroma is strong coffee and bitter chocolate, caramel, faint cherries and tobacco, cinnamon, and peat. Very sweet and malty, with a light roasted bitterness. Very heavy body, sticky, syrupy, and a little chalky. This is a quite a nice stout. Thick, sticky-sweet, and very aromatic. This bottle is about a year old, and I can imagine a few more wouldn’t hurt.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Jul 2014 at 21:01

8.5/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Oily black colour, dark brown foam. Soft carbonation. Full body. Aroma of dark chocolate, coffee and roasted malts. Very bitter hoppy finish. Not much sweetness. Well balanced. Good!
Tried on 28 Jun 2014 at 08:41

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Poured from 355mL bottle (pkgd 07/26/13). Creamy jet black with tan head. Nice balance of chocolate and coffee with some subtle sour-sweet raisin and smoked characteristics. Mild alcohol notes. Texture quite creamy. Full body.
Tried from Bottle on 15 May 2014 at 21:03

8.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Bell's Expedition Stout (by Bell's Brewery):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.3/5

5/IV/14 - 12Fl. Oz. bottle @ home - bottled: 10/II/12 (2014-338) Thanks to Jeremy for the bottle!

Dark brown to black beer, creamy dense beige to brown head, pretty stable, non adhesive. Aroma: some chlorine, cocoa powder, sweet, dark chocolate, some caramel, charcoal. MF: soft carbon, full body, smooth texture. Taste: fruity start, berries, little sourish, caramel, sweet, lots of chocolate, cocoa powder. Aftertaste: pretty bitter and hoppy, sweet caramel, mocha, coffee, dark chocolate, alcohol, sugary touch, very yum yum!
Tried from Bottle on 05 Apr 2014 at 12:05

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle at home, purchased Florida, rate # 700. 1st March 14. Cracked the bottle the aroma punched me in the face, full on, thick liquorice, chocolate and leather. Pours, viscous and rich, taste is rich, liquorice, salty smooth and decadent. Top drawer!
Tried from Bottle on 02 Mar 2014 at 13:44

8.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9.5
Tap at Jeffrey. Pours jet black with pretty beige head and great lacing. Nose is chocolate and light hops. Mouthfeel is excellent velvety texture. Tastes of chocolate, plums, light leather, molasses, coffee, and some pine. Despite being rich in no way cloying and abv is pretty well hidden making this dangerously drinkable. Hopslam kicked before I got here bit this is fine consolation.
Tried from Draft on 15 Feb 2014 at 10:16

9/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
Tykflydende sort, tæt brunt skum. Intens aroma af engelsk lakrids. Smagen er tyk og fed, cremet med malt, bitterhed og mørke bær. Altsammen varer ved i lang eftersmag, suppleret af boozy alkohol. Wow.
Tried on 13 Feb 2014 at 16:27