Bell's Brewery Expedition Stout

Expedition Stout

 

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

  Stout - Imperial Rotating
Score
8.43
ABV: 10.5% IBU: 77 Ticks: 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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8.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle from Beers’n’more, bottled 11/06/15. Pours almost black, hints of brown, little head. Aroma is dark dried fruit, plum, chocolate, raisin. Body is quite heavy, sweet and warmingly boozy with only a little carbonation - Not flat and not lacking anything, though. Chocolate is even intenser here, other roasted malts too, but there is still dark fruit present. Some soy sauce. Palate lingers on chocolate and bitterness. Still warming and boozy. A sipper for sure. Good balance. Great!
Tried from Bottle on 04 May 2017 at 14:42

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Aroma: Roasted malt with smoke and fruity sweetness. Flavour: Dark roasted malt with chocolate notes and fruity sweetness. Aftertaste is malty with notes of coffee and rather bitter. Mouthfeel is creamy and alcoholic warm. Colour: black with a brown head.
Tried on 09 Apr 2017 at 10:16

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Közepes, tartós hab, fekete szín. Illata csokis, kávés, aszalt gyümölcsös. Selymes, csokoládés, kissé kávés és nagyon sötét bogyós gyümölcsös karakter, markáns hordós aromákkal, pici vörösboros beütéssel. Hatalmas test jellemzi, enyhe szénsavtartalommal és közepes keserűvel, amit a tölgyfa és a pörkölt maláta ad. Isteni sör, nagyszerű arányokkal és egyensúllyal.
Tried on 24 Mar 2017 at 16:24

8/10
Tried on 24 Feb 2017 at 21:22

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle 355ml (BB 11.06.2019). Completely black with beige, short head. Nice lacing. Aroma intense with bitter chocolate and cacao notes. There is also sweet note of noble alcohol behind. Roasty bitterness, quite high and agressive but it should be such in RIS. There is bitter chocolate and intense cacao in taste with nice, sweet liquor finish. Beer is full body, warms a bit inside and in the throat but anyway alcohol is well hidden. Even though beer is roasty, it’s also very smooth. Generally it’s very good RIS, chocalate and roasty.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Feb 2017 at 14:12

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle from Beer Gonzo - bottled 19 months ago. Black body with a thin tan head that slowly fades. Faint lacing. Aroma of furniture polish, charred barbecue and Christmas pudding. Flavour of espresso, dark chocolate and deep, roasted malts. Medium to full body with a smooth, creamy texture. The finish just goes on and on - for me it is the best thing about this wonderful beer.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Jan 2017 at 17:26

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BOTTLE 12 OZ. Inky black, dark espresso head. Rich and luscious aroma - not as much roasty as sweet - molasses, dark fruit jam, alcohol spice. The taste is very intense, pretty heavy on malts, lots of molasses and sticky dark sugars, some dark fruits. Of course, the roast malts and the alcohol manage to turn it into a greater desert beer. Excellent.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jan 2017 at 17:24

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Bottle, 355 ml, present by Vlado, shared with JFK10000. Pours black with small brown head. Roasted malts, lots of chocolate, coffee, cocoa, dark fruit. Quite sweet. Full bodied, soft carbonation, thick, creamy, oily. Great one.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jan 2017 at 13:39

9.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 10 Texture 10 Overall 8.5
Shared 12oz. bottle. Viscous pour, almost black with a tan head. Aroma of dark malt, chocolate. Taste: dark malt, chocolate, burnt undertones, hints of dark fruit, perhaps a touch of smoke, licorice notes, oak. Heavy body. Wow.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jan 2017 at 23:35

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Bottle. BB 11-2015. Black oily pour. Aroma has chocolate, mocha coffee, mild licorice, red fruit and roasted caramelised malt. Taste has lucious caramelised malt, ripe fruit, smooth chocolate, soft licorice, coffee, molasses and a sweet bitter finish. Very balanced and very tasty. A classic worthy of its status.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2017 at 17:16