Java Stout
(has 2 batches)
Bell's Brewery in Galesburg, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured Rotating|
Score
7.66
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Using a fresh, custom blend of coffee beans roasted locally in Kalamazoo by Water Street Coffee Joint, this dark, roasty stout matches an intense flavor with an unmistakable aromatic punch.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Review from notes, sampled 1/11/2008 Received this in a trade with Jay23, thanks for the opportunity. Pours a solid black that no light gets through. Average pour almost overflowed my glass with head. We’ve got some carbonation in suspension here. Aroma is overwhelming with coffee. I also pick up some dried fruits and a bit of chocolate. If there was steam coming out of my glass I would think it was a flavored coffee. Taste is more roasted coffee bitterness with some creamy chocolate mixed into the fold. Creamy mouthfeel with a coffee bitterness in the finish. Solid double stout with coffee added. Another great beer from Bell’s.
Tried
on 23 Jan 2011
at 11:33
6/10
Tried
on 31 Dec 2010
at 11:38
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Batch 9959 thanks to Secret Santa. Pours with a black pour and a large brown head. Very pretty in the glass. Big fresh, roasty, tropical spicy coffee roast aroma. Pretty awesome. Nutty, minerally, flint, creamer. All these descriptors are on the coffee aspect of the beer (which is everything!). A bit of leather. Big, leathery, roasty, nearly acidic, earthy coffee flavors. Rich roast. Very different than a Kopi roast, but equally pungent and very nice. Medium to low hop bitterness (added bitterness from the roast). Light chocolate and vanilla flavors in the finish. Lingering coffee. Pure coffee beer and very nice, different profile than some of the other pure coffee beers that I have had recently. Very rich with coffee decadence. Full bodied. Not overly sweet (perfect actually). Medium bubbles. Dry and good. I need to brew a coffee stout soon.
Tried
on 09 Dec 2010
at 22:32
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 12fl.oz. @ home.Clear dark brown black color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, strong coffee, dusty coffee, dark roasted malt. Flavor is heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, coffee, dark chocolate, chocolate bean. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft and smooth. [20101018]
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Oct 2010
at 23:20
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty strong coffee aroma. Roasted malty coffee flavor with hints of chocolate. Has a roasted malty coffee and chocolate finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2010
at 05:55
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle thanks to drfabulous. Pours black with tan head. Little retention. Nose is freshly made coffee, hazlenuts, chocolate and toasted malts. Taste is very fresh coffee, coffee beans, chocolate, toasted malts and vanilla. One of the better regular stouts I’ve ever had.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2010
at 15:59
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Sample. Black with small tan head. Flavour is roasted malt, dry and lots of coffee.
Tried
on 31 May 2010
at 14:17
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Black color; medium sized head, beige. The aroma is actually suspiciously dusty; there is roasted malt too, coffee grounds, very light phenol, not very nice. The flavor is much better; smooth mouthfeel, roasted malt in front, light coffee, actually with some residual sweetness; later, there is some light liquorice and phenol. Correct bitterness; the final is a bit drier. Very good.
Tried
on 03 Apr 2010
at 13:14
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours a nice, thick, dark, oily-black with small creamy head. Aroma of coffee is strong. Flavor is a nice coffee, with some chocolate and some caramel, along with the roasted malt. This is a very well-done coffee stout.
Tried
on 20 Mar 2010
at 14:22
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 fl oz bottle, courtesy of fiulijn. Pours dark brown to black with a creamy tan and chocolate brown head. Aroma is spiced and dark chocolate malt aroma. Smooth roasted and chocolate, coffee herbal. Smooth and roasted chocolate vanilla and coffee roasted flavoured into a smooth malty and chocolate finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2010
at 15:20