Bell's Brewery
Microbrewery
in
Galesburg,
Michigan,
United States 🇺🇸
Owned by
Lion Breweries - NZ
Associated Venue: Bell's Eccentric Cafe
Established in 1985
Contact
Subsidiaries
Description
Our journey began with a 15-gallon soup kettle, a quest for better beer and countless batches of homebrew. The passion and personality that began Bell’s continues today through our breweries and Eccentric Café. We continue to grow and evolve, dedicated to our mission; to be fiercely independent, 100% family owned, deeply rooted to our community, committed to the environment and brewers of inspired beer.
Sold to Lion Co. - Kirin Holdings in 2021
Sold to Lion Co. - Kirin Holdings in 2021
7.8/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
568mL can, best before April 13, 2025, drunk 12/27/24.
Moderately cloudy, light blonde-brass. Large, fluffy-creamy, off-white head. Good retention.
Light perfume, light tropical fruit, light cracker and biscuit. All pretty timid for its 7.5% size. Some juiciness and base malt (honey, white bread). And it's quite clean. Lots of grapefruit.
Fairly malty, with more grapefruit than tropical fruit. Pleasant, fresh house yeast character. Lots of honey and white bread. Great balance with good bitterness and no weirdness or resin. Not mind-blowing amounts of crazy hop character, but very well-done nonetheless, as long as you like floral and grapefruit hops. Kind of like a softer, rounder Two Hearted.
Moderately cloudy, light blonde-brass. Large, fluffy-creamy, off-white head. Good retention.
Light perfume, light tropical fruit, light cracker and biscuit. All pretty timid for its 7.5% size. Some juiciness and base malt (honey, white bread). And it's quite clean. Lots of grapefruit.
Fairly malty, with more grapefruit than tropical fruit. Pleasant, fresh house yeast character. Lots of honey and white bread. Great balance with good bitterness and no weirdness or resin. Not mind-blowing amounts of crazy hop character, but very well-done nonetheless, as long as you like floral and grapefruit hops. Kind of like a softer, rounder Two Hearted.
Tried
from Can
from
The Wine Garden
on 27 Dec 2024
at 21:44
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
GTMW 2023. Sweeter than normal expedition. Good palate, thick, moderate roasted, sugar, caramel and some chocolate and coffee notes. Very good.
Tried
on 26 Dec 2024
at 16:05
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours a dark, brown-black, with just a touch of red. Minimal head. Aroma is chocolate, cherry, caramel. Flavors follow, with some earthiness, some leather in the mix. Mouthfeel feels a bit thin perhaps. Not as sweet as I was expecting. Bottle from Total Wine in Coon Rapids.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2024
at 22:07
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft at Hops & Bottles. Dark brown pour with a fine beige foamy head. Mild roasty aroma, burnt toast. Taste is mildly bitter with a little sweetness. Body and feel are right on point.
Tried
from Draft
from
Hops & Bottles
on 23 Dec 2024
at 22:22
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 oz bottle. Pours black with a brown head. Cocoa, creamy vanilla, bourbon, raspberry in the aroma. Flavor leads with the bourbon and roasty, creamy cocoa. Smooth but syrupy, with the raspberry working in with the bourbon. Very, very good, though not in the neighborhood of regular Expedition Stout or, certainly, bourbon barrel Expedition Stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2024
at 05:11
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6
Reddish pour. Even lace around the glass. Orange and floral flavor. Light bodied and light carbonation
Tried
on 22 Dec 2024
at 02:36
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Blood orange nose, marigold and caramel highlights. Deep copper, medium orange head. Marigold, orange. Medium body, easy carbonation.
Tried
on 22 Dec 2024
at 02:08
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can. Clear dark gold sporting a big white head. Aroma of malts, honey and lemons. Taste of malts, oranges, resin, pine, lemons and caramel. Moderate to strong bittterness. Medium carbonation. Very balanced. Nice one.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Dec 2024
at 19:08
8/10
Tried
from Can
on 13 Dec 2024
at 18:53
8/10
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Dec 2024
at 18:50