Dark coffee-cola color with a cappuccino cream head that dissipates to petri sample rapidly. Rich coffee nose with nibs of mocha and cypress. Well-balanced mouthfeel that surpasses the lighter cola and encompasses a heavier malt beverage texture. There is a racy volatility as it spritzes easily but with a fine, creamy texture. Bakers chocolate, dark toast, hazelnut, maplewood and bitter almond with vanilla bean and burnt caramel. Tasty session porter! Bell's seldom disappoints. #porter #bellsbrewery #beer #darkbeer — 8 years ago
Somewhere between shoe polish and prunes on the nose with a streak of smoky allspice and juniper. Sarsaparilla tar, roasted eggplant skin, oregano, burnt corn, cat bed, wet leather, black beans, burnt coffe and cigar ends. Coffee-rootbeer, black pepper, black mushroom, and eel. Sleek and nuanced, but a mistress of epic proportion. #dankdark #bellsbrewery #neptune — 9 years ago
David Kline
Bakery nose of wheat and rye breads browned darkly, orange zest, yeastiness adds additional citrus of lemon and there is caramelized pineapple and ginger chunks. Doughy notes from malts. Overall nose is crust. Palate instantly refreshes, tangerine and pomelo, orange and corn, with a peach touch in a sensory turn both textural and initial taste. There is Lipton tea, with a hint of honey, and carrot bread, with a cream soda addition. #bellsbrewery #octoberfest #bellsoctoberfest #oktoberfest #marzen #fallbeer #MIbeer #michiganbeer — 4 years ago