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Special Double Cream Stout
Bell's Brewery - Eccentric Café & General Store
- From:
- Bell's Brewery - Eccentric Café & General Store
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- Sweet / Milk Stout
Ranked #367 - ABV:
- 6.1%
- Score:
- 89
Ranked #12,430 - Avg:
- 3.96 | pDev: 10.35%
- Reviews:
- 1,543
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 19, 2024
- Added:
- Dec 30, 2001
- Wants:
- 254
- Gots:
- 568
Named for its velvety smooth, creamy texture, this incredibly rich stout is brewed with 10 different specialty roasted malts chosen that impart notes of rich mocha and espresso. Dark and sweet tones intermingle with a soft, roasty finish.
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Ratings by ScreamForMe:
Reviewed by ScreamForMe from Washington
4.3/5 rDev +8.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.3/5 rDev +8.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Thanks Andrea!
I had a few of these last winter and now have a few more in my possession. If Bells were to distribute out here, this is the type of beer I would keep in my frig as a fall back/go to beer.
Pours black with a inch head. Decent amount of lacing.
Smooth with coffee roastiness. Highly drinkable. One of the beers I wish I could buy out here.
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Dec 19, 2009I had a few of these last winter and now have a few more in my possession. If Bells were to distribute out here, this is the type of beer I would keep in my frig as a fall back/go to beer.
Pours black with a inch head. Decent amount of lacing.
Smooth with coffee roastiness. Highly drinkable. One of the beers I wish I could buy out here.
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More User Ratings:
Reviewed by travis1108 from Missouri
3.94/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
An excellent beer. Malty flavor with a medium mouth feel. It doesn't seem all that creamy when I'm drinking it but after I swallow it a creamy mouth feel remains. I would like a little more chocolate/coffee but this is okay because it doesn't have that sickly sweet taste. Hardly any any alcohol taste. I know that might be a negative for some people, but tonight it's exactly what I'm craving.
Excellent with chocolate donuts. Then again, what is it excellent with chocolate donuts?
Jan 19, 2024Excellent with chocolate donuts. Then again, what is it excellent with chocolate donuts?
Reviewed by Braunmeister_1943 from Pennsylvania
4.12/5 rDev +4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.12/5 rDev +4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Purchased as part of a “build your own “ 6 pack of bottles from Wegmans in Collegeville, PA.
L- Pitch black with a tan creamy head.
S- Hardly any aroma.
T- Mildly hoppy flavor with a subtle cocoa
taste.
F- Creamy smooth mouthfeel.
O- A very easy drinking and enjoyable milk
stout!
Oct 27, 2023L- Pitch black with a tan creamy head.
S- Hardly any aroma.
T- Mildly hoppy flavor with a subtle cocoa
taste.
F- Creamy smooth mouthfeel.
O- A very easy drinking and enjoyable milk
stout!
Rated by SoundMakesSense from Indiana
3.95/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 3.75
3.95/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 3.75
This was the first beer from Bell's, and one of the first craft beers I ever tried.
Mar 05, 2023Reviewed by DarkLordScott from Wisconsin
3.54/5 rDev -10.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.54/5 rDev -10.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Pours dark brown with a very nice one finger head. Aroma is nice roasted malt. There is a degree of sweetness to the aroma as well. Taste is on the lighter side of moderate, sweet, with roasted malt though not as much as hinted at by the aroma. The brew is smooth and creamy. The ABV is nearly absent. A bit on the watery side for my personal taste but drinkable.
Jan 24, 2023Reviewed by Whyteboar from Michigan
4.09/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.09/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured stout black and, much to my surprise, had virtually no head but left off-white lacing.
The aroma was mild for my nose, but that’s normal. I did get that lactose sweetened malt and smooth coffee.
The taste features malts galore, cocoa and chocolate and coffee and toast and the expected sweetness was present, just not as a major player.
The feel was a bit thin for a stout, especially a double, but as the ABV makes it possible to drink more than one without falling over, the thinness works in its favor.
Glad it’s local, I get some every year, just never rated it before.
Oct 20, 2022The aroma was mild for my nose, but that’s normal. I did get that lactose sweetened malt and smooth coffee.
The taste features malts galore, cocoa and chocolate and coffee and toast and the expected sweetness was present, just not as a major player.
The feel was a bit thin for a stout, especially a double, but as the ABV makes it possible to drink more than one without falling over, the thinness works in its favor.
Glad it’s local, I get some every year, just never rated it before.
Rated by Tdengel from Pennsylvania
4.16/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.16/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Very tasty, but light for a stout.
Oct 16, 2022Rated by FrankWithers from Maryland
4.23/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.23/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
On first taste, smoothness is more prominent than taste. Not too sweet. Has a well balanced stout flavor.
May 27, 2022Reviewed by BitteNochEinWeissbier from Pennsylvania
3.87/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.87/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
12 oz bottle
Glass: Nonic Pint
Temp at Pour: 47 F
ABV: 6.1%
Look:
Very dark brown-to-black with some chestnut highlights when held up to a light. 1-finger dark tan/light brown head that quickly dissipates to a thing cover and then that begins to disappear. I suspect that the age of this bottle is a factor, here.
Smell:
Sweet roasted oats and rich semi-sweet chocolate. Touch of coffee here and there.
Taste:
Initial molasses sweetness is quickly joined by roasted oats and some char. The semi-sweet chocolate appears and transitions to bittersweet chocolate and obvious coffee notes emerge. Anise shows up near the end. Finishes on a sweet fading chocolate and molasses note.
Feel:
Smooth and creamy. Body is in the heavier side of medium
Overall:
This stout is a perennial favorite of mine. I pick up at least a 6 pack each year, if I can. The coffee and chocolate notes remind of coffee stouts, but are much less in your face. The heavier body is nice. Somehow, this particular bottle hid in the cellar for 2 years. It didn't last long after I found it.
Apr 06, 2022Glass: Nonic Pint
Temp at Pour: 47 F
ABV: 6.1%
Look:
Very dark brown-to-black with some chestnut highlights when held up to a light. 1-finger dark tan/light brown head that quickly dissipates to a thing cover and then that begins to disappear. I suspect that the age of this bottle is a factor, here.
Smell:
Sweet roasted oats and rich semi-sweet chocolate. Touch of coffee here and there.
Taste:
Initial molasses sweetness is quickly joined by roasted oats and some char. The semi-sweet chocolate appears and transitions to bittersweet chocolate and obvious coffee notes emerge. Anise shows up near the end. Finishes on a sweet fading chocolate and molasses note.
Feel:
Smooth and creamy. Body is in the heavier side of medium
Overall:
This stout is a perennial favorite of mine. I pick up at least a 6 pack each year, if I can. The coffee and chocolate notes remind of coffee stouts, but are much less in your face. The heavier body is nice. Somehow, this particular bottle hid in the cellar for 2 years. It didn't last long after I found it.
Special Double Cream Stout from Bell's Brewery - Eccentric Café & General Store
Beer rating:
89 out of
100 with
4131 ratings
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