30th Anniversary Ale
Bell's Brewery in Galesburg, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Special Out of Production|
Score
7.72
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Our 30th Anniversary Ale is a testament to three-plus decades of hard-work. It honors all that has helped us get to this point – hard work, quality and authenticity.
It reminds us of where we’ve been, how we’ve grown over the years, the challenges we’ve faced and at the same time, looks forward to what comes next.
Also a nod to another Bell's favorite, Expedition Stout, flavors of dark chocolate and fruit meld to create a full-bodied, roasty stout.
A fair amount of Polaris hops lend a brightness and a nice character that will help carry the beer in its early stages making it incredibly drinkable and interesting. Malt characteristics will continue to develop over time, so that beer drinkers who choose to cellar it can enjoy the beer for years to come.
explosivedog (11778) reviewed 30th Anniversary Ale from Bell's Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Tørst. Pours black. Raisin, chocolate, toast, liquorice, intense roast, blackcurrant, little funk. Medium body. Decent.
Ferris (26118) reviewed 30th Anniversary Ale from Bell's Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Big fudgy chocolate with. Small light brown head. Deep black with a nice brown head. Chocolate and sweet molasses and a long finish.
Martin Lindström (28176) ticked 30th Anniversary Ale from Bell's Brewery 6 years ago
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Hermod (8273) reviewed 30th Anniversary Ale from Bell's Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Mbcc, blue. Black, thin brown head. Boozy, malty, roasty malty. Oat, roast, hops, oat and sweetness, some ash. Nice.
_angst_ (9589) reviewed 30th Anniversary Ale from Bell's Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle received in trade. Thanks Brandon! Black pour with a small frothy mocha head. Huge roasty malt-heavy coffee driven nose with bitter chocolate, moist soil, liquorice & wood. Slightly sweet, bitter, malty & heavy roasty. Soft, round, roasted astringent, tiny boozy mouthfeel. Tiny bit high in the carbonation. Huge roast & piney hops finish. Sucker punch in a good way. Very American & as expected from this brewer very tasty.
djd07 (26386) reviewed 30th Anniversary Ale from Bell's Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle thanks to Rob. Pours a dark brown with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is strong chocolate, roast, licorice. Medium body, roast, dark chocolate, wood, boozy finish, very good.
tderoeck (20818) reviewed 30th Anniversary Ale from Bell's Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Bell's 30th Anniversary Ale - Imperial Stout (by Bell's Brewery):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4/5
3/XI/16 - 12Fl. Oz. bottle @ 50/50-tasting (50% of the bottles are in the top 50 of their own beer style), ElManana's place - BB: n/a (2016-1282) Thanks to ElManana+1 for sharing the bottle!
Clear dark brown to black beer, creamy irregular beige head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: lots and lots of mocha, coffee, ripe banana, alcohol. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: sweet start, pretty bitter, very roasted, coffee, some banana, caramel, hoppy, alcohol. Aftertaste: slightly sourish, sweet, caramel, dried fruits, bit nutty, pretty sweet, lots of alcohol, ripe banana, pretty yeasty.
Zlotta (7004) reviewed 30th Anniversary Ale from Bell's Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
0.355 l bottle from ’De Bierkoning’, bottled in August 2015. Pitch black with a thin, frothy, almost stable, brown head. Sweetish, malty, slightly roasty and minimally boozy aroma of black chocolate, milk coffee, mocca, cocoa and some vanilla. Sweet, malty and slightly roasty taste of dark chocolate, mocca, milk coffee, cocoa and some vanilla, followed by a rather long, moderately roasty-bitter, slightly warming finish. Medium to full body, creamy mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Moreish, satisfying stuff which is worthy for the celebration.
Steve Jalbert (14939) reviewed 30th Anniversary Ale from Bell's Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Catch up rating from Saturday’s RIS bottle share. Thanks to Jake65. Dark, inky black with small, modest beige head. Leaning to the sweet side without being cloying, molasses and brown sugar, nice roast grain. Taste elements: burnt toast, chocolate and coffee. Smooth, should cellar exceptionally well.
potjebier (6091) reviewed 30th Anniversary Ale from Bell's Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
12 oz bottle @ homa, shared with MarcodL & caesar. Pitch black color with a brown head. Aroma’s: grain/malts, drop/licorice. Retronasal it’s sweet wort, grain. Flavor is moderate sweet, roasted. Strong alcohol feel. Medium bodied. I left a small part in the bottle for the next day, the aroma was much more roasted, ground coffee, but still wort and drop retronasal. I think we all agreed that this was more an Imperial Schwarz. Still nice though.