Beer Review- Bell's Double Cream Stout

It's been awhile since I've reviewed a commercial beer, mainly because I've been so damned busy that blogging has taken a bit of backseat to life. But with holiday break coming up, I should be able to get in some good posts in the coming weeks. I intend on reviewing a couple of my own homebrews soon, my Holiday Cranberry Orange Wheat, and the Norseman Oatmeal Stout, but wanted to give them both a week or two more before the "official" review. Both are tasting nice though.
I wanted to get to this review before I finished off the sixer. I've always been a big fan of anything Bell's, I think beer after beer they are one of the most consistent breweries. Easily one of my top five breweries. You know when you buy a six pack of Bell's that you are getting something really well crafted and exceptionally solid through and through. I recently picked up Bell's Special Double Cream Stout expecting amazing things and wasn't dissapointed in the least. A++ across the board. Onto my review:
This pours thick and creamy, motor oil black with a two finger khaki head that dissipates into a thin layer. Wonderful aromas of coffee, roasted malt, dark chocolate and caramel. The first mouthfeel is perfect, milkshake creamy with a great sweetness at first, but some nice roastiness comes through as well. It's quite chocolatey, but a lot of dark, almost bitter chocolate notes. There's a silkiness to it that makes it very easy to drink, and the roastiness gives it a nice backbone, but a wonderful lingering chocolatey sweetness makes you want to drink more. The perfect amount of roastiness in a cream stout, with a lot of chocolate and sweetness going on. The bitterness of the dark chocolate and coffee notes balance nicely to hold it from being to sweet. A perfect nightcap stout, and one I will most definitley be buying again and again.

I plan on getting to some reviews of my own beers soon, as well as some commerical offerings as well. Winter has definitley arrived here in Minnesota, which means a lot of negative things, but for me it means I'm drinking a lot of great winter warmers and dark beers. Both of which are in an abundance in the stores, so it's good beer drinking season (not that there isn't always one.)
More to come.
Salud!
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