Bell's Java Stout

Reviewed By: Herr Rick

Style: American Imperial Stout
State/Country: Michigan
ABV: 7.5%
Serving Type: 12 oz Bottle

Look: 9
Black color, medium tan head with decent retention & good lacing

Smell: 8.5
It screams dark roasted coffee

Taste: 7.5

Up Front: Slightly tart, and then a huge blast of espresso. Finish: Dark roast coffee, and earthiness

Mouthfeel: 9
Medium body & carbonation, creamy

Drinkability: 8

If you really like coffee, the score would be a little higher

Overall Score: 8.4

Value: 6

Cost/12 oz serving: $4.30

Overall Impression:
I DO like coffee, stouts, and coffee stouts, but this was just a bit over-the-top in the coffee department for me

Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout

Reviewed By: Herr Rick
Style: American Imperial Stout (Barrel Aged)
State/Country: Michigan
ABV: 11.2%
Serving Type: 12 oz Bottle

Look: 10
One of the blackest beer I've ever seen! I don't even think Avery's Mephistopheles was darker than this. Medium light brown head with little retention, but great lacing

Smell: 10
Dark roast coffee, roasted malt, chocolate, bourbon.


Taste: 10
Up Front: Espresso, chocolate, vanilla. Finish: Sweet malt, bourbon, roasted malt - absolutely decadent!!!

Mouthfeel: 9.5
Full body, low/medium carbonation, and very creamy

Drinkability: 9.5
I did not want it to end, but it would be hard to drink more than one of these

Overall Score: 9.8

Value: 8.5 ???
Cost/12 oz serving: $6.41 - Considering that it is currently rated #8 on BA's Top Beers on Planet Earth.........I'll take it. Hell, I was just happy to find it. If you see it, buy it!!!

Overall Impression:
Another beer that lives up to the hype! Simply amazing across the board. I was expecting more bourbon and less coffee. Regardless, it's one of the greatest Stouts ever!

Avery Mephistopheles Stout

From the Brewer: Mephistopheles is the crafty shape shifter, the second fallen angel. Amazingly complex, coal black, velvety and liqueurish, this demon has a bouquet of vine-ripened grapes, anise and chocolate covered cherries with flavors of rum-soaked caramelized dark fruits and a double espresso finish. IBU's 107. Mephistopheles is the final installment of “The Demons of Ale” series.

Pic taken in "The Den of Iniquity" by Herr Rick. The name on the glass is also quite fitting >:D
Reviewed By: Herr Rick

Style: American Imperial Stout
State/Country: Colorado
ABV: Batch 3 - 2007, 16.0%
Serving Type: 12 oz Bottle

Look: 9.5
Black as pitch, clear, dense brown head with good retention & decent lacing

Smell: 9.5
Dark fruit, chocolate, espresso, molasses, black licorice

Taste: 9
Up Front: Chocolate, dark fruit, espresso. Finish: Malt, faint black licorice, and loads of chocolate

Mouthfeel: 9.5
Full body with low carbonation, really coats the tongue, but not cloying at all

Drinkability: 8.5

Very enjoyable, but you should savor every sip before proceeding to the next.

Overall Score: 9.2

Value: 6.66

Cost/12 oz serving: $9.62. Totally worth it if you have the coin! If you don't, sell your soul and then try it

Overall Impression:
This Hellish brew packs a very powerful punch!!! Initial tastes remind me of Weyerbacher's Old Heathen Imperial Stout in regards to the types of flavors (dark fruit), yet waaaaaay more intense. As it warmed up, the chocolate flavors became much more dominant. This one is way beyond mere mortalz. Newbeez should avert their eyes - Godz and Devilz only!!!