Bell's Black Note Stout

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

Bottle shared at RBWG 2012
Dark brown with a small tan head and some lacing. Bourbon, vanilla, roasted malt, chocolate and woody. Smooth mouthfeel. Very nice.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

Thin brown head thats short lived, little lace. Murky black brown hue. Nose of whisky, alc. some dark fruit notes and a hint of chocolate. Med/full body, lightly oily but thinner than expected, little sticky on the lips. Lotsa whisky with faint woody notes, roast, whisky, tobacco and some prunes. Finish is boozy, warm and not really long. Fairly underwhelming. #3 beer in the top 50, wow. So many better Impy,s BA and not Barrel aged. shakin my head on this one. Props to weisguy for hookin me up with this RARE brew. Thanks bro!

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

Big thanks to Gunhaver for sharing this. It pours deep dark fudgy liquid brownie with no head. The aroma is as fudgy as the appearance moving into caramel coated oak planks, some vanilla and soft booze. The taste is velvety across the palate with solid notes of oak. It then begins to pick up creamy caramel and some burnt maltiness to balance it out a bit. Actually there are tons flavors here creating a very pleasing balance with mild bourbon booze notes picking up now and again. Rich and yummy.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 10 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

Bottle thanks to hubsluvsbeer: Poured a deep black with very whispery tan head. Aroma is vanilla, chocolate, and bourbon. Wow there is so much going on in the taste, vanilla, chocolate, bourbon, and malt. Alcohol tingle in the finish.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

C: Coca-Cola, light edges, weak foamy head
A: Bourbon, Coffee, vanilla
P: Medium-Full, creamy
F: dark coffee, bourbon, soy sauce
O: Tried it twice, still wondering what the fuss is

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

A dark brown pour with a dark brown head. The aroma is typical of many barrel aged stouts with alcohol, roasted malt, coffee, and vanilla. Very smooth, goes down easy. Nothing outstanding here from a flavour perspective again with typical coffee, roast, and bourbon flavours.

Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 10 | Overall: 10

Comes out of the tap a rich sable just a whisker above black with a dark, chocolaty tan head. Roast malt aroma has an overtone of bourbon-soaked wood and subtle notes of coffee, caramel and licorice. Flavor begins with a strong bourbon note and then blossoms with roast malt, quality coffee, semi-sweet chocolate, caramel, licorice, toffee and molasses. It is quite sweet, but not nasty; bourbon bite helps offset the sweetness. Mouthfeel is silky smooth and quite viscous, with an appreciable and persistent tingle. I have been chasing this beer for months, narrowly missing it at stores and getting no response from trade offers - and now I have finally scored this delectable brewski. Worth the wait!

Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 10 | Flavor: 10 | Overall: 10

12oz bottle -

This beer reminds me in many delicious ways of Kate the Great. The body is black ink with light brown creamy head. The aroma is just crazyinsane. Vanilla syrup, figs, vinous, light alcohol, raisins, and something that reminds me of a Hot Toddy...kinda buttery/butterscotch but deeper. Flavors explode on the palate and the complexity rivals that of the best wines I've had. Dark chocolate, mocha, vanilla, bread pudding...it's almost like a bread pudding mixed with maple oatmeal mixed with bourbon then a splash of kahlua. The sweetness is there, but it's reeled in and only harmonizes with the other flavors. Are more sweet, it might be a big mess. Any less sweet, and the flavors wouldn't mingle as well. A world class beer.

Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

I get this box, with three beers, out of the blue from heybeerman. One of the beers is Black Note. I so owe heybeerman now... TO the beer: mahogany black pour, very tight tan head, massive lacing throughout. Richly roasted malt aroma with big oak and wood both in the nose and initial palate, light bourbon, not overwhelming at all, dark molasses and some maple, more roasted malts, just a damn fine beer. I SOOOoooo owe you Greg - HUGE thanks!

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

A customer brought this by yesterday. I was pretty stoked to try this beer as the hype has been very high. Tasty shtuff. Booze isn't concealed well, still pretty hot. Big chocolate and rich caramel notes. Plum, espresso, lots of good flavors. Not sure it's worth anything over a 4.2 but I dig it.