Kuhnhenn Fourth Dementia Old Ale

Brewed by Kuhnhenn Brewing
Style: Old Ale
Warren, Michigan USA

12oz bottle, 2007 vintage thanks to bret27. Murky brown with a small beige head. Oak, tart green fruit, and sweeter dried fruit aroma. The flavor is sweet with plenty of caramel and dried fruit. Very yeasty with a lightly tart green apple character. Full bodied with a woody astringency and bitterness in the finish. A lot going on, but seems just a touch chaotic.

07 bottle courtesy bret27. Pours a murky orange-brown with barely any tan head. Aroma is big on tropical fruit and caramel. Flavor is similar, monstrous body with tons of caramel, ripe citrus and figs. Alcohol really isn’t that noticeable. It’s warming but well-integrated. Very rich and full-bodied, a good slow-sipper.

Bottle from a kind soul at a recent Tampa tasting group gathering. Pours a hazy chocolate brown with thin tan head. Aroma is sweet and malty with notes of ripe dark fruit, bubblegum, caramel, toffee, brown sugar, molasses. Flavor is sweet and malty with notes of caramel, toffee, brandy, chocolate, ripe dark fruit. Medium body with a lightly boozy finish.

Bottle. Pours dark brown. Sweet brown sugar and wood nose. Full body, light carbonation. Deep, complex flavors of brown sugar, caramel, oranges, plums. This is amazing stuff.

BIG thanks to BBB63 for this sought after bottle. Thanks Mike! Served in a great lakes christmas ale snifter. Pours a muddy murky brown with practically no head. Great legs. Aroma of caramel, sherry oxidation, dates, plums, a little booze. Very nice. Flavor is candy, brown sugar, toffee, sweet, but not cloying. Enough complexity that the sweetness is not a distraction. Very smooth, rich, complex beer. AWesome!

Sampled several times over at GABF 2009. Kept going back while waiting in the New Glarus line. Hazy dark reddish-amber color with a lasting white head. Aroma is sweet caramel malt, brown sugar, earth, dark fruit, and hops. Flavor is also on the sweet side but incredibly good, with lots of caramel malt and toffee, red berries, maple syrup, spices, chocolate, and just a touch of alcohol, well hidden for 11%. Palate is smooth, fairly full and warming, with soft carbonation. This is a great beer.

GABF Saturday, tasted twice. Upfront, this beer reminded me of Old Inventory by Valley brewing, aged for a year or two. Pouring dark ruby, this beer is an attractive array of rich red fruit, sweet caramel, minerally soil, and firm malt. It is incredibly balanced, which I believe is its biggest asset. The alcohol is also hidden quite admirably. The flavors are bold and tasty, and successfully display a strong malt profile without bearing too much sweetness. Great beer overall.

GABF 2009. Pours a dark murky amber with a retentive ivory head. Great aroma of fruity esters, rich caramelly malts, vanilla. Full bodied with soft carbonation. Flavor of caramel, vanilla, masple, seeping grains/wort- all countered by a moderate herbal bitterness. Decent amount of residual sweetness, but not overdone. Great beer. I like this because it has a homebrew characteristic to it.