Kuhnhenn American Imperial Stout

12oz, wax dipped, bottle acquired in trade with badbeer (thanks!). Poured a dark black color with a small sized brown head. Aromas of roast, chocolate, coffee, some dark fruits, and I"m getting a little woodiness. Tastes of dark fruits (more than the aromas and included raisins, prunes, and cherries), chocolate, roast, and coffee. Smooth and creamy body with the alcohol well hidden. Kuhnhenn beers can go either way, and this one was pretty darn good. My 5 year old smelled this and said it smelled like pineapples mixed with sweet patatoes...

Bottle, thank you to WeeHeavySD for sharing! Pours a deep, dark brown with a nice tan head. Huge toasted malt aroma, with hints of brandy, molasses, dark fruits, and caramel. Big sweet taste of malt, brandy, a lot of dark fruit with chocolate that builds as it goes. Just a hint of an alcohol bite. Heavy mouthfeel. Lingering sweetness of fruit and chocolate. Absolutely wonderful.

12oz I believe from hoppymeal, and another Derek beer, Derek you rule, so yes, this is cool and special and why the hell not crack this bitch, shared with Dalekliz and my GF Cyn, biggest pour for me in my reidel snifter. Pours black with a ridiculosly beautifal head a trippy fractal ying tang. Killer, nose is huge, big big robust smooth malts and roasty, coffee. Taste is sweet, full of coffee rich bitterness and overall an incredible feat of smoothness. 12.5% is where? this is alc hidden from a brewer that can hide and sometimes doesn’t hide well enough, on the day my birthday token arrives from them, I give back a big cheer for a great beer.

12oz Wax Capped Review #400 12.5% Recieved this is a trade awhile back from Badbeer. Kuhnhenn’s American Imperial Stout slowly gurgles black as night from the bottle. A small swirling head is all I can muster even as I pour a little aggressively. The small head that does form fades quickly to an oil slick and a skimpy ring. A Small head is expected on such a big beer but I was hoping for something more than I got. The aroma on this beer is huge! Big brandy-like berriness runs throughout with a healthy dose melted dark chocolate with a high cocoa content. Each swirl brings about under-ripe berries but that fades as the head does. Ghost like alcohol in the background that adds some spice and tickles the nose hair. Flavor seems to move in stride with the aroma. The berries are there and bright but he dark chocolate is rich and creamy in the mouth. There’s a flash of that greenness I mentioned in the aroma and a sharp but quick bitterness on the finish form the giant roastiness. This beer really shines as it gets close to room temperature! The mouthfeel matches the flavor in it’s sheer size. Thick body, creamy and slick. Like sipping on some used motor oil. That may not sound too good but it fits this beer nicely. This goes down pretty easy for such a big rich beer. One bottle is plenty but makes a great cold weather sipper. I haven’t had the opportunity to sample much from Kuhnhenn’s but what I have tried has been very good! There seemed to be the smallest amount of oxidation but it ended up complimenting the other elements. 3/14/08

Batch 1 - The blackest beer I have seen, beautiful thick with an almost black head; WOWWWW S... F... what a nose....Big, packed and deep, milky brown and roasted, a nose for kings more then tzar’s; Wowwwww, even more S... F... the body is even fuller packed, it almost doesnt fit into my mouth because of nuances and depth, super balance with a tar like oily texture that fits the balance perfectly; The Russian touch, yes it is a beautiful tzarine welcoming you in the finish with an elegant fruity bite that accompanies the thick dense super volumious smooth body of the finish perfectly. WHAT A BEER, thanks a billion Kuhnhenn and Hopscotch.