Kuhnhenn B-Rads Banana Stout

Brewed by Kuhnhenn Brewing
Style: Stout
Warren, Michigan USA

Strong banana and chocolate in the aroma with some sweet notes of maple. Opaque dark brown with decent sized, fine-bubbled, tan head that recedes to thick ring and partial cover with light, patchy lace. Bananas, chocolate and maple are all strong and well balanced in the flavour. Roastiness emerges in the moderately bitter finish. Medium body with lively, finely prickly carbonation that engages the tongue. Sampled at the Michigan Brewers Guild Summer Beer Festival 2005.

Sampled on tap at the Michigan Brewers Fest. Giant chocolaty-banana nose offers hints of rum and lots of caramel malt...it emanates from a dark, dark brown, very nearly black body with just a wisp of head...body is chocolaty-sweet at first, with some dry cardboardy qualities sweeping in, touches of baked bananas, little sweetness in the middle and late portions of the palate, milky and slightly thin. Very good for most brewers, this is a bit of a letdown for these guys IMHO.

On tap @ MBGF: Strong banana aroma with a touch of roasted grain. Dark brown with a small tan head. Lots of banana with some light roasted coffee and even lighter chocolate. Very interesting and very good.

Draft at MSBF. Pours a dark black color with a medium tan head. Nose is banana bread, awesome. Flavors of banana, dough, yeast, some light chcocolate and a great palate feel of fullness and velvety coating. Liquid chocolate chip banana bread.

Black with a nicely tanned creamy head. Aroma was chocolate dipped banana bread, oatmeal, with light roasted coffee tones sprinkled throughout. Lots of chocolate malt flavors up front with soft banana tones in the middle, and a light hop addition in the end to keep balance. Very smooth and creamy, a bit watery, with a milk chocolate banana like finish. Can’t say I have ever tried a beer like this, but I would certainly revisit it in a heartbeat. Very tasty...

Draft... This beer rocks!... Midnight black ale with a small, tan head. Chocolate, coffee and banana. Medium-bodied and creamy with slightly less than lively carbonation. Very original. Banana dipped in melted milk chocolate. What’s not to like? Terrific brew!

Another big thanks goes out to Ben (Btg) for this stuff. Almost gushed out and I’m lucky I poured near a sink. Poured with an obvoius larged bubbled head with a nice roasty aroma that had just a hint of banana (actually I smelled it on my hands as I was cleaning up). The taste is like a ripe banana rolled in sweet malts and dusted with light cocoa powder. There was a bit of a lime bitterness which I can only assume is the hops and not infection. Still, a solid beer for a one-time shot.

from the tap at my favorite brewery. poured a nice dark brown to black with a tan head. aroma, brown sugar, honey,sweet chocolate, plums, with just a hint of bananas. flavor, sour fruits, chocolate, over ripe bananas, some bitterness,plums, cherries, finished with a chalkyness. not to bad