Kuhnhenn Fourth Dementia Old Ale

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

Not a big fan of the style but after this beer I could get over myself. Pours brown with rich creamy tan head. Rich flavors of brown sugar, molassas and raisin. No noticable alcohol even at 11.8%. An absolutely stunning beer.

Source:12 oz bottle shared by Steamhead.
Glass:Taster.
Appearance:Ruddy brown/red pour with a one finger tan head.
Aroma:Aroma was amazing. Dark fruits, caramel, toffee, brown sugar, molasses, vanilla and alcohol.
Flavor:Dark fruits, toffee, caramel, brown sugar, molasses, warming alcohol and a hint of chocolate.
Palate:Full body with mild carbonation.
Overall:A new top 5 beer for me. Absolutely amazing. I must have more.

Pantanap is forever on my good side for his gracious, un-called for provision of this beautiful, heavenly beer. Kan, I owe you. Just name it. 2006 bottle. Aroma was pissed off after three years in the bottle and wanted to burst out and fill my room - and did so. Sweet but uncloying fig, RAISIN, brown apple, brown sugar. Flavor is all of those things (heavy raisin again - more like overripe grape) and gives traces of bourbon barrel, coco/vanille, sweet meat glaze like a maple ham or bacon. After a few minutes, flavor evolves (like KRE) into a more earthy, distinctly coffee flavor, not unlike the coffee in Weasel, but still balanced by the fruity old caramel nonsense up top. A flabbergasting achievement in beer, and this isn’t even the bourbon version. Holy God.

On tap. Aroma is intense caramel, licorice, candy, and roast malts. WOW!! Deep red hue with a tan head that left great lace. Flavor is just amazing. Caramel, candy, a little hops, and roasted malts. Sweet and sticky but well balanced with just the right amount of bitterness. Full bodied with a medium finish. The best beer from Kuhnhenn IMHO.

WOW. Tap GTMW 2008 A few samples. The only beer I had more than one sample of at the fest. Sweet fruit, dark caramel, some higher alcohol. My notes say: Like gummy bears on crack. This beer is very sweet and cloying in a totally pleasurable way. I love this beer.

Pours a deep, clear, reddish brown with a thin cap and ring. Decent spotty lacing throughout. Aroma full of plums and alcohol. Super complex flavors here: Molasses, plum, lots of toffee, rum, and licorice. Then I find a hint of bitter chocolate. A little oak, a little dry earthy spice, and more licorice in the finish. Unlike a lot of brewpub old ales, this one isn’t sicky sweet. I wonder how well it ages? Hmmm... This is a full bodied, minimally carbonated sipper of a beer. Why anyone would choose brandy over this is beyond me. On a chilly rainy night, I sat down by the woodstove and entered the fourth dementia, with a twelve ounce bottle that lasted well over an hour. Served at cellar temp in an oversized balloon shaped wine glass. Great great beer.

Bottle shared by Hophead22. Creamy head, deep color. Smells like molasses, tastes of molasses, caramel, malty. Nice clean finish, I highly recommend this beer to anyone who can get there hands on it. Its awesome!

Bottle: brewed on 8/01/04. Rich sweet, malty, hoppy aroma like a barley wine. My bottle of fourth dementia says 11% ABV, not 9.5% like this page says. Dark, reddish amber; uniformly murky. Exquisite color. Small off-white, almost tan head that is mostly and quickly diminishing. Not much lace. I wont detract on the head or lace due to the high ABV. Upon the pour I wasn’t sure there would be any head. It took awhile for the carbonation to fight its way through the thick churning liquid to the top to form a head. I was trying to figure out what beer to start with tonight between this, Dark Horse Special Resever Black Bier, Founders Breakfast Stout, DFH Immort or New Holland the Poet. I wanted to start out light and work my way up. I guess this wasn’t the beer I thought it would be. Most definitely a barley wine in character. Very rich and flavorful. Extremely well done. I love it when I travel some place, do my research, and it pays dividends like this. Caramel and chocolate notes. I love the fact that the label posts its "best before" date as 2010! As far as descriptions, Jacob Lövenlund pretty much hits it on the head.