Kuhnhenn Raspberry Eisbock

Brewed by Kuhnhenn Brewing
Style: Fruit Beer
Warren, Michigan USA

Bottle at Toms Glasgow tasting 2 ... 2007 bottle ... Deep red ... sweet woody toffee and vanilla nose... Its ICE CREAM ... with a little raspberry in its linger ... Alcohol is a bit too prevelant ... Its huge huge vanilla... quite thick and viscos... wondefull mouth feel... 4.3Tk2 ... Deep red brown ... very sweet valilla and rasperberry nose ... again lots of vanilla and raspberry in flavour ... low carbonation ... very syrupy.4.1

From bottle - 2007 : Pours a dark black color with a thin off white head that dies to a foamy ring right away. Decent carbonation. Nose is very impressive. Chocolate, caramel, raspberry...kinda like a raspberry cheesecake, very yummy. The first impression is that it is very smooth and creamy. Chocolate comes out first, with some cheesecake flavors. And very natural raspberry flavors come through in the second half. Medium mouthfeel, and is very smooth and creamy. Aftertaste is a little alcohol, and its the only alcohol that i get, it is hidden very well in the taste. It is a very nice beer, worthy of its praise.

Thanks so much to footbalm for sharing this beer. It pours a deep ruby with a thin white head. The aroma is simply amazing; strong berry aspect with with some sweet chocolates and vanilla. The taste is also dominated by a raspberry flavor that is completely natural. Also, a bunch of chocolate, vanilla, and perhaps some wood. A strong alcohol presence. Very good, and quite complex. Will not dissapoint.

Shared with secretstash. Poured brown with a bubbly head. Lots of chocolate and some raspberry in the aroma. Beautiful aroma. Mostly raspberry flavor with some warming chocolate in the finish.

On tap at Hop Devil. Dark brown with mahogeny tinge. Practically no head. Incredibly intense VANILLA aroma that obscures all. Flavor starts with vanilla and then tranfers to chocolate/caramel malt and then to a lasting rasberry and other berries flavor before finishing with a mixture of berry tartness and slight hoppy bitterness. Very sweet. Full mellow body. Very complex. I appreciate the imagination and complexity but didn’t like the flavors.

Draught@Hop Devil Grill, NYC
Dark ruby color, small off-white head. Very strong aroma of ice cream - ice cream with mocha and vanilla. Full-bodied. Very sticky mouthfeel. I don’t think that I have ever tasted a beer similar to this: vanilla, rasberry (with stones) and leafy hops in the finish. Surely on its own class ... and in its own style (fruit eisbock).

2004 sample courtesy of my friend Chris (cquiroga). Turbid and brown like a glass full of mud, Kuhnhenn’s Raspberry Eisbock lacks any head, or indeed any resemblance to beer. The dense aroma strongly echoes that fact. An incredible scent filled with gallons of milk chocolate and raspberry coulis. The unctuous, decadent smells of rich caramel, marzipan and peanut butter crowd the nose. Hints of alcohol are noticeable but the subtle balance is well executed even amongst such opulence. Cherries, hazelnuts, almonds and blackberries provide additional complexity, further supplemented by hints of pumpkin, nutmeg, black pepper, touches of vanilla, Grand Marnier and coconut. The luscious, buttery fragrance is almost overwhelming. Milk chocolate reappears at the forefront of the palate, again in monstrous quantities and accompanied by a clean shot of cherry or blueberry liqueur. The flavor profile is similar to what is experienced on the nose, but somehow doesn’t reach the same climax, perhaps due to the alcoholic presence. Orange-flavored Pim’s cookies are quite apparent, followed again by coconut, marzipan and a staggeringly rich caramel finish. The long aftertaste dominated by chocolate, raspberry and a hint of licorice suggest a perfect topping for ice cream. Soft, smooth, malty. A fantastic and unique brew. (10/03/2007)

2007 187 mL bottle from Pailhead. Thanks! Also, rating number two-hundred! Deep and cloudy orangish-brown color. Nice chocolate/raspberry aroma. More effervescent than expected, which doesn’t detract from the beer at all. Thick and chewy, but not overly so. Raspberries are very strong in the taste, with a chocolate/toffee background. Good stuff. 8/3/8/4/17

2007 bottle courtesy of Pailhead. Pours a hazy brownish orange color with a weak effort at a head. Aroma of raspberry, chocolate, maple, toffee, slight alcohol. Taste is raspberries and well melded alcohol that makes it taste like a liqueur. Some other fruity notes including cherry, citrus and apricot. Full bodied. 8/4/9/4/17