Kuhnhenn Raspberry Eisbock

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

6oz bottle 2007. Aroma is chocolate and raspberries with a little pipe tobacco smoke. Deep rose amber hue with a small disappearing beige head that left no lace. Flavor is raspberries, chocolate, spice, and pipe tobacco. Very full bodied and sticky sweet. Just a fantastic experience! From winter solstice quest to savoring the last drop, it has been worth all the effort!

Bottle at home (Thanks Bager) - 24. Dec. - shared with Bager, Per & Mette. Cloudy dark red/brown - light brown head. Chokolate, raspberries, nutty, vanilla, light light wood, marmelade, high sweetness - but not too much, light sourish. High-power-beer !!!!

2004 vintage. This one was simply decadent. Aroma was of wine and raspberries. The taste was like a luscious, moist chocolate cake intermingled with mellow raspberries and hints of caramel and almond. Truly a dessert beer. Interestingly, the raspberries seemed to be quite mellow, which is what really set this apart from some other fruits I’ve had. They played a secondary, yet no less succulent role. The beer finishes slightly tart with a bitey-wine feel to it. Alcohol warms greatly as it goes down. I enjoyed every sip of this masterpiece.

(250ml bottle) Sampled at Oakes 2007 Christmas party. Thanks Tigg! Dissipated white head with a deep brown body. Nose of full vanilla. Tart raspberry, sour cherry chocolate and danish pastry glaze. I think this bottle was past its finest days...

ho ho ho! the end of Christmas this beer joined apple pies and ice cream as my dessert. the elves must have been hard at work crafting this smooth chocolate raspberry caramel nectar of the gods.. ended a great night which went down like this: 1) Fuego del Otono 2) Calabaza Blanca, 3) Mad elf, (first off you suck, 2nd you ruined MI christmas) 4) 4th dementia 5) breakfast stout, 6) st oat, 7) KR to the E homeboy. you took the cake shoved it back inside you and begged me to take another sip.

Had this for the second time and figured I had better rate it. Smell is of Freshly crushed raspberries. The kind grown in small batches in the back yard. The taste is full and delicous, white chocolate covered raspberries with a milk chocolate drizzle. The bartender put it perfectly. If you could ever afford to simmer this in a pan and reduce it down to a fine syrup. You would have the best vanilla ice cream treat of all time. Re-rate: had this again the other night. Great stuff. Really good tasting, but the aroma is what does it for me. Let it warm, I haven’t found a better smelling beer.

tap at Solstice Party (’07 vintage)....not much of a looker but not too shabby in its own right. pours a caramale brown with a thin tan head....breathtaking nose which one could could take in (or snort) for a loooong time. easily described as a raspberry, white and milk chocolate confection that will give it a perfect rating in my book....flavors follow suit. raspberry and chocolate melding perfectly with each other. sweetness level is rather high but it is described as an after-dinner appertif....much enjoyed. glad i finally was able to try it and rate it.

NorCal December ’07 - What an unbelieveable beer in such a little bottle. I know the process of making an Eisbock is painstakingly difficult, but the results are proof positive that these guys know how it’s done. An aroma of red vines, chocolate cake, raspberry puree, and a touch soy. Appearance is a dark reddish/brown color, minimal head. Flavor is like a burst of chocolate/raspberry flavor, nice toasted malts and a touch of oxidation. Alcohol is well hidden in this beer and it lets the raspberries and chocolate shine. Incredible beer.