Kuhnhenn A Few Shillings Too Many

(12oz bottle, 2006 vintage, thanks ryan) Minimal brown head atop lightly hazed mahogany body. Aroma is sweet, soy, caramel, light oak. Taste is sweet, infected sourness, caramel/soy, some vanilla/Bourbon, wood. Sticky full body. Sad that I didn’t get to try this fresh, but it should have aged well but for the infection.

Date: 05/05/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Yankee Go Home!

dark muddy brown, scant head, sweet bourbon and smokey malt with earthyness, rich malt flavor, lots of bourbon and dark caramel, light smokeyness, hint of woody vanilla, tartness in the finish,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ***/4

Pours a viscous transparent dark mahogany with ruby hues and a thin ring of tan head. Sweet dark earthy caramel malty aroma has a light fruity tartness and a touch of bourbon oak. Body starts fairly full with a strange earthy, mildly acidic tartness that seems out of place. Has a sour, oaky warming finish with some mild oxidation. Hides its alcohol pretty well but seems almost infected.

Draft... Murky, very dark ale with a mid-sized, creamy, beige head. The nose is vinous with lots of blackstrap molasses, peat smoke, caramel malt, chocolate, coffee and diacetylic butter. Vinous, sweet flavor. Chocolate, coffee, port, dark fruits, moderately bitter bourbon and hops. Full-bodied and silky with moderate carbonation. Finishes chocolaty, bittersweet and warming.

Poured a deep golden brown with a very thin head. the aroma was sweet malty and peaty. It has that grapey aroma I get from peaty beers. Some alcohol fumes. The flavor was short but sweet at the start with a tart middle and finish. Earthy, peaty and smokey on the finish. Very warming but not much alcohol on the taste. Medium to full bodied.