Kuhnhenn American Barley Wine

Brewed by Kuhnhenn Brewing
Style: Barley Wine
Warren, Michigan USA

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle shared by daknole...THANKS DAK!!! Crystal clear burnt tangerine pour with a wispy white head. Aroma is like Del Monte fruit cocktail syrup...lots of cherry, apple, pear, pineapple, oranges, and caramel. Flavor is similar...somewhat missing the complexity traditionally seen in the style: brown sugar, molasses, and dark fruit. Truly amazed by the ABV because this drinks 4% lower...

Clear amber pour. Very small white head. Aroma is very fruity, some cherries, red apples, and light caramel. Flavor has some green apples, light honeyed malt flavors, and a faint background of hops. More like an american strong ale than a BW IMO.

Courtesy of markwise. Pours clear copper with thin off white head. The aroma is modest in strength offering up a thin ribbon of dark fruity esters, a mild caramel note and a touch of booze at the end of the draw. The taste is smooth with sweet malts moving into prunes, raisins and cherries. It then becomes sweeter with a layer of caramel as well as modest layers of citrus like notes such as tangelo and pineapple. Yum!

Wow. Thanks to goryshkewych for hooking this one up. Pours brown with an off-white head. Nose is complexity incarnate: malt, booze, ripe fruits, brown sugar, depth, and a slew of sweetness. Flavor is similar and does not disappoint. A bit boozy and medium bodied. A nice sipper or digestif.

’10 12oz Pours a medium brown with shades of amber. Silky beige head, light lace. Not impressed with the nose. A bit dull and boring. Aromas of alcohol over power the sweet malts and earthy hops. Taste is quite nice. Ripe pitted fruits, caramel, toffee, nutty malts, floral hops and spicy alcohol. Perfect blend of malts and hops. Full body has a soft yet crisp carbonation. Nice lasting finish. Should age well.

Bottle. Poured a clear deep amber with an off-white head that dissipated to the edges. Aroma was sweet with notes of grain, hay and caramel with a surprising pine note as well as a relatively strong note alcohol. Flavor began with mellow pine hops with a growing sweet grain with a backing note of alcohol and fruit.

Thanks to Derek for another Kuhnhenn beer, 2010 bottle labeled "American Barley Wine". Not sure if it’s the same recipe as this listed beer, but I’ll stick the review here. The pour is a clear deep amber with a small wispy beige head that hangs on as a small collar and leaves some boozy legs along the sides. Aroma is very sweet with caramel and toffee dominating. I’m also getting some candied apples and the hops are pretty subtle in the nose, with hints of floral but not a lot. The taste is much more abrasive than I was expecting with some bitterness from citrus hops up front with the sweetness following it - more apples and toffee. There is not as big a caramel sweetness as I got in the nose. The mouthfeel is slick with low carbonation and sticky with a bitter hoppiness in the finish accompanied by some alcohol burn. This is a decent barleywine but the taste is pretty abrasive with both hops and alcohol dominating at this early age. I like the beer but like my barleywines a bit sweeter - I bet this one would be excellent with a year or two on it.