Kuhnhenn Bonicci Barley Wine

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

tap at brewpub. pours a clear copper. notes of cherry, rye, caramel, and booze. pretty smooth and drinkable. a little too bready and watery, which makes no sense since it is listed as 12%abv. not bad though.

Sampled at Kuhnhenn on 11/27/09. 6 oz snifter. Murky deep caramel brown color. Aroma is caramel, raisins, brown sugar. Taste is sweet, mouthfeel is smooth with crisp carbonation, finishes a bit hot.

Winner of the amateur brewing fest, and featured at 2009 Winter Solstice. Like a RIS. Black, minimum head. Some sourness. Carbonation right there. Above average mouthfeel.

Draft at brewpub in snifter. Poured hazy brown color with an average off-white frothy head that was mostly lasting with good lacing. Moderate toastd malt and dark fruit aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture and flat carbonation. Medium dark sweet flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate duration. Drinkable, but below average for style.

On tap at brewpub. Served in snifter. Pours murky brown with small tan head. Aroma of sweet malts, caramel and toffee. Flavor was malty with some sweet caramel, toffee, and brown sugar. Wasn’t oiverly sweet like a lot of BW can be but it was not that complex of flavorful either. Not a bad beer just not as bold as you would expect a 12% beer to be. I found it enjoyable none the less.

on the menu as "brew bubba jerry bonicci barley wine". the bartender called it bonicci barley wine. this was the result of a winning homebrew made by jerry bonicci. 6 oz snifter @ kuhnhenn. brown body with very little carb, almost no head. sour vinegar nose with fruity malt and booze also showing. decent base to this but its definantly not on form at the moment. the 6 oz was hard to finish and it was kind of a bummer since this was my last brew. it was the only i had at kuhnhenn that dissapointed me.