Kuhnhenn Bourbon Barrel Barley Wine

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

Serve in Snifter

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12oz bottle, 2010 vintage, dark amber color, with a ring of beige head, nice sweet caramelized, toasted, biscuity malty, vanilla bourbon barrel oaky nose with some brown sugar, light maple syrup, sugar pie, plum pudding accents, with a faint french toast, butterscotch pudding note in the aroma follows through on a full-bodied palate with a warmth, sweet strong vanilla bourbonish oak barrel, coconut, caramelized sugar, toffee, dried raisin, date fruity character, with some cookie dough, faint maple syrup, english pudding, toasted, caramel, biscuity maltiness flavours, leading towards a warming sweet toasty, caramel maltiness, dried frutiness, bourbonish, vanilla finish.

2011 vintage. 12 oz. bottle, sent from northernbrews (thanks a lot, Jeff!), pours a deep dark mahogany with almost no head, just a small beige ring. Aroma brings out some deep, lush bourbon barrels, some alcohol liqueur notes, and toffee and brown sugar further back. Flavour brings out the bourbon barrels big time, but never in a distasteful way, full of brown sugar, some kind of sweet boozy liqueur, loads of caramel and toffee, and alcohol. This is big n bold, alright, and executed with supreme skill. So much depth, with a luxurious mouthfeel. Though it is sweet, it doesn’t suffer from cloying sweetness like so many Kuhnhenn beers do.

bottle from david paquet, shared also with minderbinder and tom10101. many thanks! hazy light brown, red tint, with a small but nice off-white head, some retention. dark figs, tobacco, roastiness, cherries, vegetal, warming alcohol, chocolate, pepper. soft carbonation, medium body, nice lightly acidic-grassy finish. my best bw to date.

Bottle 355ml. [2011] Pours hazy brown, almost no head. Aroma is of bread, raisins, fruits, alcohol, bourbon. Taste is of bread, raisins, plums, dark fruits, sweetness, very sligth bourbon, warming alcohol. Overall: Excellent and impressive beer. A sipper. My kind of stuff.

Bottle (12 oz) 2011. Huge thanks to David for sharing this one! Hazy dark amber with no head and some lacing. Aroma is of malt, bread, red and dark fruits, caramel, raisins and bourbon. Amazing complexity here! It taste like liquid bread. Same here as aroma but with hints of tobacco and bourbon being a little more present. Mouthfeel is oily and alcohol is warming. Near perfect balance. Nice sipper!

Bottle 12 oz, big thx to Greg. Pours beautiful deep red mahogany with a nice beige shortlived head. Aroma is sweet malty raisins fidges vanilla some bourbon fruity madeira wine and alcohol. Flavor is smooth fruity very malty raidins vinous alcohol good bitterness a bit pungent vanilla and some bourbon. Finishes bitter malty with a touch of alcohol snd bourbon.

2011 Bottle with Bill during the birds game. Pours a deep brown with red hues, barely any head or lacing to note. Aromas of bourbon, wood, dark fruit, candy sugar, and malts. Taste is plums, cocoa, cherries, brown sugar, bourbon, and oak. Mouthfeel is velvety smooth slightly syrup. and layered with flavors. Reminds me of a perfectly cellared thomas hardy. Full bodied. Top 3 barleywine for me.

Bottle. Murky reddish brown pour with a small white head. Huge aroma and flavor of caramel, some chocolate, wood, bourbon, and vanilla. Rich and delicious. Amazing.

Bottle @ THE Barley Wine Tasting. Cheers to Ken for sourcing this top want! The pour resembles hazy brown apple cider, tiny head. The nose is HUGE blue cheese funk, hobbits feet. Some notes of apple, but cheese really dominates the aroma. The taste is strong boozy sweetness, some wood and plum-dipped chocolate. The finish has plenty of salt and the return of cheesy flavors. Clearly this isn’t on top form. Big body, a real sipper. Overall, a disappointment!

UPDATED: SEP 4, 2012 Bottle, thanks to Ken at THE Barley Wine Tasting, August 2012. It pours murky deep brown, with no head. The nose is initially strongly cheesy, brie, stinky feet and Wotsits, as well as vanilla, toasted coconut, toffee and meatiness. The taste is thankfully a bit better....toffee, caramel, wood, dry leather, light saltiness, toast, bourbon, waxy cheese rind and alcohol warmth. Full body, low carbonation and syrupy mouth-feel. Pretty cheesy and alcoholic. A disappointment.