Kuhnhenn Fourth Dementia Old Ale

Sample, savoured at the Mondial de la bière on May 30 2008; eye: black with burgundy reflections, tiny beige head, no effervescence, no lacing; nose: soya sauce, woody, candied fruits, alcohol, alcohol warmth, liquorice, liqueur-like, roasted malt, brown sugar; mouth: liquorice, liqueur, roasted malt, woody, oak, soya sauce, caramel, alcohol warmth, finale in caramelized malt with soya sauce and alcohol warmth, mildly bitter and sweet, light astringency; overall: quite good FRANÇAIS Échantillon, savourée au Mondial de la bière le 31 mai 2008; oeil : noire avec des reflets bourgogne, petite mousse beige, pas d’effervescence, pas de dentelle; nez : sauce soya, boisé, fruits candis, alcool, chaleur d’alcool, réglisse, liquoreuse, malt torréfié, cassonade; bouche : réglisse, liqueur, malt torréfié, boisé, chêne, sauce soya, caramel, chaleur d’alcool, finale en malt caramélisé avec sauce soya et pointe d’alcool, moyennement amère et sucrée, légère astringence; en résumé : pas mal bon

Thanks to polomagnifico for the bottle (not sure what vintage). Pours a blackish red with a thin tan head. Malty aroma with lots of citrusy hops. Smooth malt body with huge earthy citrus bitter hop taste. Very much like a smooth BW and very tasty.

Thanks to yjb and RagallachMC, who each sent me a 12oz. Hazy dark mahogany with a medium head. Aroma of brown sugar, raisins and tart cherries. Very sweet taste with a tart finish. Alcohol was covered well. I can’t wait to try my other bottle with more age on it.

Bottle courtesy of BOLT7555. Pours a hazy mahogany with 2 finger creamy tan head and delicate lacing. Nose is brown sugar, dates, raisins and malt. Taste is similar to the aroma with an addition of vanilla, wood, earth and a slight hoppy finish. Full, creamy mouth feel. Great beer Jason!

This is the third beer (another 2005 vintage) in our June 11th Old Ale Blind Tasting. It finished in 2nd place but it was the highest rated for me.

It pours dark brown with dark tan head. The aroma is vary dark and fruity with dates, plums and cherries moving toward raisins before burnt malts mixing with caramel, earthiness and even a bit of grassiness. The taste is velvety smooth to start with sweet sticky malts mixing seamlessly with sweet rich dark fruitiness. It then becomes more and more caramel, faint toffee, earthiness and then raisins sprinkled on the top. The alcohol becomes noticeable in the finish but not at all distracting.

This is the ninth beer (the 2007 vintage) in our June 11th Old Ale Blind Tasting. It finished in 5th place.

Pours deep copper with thin dark tan head. The aroma is hot on the nose from swirling it around the glass(plastic) too much to get the sense of it. I get blunted sweet malts, dark fruitiness and caramel. Each of the notes are all kind of smoothed together. I get a bit of tartness too. The taste enters smooth and nearly creamy ushering in notes of dates, raisins and pepper before caramel sweetness takes charge. Yum. Smooth and delicious.

This 2007 vintage is courtesy of CigarCityBrew. Pours deep caramel color with tan head. The aroma is roasted malts, burnt caramel and molasses and dark fruity esters. Very nice. The taste is bold with both dark fruity dates, prunes, raisins, sweet ripe plums that mix into some caramel and faint molasses rich sweetness. There’s also a lingering tartness that surfaces and lingers into the after taste. Smooth for a young brew of this type. Although it is a faintly hot and peppery. Yum.