Kuhnhenn Framboise

this is a distint rating taken during michigan winter beer festival, 2009...unfortunately, notes were not taken on most of these beers, but numbers are accurate.

Draft. Pours a ruby brune body with a thin white lacing. Big fruity flavor of raspberries, medicinal cherry and loads of alcohol, maybe vodka-esk. Light oak but just very strong.

MBG Winter Fest 2008, sample from oak barrel. Poured hazy reddish brown with an average fizzy off-white head that lasted with good lacing. Heavy raspberry, tart fruity and wood aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture. Medium sweet & sour fruity balanced flavor and a medium sweet woody finish of moderate duration. Good young that should be better with some age.

(Barrel) Pours a cloudy purplish-brown body with a small off-white head. Aroma of raspberries, overly ripen apples lying in an apple orchard, red grapes, light floral, and earthiness. Flavor of sweet, semi-tart raspberry, apple, grapes, and caramel with a dry oak finish. Excellent!

cask sample at MBGWF....poured a nice amber reddish burnt brown with a thin soapy off-white head....nose was really woody and vinous with a big raspberry component.... flavors of red fruit, wood, and earth.

Served out of a cask at the MBG winter fest. This one was a surprise so I was excited to try it. Nice woody raspberry on the nose. I think somebody described this before as actually eating the raspberrys vine and all. I thought the same thing. Nice lucsious raspberry with a strong wood character. Very nice overall.

2008 MBG Winter Fest, served from a oak cask: Brown with lots of ruby highlights, minimal head nor lace. The aroma is indeed raspberry along with clean oak, grassy, and just a beginning hint of Brettanomyces. The taste is acidic sourness and fruit with just a dash of pale and caramel malting. The finish is a touch woody and alcoholic. The mouth feel is sprite and a bit dry, warming. A good beer that should only get better once the funk takes hold.

Last drops from the barrel at Michigan Winter Beer Fest 2008. Sorry everyone. Glad i got a chance to have this. Nice raspberry and oak scent and flavor. I didn’t find as much alcohol in it as other people were saying. Hidden under all the fruit.