Kuhnhenn Raspberry Eisbock

Rating #1000, at midnight on my 1-year RB anniversary. 2007 bottle. Pours a dark, cloudy, ruby red color. A foamy, beige colored head settles to a wispy film, leaving some sudsy lace and thick legging to slowly droop back towards the body. The nose is quite nice. Its like a chocolate Caramello bar infused with fresh, candied raspberries and almonds. Flavors, too, are intensely sweet and candy-like. Milk chocolate and caramel exert significant influence, while moderately tart raspberries lend a slightly sour, fruity funk. Evaluated on the whole, the flavor is best described as a fresh raspberry dipped in a bath of chocolate and caramel, only slightly medicinal from the big alcohol content. The body is nearly full, slick, and viscous, with a touch of a syrupy, warm, tart finish. I’m not particularly fond of fruit beers, eisbocks, or syrupy dessert beers in general, but I can’t help but respect how well this brew is crafted. Very nice in small quantities.

Thanks to hopdog and weeare138 for sharing bottles. Pours a deeper amber with golden notes and little to no head. Aroma of milk chocolate, raspberries, candy corn, alcohol, caramel, dark fruits and some vanilla. Flavor was a lot of the same caramel, chocolate notes, honey, raspberry,(but not as up front as I was expecting) and very much brandy like.

Bottle [Vintage 2007] @<a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/forums/cnudde-ølsmagning-og-møde-i-ulfborg 87114.htm target= new> Cnudde Tasting.. Clear medium amber red color with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, cream - light caramel, spicy, berry - raspberry caramel, light vintage. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a average to long duration. Body is medium full to medium, texture is oily - syrupy, carbonation is flat. (290308)

2007 Vintage, thanks to GrbDg for sending this one. Awesome! This little guy packs some serious flavor and a hell of a body. Shared with Katie alongside some Bourbon Barrel Angel’s Share. Velvety pour that produces light brown bubbling and a stained-wood color similar to brandy. I felt that the raspberries contributed most to the aroma, releasing a wonderful nose of dark chocolates, toffee, complex caramel malts...and of course, a dump-truck of raspberries. Chocolates stand out more in the flavor, with the raspberry fading rather quickly with an aftertaste of leather and sweet brown sugar. Body is amazing, so soft and oily, soothing and rounding out the fruity notes. Great stuff, I’m sure it ages damn well.

Thanks Pepsican. Dark amber pour. Rasberries, caramel, honey. Amazing mouthfeel. Incredibly rich, quite an experience.

A- Pours a deep scarlet, very similar to fourth dimensia only without a head. S- Second brew i’ve tried from kuhnhenn, second absolutely intoxicating aroma. Deep raspberries much like New Glarus raspberry tart but there’s something behind it, namely a well hidden alcohol aroma that lingers in the nostrils. T- Much more interesting of a brew than the aroma let on. Nice, however truncated, raspberry flavor followed by quite a bit of alcohol warming. This beer is very hot right now and I think it would round out a little more with some age under its belt. M- Thick with ample carbonation. D- It’s hard to comment on the drinkability of this beer. On one hand, I love it’s complexity but on the other the booziness needs to cool off a bit. An amazing brew that i’m sure i’ll try again.

2007 bottle labeled 11.9%abv courtesy tpd975. Pours a hazy amber with a small tan head. Aroma of rasberries, chocolate, and caramel. Taste is the same as aroma but not as prominent. Medium full mouthfeel with a mild amount of bitterness and well hidden alcohol. Made with extra YUM!

A Mes rate: Bottle at Tom’s UGT Pt. 2.
I have lusted after this beer for a very very long time. It was certainly the beer I was most excited about at the tasting. Shame it was then that while it thought everything else was excellent I really couldn’t get into the aroma.In fact initially I gave it a 4 but it grew on me a bit. It’s just spoiled for me by the thick and sickly caramel malt. Anyway, aroma moan over. It’s a beautiful looking awesome ruby red / brown colour. Flavour is gorgeous. A bit of chocolate, lovely fruit, awesome light sourness and barrel notes. The raspberries come on strong for the finish with the only obvious alcohol being a pleasing warmth in the belly and a lingering sting on the tongue. Such a shame that the aroma lets it down otherwise I would be doing cartwheels over this one.