Kuhnhenn Raspberry Eisbock

Brewed by Kuhnhenn Brewing
Style: Fruit Beer
Warren, Michigan USA

Highly carbonated crimson pour w/ large tan head. Raspberry creme w/ caramel aroma. Buttery, caramel, raspberry, white chocolate flavors. Way more complex than I had antisipated. Very different and very, very enjoyable.

Oh baby. This one exceded my expectations...Cloudy dark red with small head. Aroma of raspberry and malty sweetness. This is a very unique and tasty beer...Maple syrup, chocolate and raspberry. Fantastic.

Tap at HopDevil: Beautiful hazy amberish/auburn color with a consistent tan thin head. This stuff is huge and complex everywhere. Bright raspberry aroma along with tons of hearty bran, brown sugar, cocoa and raisins, and has some vinous qualities as well. The flavor has loads of malt upfront. Thick and chewy, oat-bran like. There’s a nice sharp, yet mild tartness from the raspberries. Plenty of caramel malt. The middle and late flavors are full of bright toffee soaked fruits. Loads of natural ripe raspberries and raisins. More flavors develop towards the finish with chocolate, brown sugar, hint of cinnamon. It reminds me slightly of Raisin Bran cereal. This stuff is definitely a world class brew.

My 300th rating on my one year anniversary ! ! 6.3 oz bottle, 2004. Pours quite like champagne but with a light brown sugar head. Clear garnet with tiny streaming bubbles. Small bits and sediment cloud the last flute. Nose is exotic yet earthy. Warm and comforting spiced raspberry cider simmering on the stove of an old country cabin. Taste follows suit with raspberry jam, sherry and caramel. Woody drying with some orange. Ambrosia in the mouth. Faint carb tingle. Really takes fruit beer to the next level. Exceptional!

Sweet Jesus, what a huge nose on this bear. Pounds and pounds of chocolate and raspberries. Tawny, chocolaty brown with a short lived lighter brown head. The flavor is a nice blend of Carmel, chocolate, raspberry, and alcohol. I’m a bit surprised how restrained the flavor is. I was expecting something even more than this. Rich and chewy palate makes for a sipping beer. This beer is certainly one to be sought out, but be sure to be coming into this experience with a level head. You may be let down. Thanks to BeerandBlues2 for this bottle.

Vintage 2004. 6.3 ounce bottles. In so many ways does this beer remind me of being in Porto, Portugal. Pours a tawny red. Essentially flat. Yeast at first floats around the glass before mixing in with the beer. Aroma simply knocked me off the couch. Chocolate dipped raspberries. Choclate fondue. Strawberries. Short cake. Fantastic. Flavor is more subdued than the aroma. Raspberies and chocolate predominate. Alcohol is perfectly concealed. Also picking out other fruits such as raspberries and cherries. Vinuous port wine qualities. Lighter body than I imagined. The beer sticks to the tongue and slowly dissolves leaving some slight alcohol heat. I only have one bottle of this? Who wants to send me more?

Vintage 2004: 6.3 oz bottle This is my birthday beer that I bought about a month ago. A full bodied aroma comes out of my glass first. deep dark chocolate notes, full raspberry aroma. Big on malts, a bit of oak, caramel, alcohol, and a ever so slightly roasted nut nose. Almost smells like an aged barley wine. Poured a very deep almost opaque red with a non-existent head. Now lets get to the good part....the taste. Deep textures of raspberries and the dark chocolate come to the forefront. A very light almost buttery sweetness with a oaky and caramel flavors. This stuff just sticks to your palate. Reminds me of a port almost. Wonderful fruit beer. It’s more like a desert beer than anything. This gets an A from me. An absolute sipper! Cheers!

2004 6.3oz. when the temps dropped below 0 it was time to pull this out. pours a beautiful dense reddish-brown with nice tan head that lasted. nose is a magnificant chocolate and caramel covered raspberries dipped for a second in coconut rum. nose is so tight and brillant it deserves my first 10 in aroma but i grew a little tired of it throughout the beer (perhaps not fair). flavor is brillant as well, it has a special way of feeling like chocolate covered raspberries are melting on your tongue. the chocolate starts off tasting more like bakers chocolate but finishes rich and dark. raspberries play the role of enhancing the other flavors and not a dominant note alone. palate is nicely low carbination, rich and full, with very long finish. no alcohol present in flavor/finish. the only negative thing i can say (and i’m searching here) is that the flavor it pulls off so amazingly well becomes seemingly one or two demonsional and easy to grab. the first few smells and tastes of this beer is enough to declare it the best beer in the world, but as i made my way through it became less complex and clear that it does one or two things amazingly well. never the less, an incredible beer.