Kuhnhenn Raspberry Eisbock

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

Big thanks to spacecoyote for that botte from 2007. Looks great, the beer in the glass also. Old-malty aroma, nice raspberry notes. Tastes strong, quite malty and dry. The fruity notes come back in the aftertaste. Nicely fruity-prickly on the tongue, very well balanced. A very enjoyable beer!

I raise a glass to my cousin and thank him for opening this little gem! Pretty much all the Top 100 stuff I have tried is thanks to him. KRE comes in a cute little 6.3 ounce bottle. Tangy raspberry and fruit aroma. Reddish brown pour. What an amazing flavor. It is hard to find the words for it. KRE is very complex and dances around the inside of the mouth. Sour, fruity flavors mix with sweetness, astringency, and earthy notes. Very complex and wonderfully enjoyable, with a kind raspberry finish. This is the upper limit of fruit beers, maybe all beers. I can’t say enough about it, and I can’t say much else other than "How can I get some more?" Great.

Little bias since I went to school with the owner. It’s an amazing beer. Great pour, Body is robust, exposive favors with a nice sweed aroma. It’s always a treat to go home to his brewery.

2007 bottle - thanks dmschefke. A rich aroma of raspberries fills the air as soon as the cap was popped. Pure amber pour with a thin beige head. Deep fruity nose is complete with chocolate and caramel, just like the description. Gorgeous. Tastes rich and balanced with a sweet and fruity core that doesn’t overly flaunt the raspberries. Nice amount of chocolate and creamy caramel. Deep candied sugar, vinous fruits, and a warming finish. A delicious and delectable dessert beer. I’d been waiting to try this for a while and exceeded all the hype. Stunning.

2004 bottle - Thanks to HogTownHarry. Appearance: Reddish coca cola with a teeny tiny white head. Aroma: Chocolate and cherry, raspberry and spices. Super. Flavour: Tart alcohol, raspberry a sneaky and beautiful chocolate hammer blow, sour and fruity, I keep sticking my tongue out upon drinking. Whiskey and wood, just a smashing long chocolate raspberry finish. Woah. I’m very impressed.

’07 Bottle courtesy of pantanap. Poured a deep brown with a purple hue and a very small off-white head. Aroma is heavy with raspberry and spice, also present are notes of vanilla, wood, and booze (sherry perhaps). Full smooth mouthfeel, soft but pleasent amount of carbonation. Flavor is tart raspberry with notes of cocoa and toffee. Finishes dry and woody. Raspberry definitely dominates this brew but some strong spicy cocoa notes cut thru making it very complex. This really is a fantastic beer and quite unusual. Thanks Kan!

2007 bottle courtesy of iceicebaby. Pours a plum brown with reddish highlights and next to no head. Aroma is sweet and malty -- almost smells syrupy -- with notes of ripe dark fruit, dark chocolate, some hints of raspberries, booze, caramel and toffee. Flavor is malty and tart with strong notes of chocolate, raspberries, brandy, port wine, sweet caramel and hints of ripe dark fruit. Lightly carbonated and medium to full body with a tart chocolate and cherry finish. What a nice beer.

2007 Bottle - Thanks dmschefke! - Pours a murky amber with a tiny creme ring...aroma opens incredibly as it warms, dark berries, milk chocolate, butterscotch...flavour is astounding, cocoa and tart fruit that give off a slight spiciness...the higher alcohol is absolutely necessary to cut the richness...hard to say definitively if it’s worth the price because that’s a judgement call, but it’s a lovely beer to experience...