Kuhnhenn Raspberry Eisbock | Kuhnhenn Brewing Company

3.92/5  rDev -10.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

4.56/5  rDev +4.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

4.18/5  rDev -4.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

4.47/5  rDev +2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

4.46/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

4.52/5  rDev +3.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

Serving: 12.7 Fl. Oz. bottle poured into a Founder's Backwoods Bastard snifter. 2017 edition from the Winter Solstice.

A: Pours a nice, clear, bright ruby red color. Basically no head or carbonation.

S: Huge, bright raspberry jam aroma. Like fresh raspberry puree. Very nice.

T: Huge raspberry up front, very sweet and sticky. The alcohol creeps up on you near the end giving it a slight metallic or medicinal quality, but this isn't necessarily bad, just boozy and rich.

M: Medium body, almost no carbonation. Quite boozy on the finish but not overwhelming.

O: I've only had this this beer one other time and it was in 2013. At that time, I didn't have much appreciation for this style and I sort of shrugged it off. However, now, this beer stands out and I enjoy it a lot. The fruit flavors are huge. It is very balanced in rich and tasty. It might be a tad boozy, and this gives it a slight medicinal quality. However, it is very drinkable, and is one of the better non-barrel-aged beers from Kuhnhenn.

Recommendation: Might be a tough find, but well worth the effort to try a very unique beer in a style we rarely ever see anymore.

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4.62/5  rDev +5.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75

4.5/5  rDev +2.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

4.24/5  rDev -3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

4.25/5  rDev -3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

4.33/5  rDev -1.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

3.77/5  rDev -13.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

2.36/5  rDev -46.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.5

This pours a kind of brass hue but fills to a dark garnet with a slight copper edge and a minimal tan fizz dying to a thin film and thick collar.

Smell is toasted bread with raspberry and cherry hard candies.

Taste is undeniably medicinal, of the cherry variety. It has a very strong tang and tingle--while not hot, the strength is apparent, kind of like ginger ale. A touch of cobbler runs under the sharp, medicinal red fruit.

Feel is crisp and sticky, again kind of like ginger ale, with that familiar sting.

Major disappointment.

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4.56/5  rDev +4.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

2014 Vintage. Really enjoyed this as it was a change of pace. Like a strong ale meets fruit beer. Boozy yet not hot. Strong dark malty raspberry. I bet this continues to age well. Have a 16 I might sit on for a while and revisit this.

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4.75/5  rDev +8.4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75

2012 vintage. Amazing. Loads of raspberry with tons of honey and some caramel. No notes of chocolate that I could pick up. Super easy to drink at 15.5%.

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4.71/5  rDev +7.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75

4.03/5  rDev -8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

4.45/5  rDev +1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Clear red with no real head.

Smells of raspberry purée

Amazing raspberry flavor. Smooth and deep. Like blushing monk but better.

Super smith with a nice aftertaste.

Great beer.

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4.57/5  rDev +4.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5

Wow! Great Eisbock! Red brown opaque clay color pour, zero head likely because of the ABV, and intense raspberry prune caramel molasses notes on the nose and palate. Rich syrupy mouthfeel!

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4.27/5  rDev -2.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

4.25/5  rDev -3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Strong beer! Smooth raspberry flavor is nice. Definitely a sipper due to strength.

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4.5/5  rDev +2.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

4.35/5  rDev -0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

4.43/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5

4.24/5  rDev -3.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25