Anneliese Ale
Kuhnhenn Brewing Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This brew was served on tap at Kuhnhenn in Warren, Michigan. It arrived in a generic pint glass showing a golden yellow coloring, and holding a head of off white bubbles standing two fingers tall. This retained decently, dissolving into cratered lacing. No haze was appreciated, and carbonation appeared to be very light. The nose offered bright chemical phenols, fermented peach fruit wine, cheap plastics, warm cantaloupe, grassy and citric hop airs, chilled pumpkin and leek soup, burnt pales, and moldy amber graininess. The flavor followed with big synthetic and mealy blueberry fruitiness and sugariness overtop a plastic and porcelain base. This was complimented by cheap amber grain, gritty pales, and adjuncts, heavy tin and bronze bitterness, skunked grassy hoppiness, popcorn butters, bitter clove and black pepper spiciness, and frozen squash. The body was medium, and carbonation was medium. Slurp, smack, cream, and froth were all left at a minimum, and the mouth was left with no real coating or drying. The abv was appropriate, but drinkability was lower on account of the off flavoring.

Overall, this was a miss for us. From the first whiff things begin to get offensive. The advertised hoppiness was present and pleasant, but these were quickly and exponentially overwhelmed by heavy plastics and chemical bite akin to chlorine. This went the same, if not doubly so for the taste, which showed even less of the hops that you were hoping for. The whole thing is just very sweaty and salty, and doesn’t really hit any of the marks typical for a “hoppy amber ale”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From 06/22/12 notes. Had on tap at the Blind Tiger on Bleeker in NYC. Served in a pint glass.

a - Pour a hazy amber, red-brown color with one finger of off white head and moderate carbonation evident.

s - Smells of dark fruits, sweet fruity malts, light citrus hops, toasted malts. Nice and fruity, a very nice nose.

t - Tastes of dark fruits, sweet fruity malts, chocolate, roasted malts, citrus hops, and pine hops. Taste has more hops than nose and some chocolate which work well together; a little better than the nose for me.

m - Medium body and low to moderate carbonation. Easy to drink and smooth body.

o - Overall I liked this one a lot; one of the better Amber Ales I'd had in a while. Nose was fruity and hoppy, and the taste had chocolate malts and even more hops. Easy to drink, would definitely like to have it again.

A nice starter for the day, reddish tinge to the body, with lace left. This batch at 5.8% enjoyed at the brewpub.This classic comes back from time to time, and feels more hoppy than it is. Good malting that asserts itself in the mouthfeel.More sweet than bitter on balance.