Fourth Dementia - Bourbon Barrel-Aged
Kuhnhenn Brewing Company
- From:
- Kuhnhenn Brewing Company
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- Old Ale
Ranked #1 - ABV:
- 13.6%
- Score:
- 100
Ranked #115 - Avg:
- 4.54 | pDev: 8.59%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 456
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 25, 2026
- Added:
- Dec 14, 2006
- Wants:
- 1,731
- Gots:
- 446
SCORE
100
World-Class
100
World-Class
This is our 4th Dementia Olde Ale that has been bourbon barrel-aged. This ale has an intense sweet caramel malt flavor and aroma that develops into a toffee and toasted marshmallow-like character. Brewed every year.
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Ratings by PprBurke:
Rated by PprBurke from Virginia
3.75/5 rDev -17.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Jan 25, 2026
3.75/5 rDev -17.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Jan 25, 2026
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Falcon91Wolvrn03 from California
4.33/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.33/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Look - Pours a very dark brown with a light head, some of which sticks around a while.
Smell - Molasses, fig, malt, toffee, and maple syrup.
Taste - Malt, oak, bourbon, fig, and barrel char.
Feel - Fairly smooth and easy drinking.
Overall - This is a fairly nice beer, though I think I'm rating it below other people's scores.
Jan 24, 2026Smell - Molasses, fig, malt, toffee, and maple syrup.
Taste - Malt, oak, bourbon, fig, and barrel char.
Feel - Fairly smooth and easy drinking.
Overall - This is a fairly nice beer, though I think I'm rating it below other people's scores.
Reviewed by CarolinaCardinals from North Carolina
4.24/5 rDev -6.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev -6.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Received a bottle courtesy of DIM on 12-7-23. 2022 edition consumed for review 5-28-25.
Beer poured brown with a nice off white head with the original pour.
Nose is very nice, getting toasted caramel malts and cherries.
Taste is very nice as well as the malt base gives strong notes of toffee and cherries. Back end hopping and the barrel are good enough but allows for style appropriate sweetness.
Mouthfeel is medium to full bodied and very soft and velvety.
Overall, this is a really nice brew, thanks Dan!
May 31, 2025Beer poured brown with a nice off white head with the original pour.
Nose is very nice, getting toasted caramel malts and cherries.
Taste is very nice as well as the malt base gives strong notes of toffee and cherries. Back end hopping and the barrel are good enough but allows for style appropriate sweetness.
Mouthfeel is medium to full bodied and very soft and velvety.
Overall, this is a really nice brew, thanks Dan!
Reviewed by Viaduck from California
4.58/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.58/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Dark body with lighter than expected tan head. Aroma: pleasant but not very strong with bourbon & roasted malt. Sweet, complex flavors: lots of caramel, fig, bourbon, maple syrup, toasted malt, marshmallows & some spice. Thick & velvety smooth feel, good carbonation & it’s 13.4 % is well hidden. Overall: excellent, one the best!
May 28, 2025
Reviewed by jjayjaye from New York
4.25/5 rDev -6.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev -6.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Semi-aggressive pour into my favorite snifter revealed a dark cola with cherry hue and a half-finger tan effervescent collar that faded quickly without much lacing. The raisin figgy nose is wonderful right next to the bottle. I had a tough time smelling it from the glass; you really had to cup and coax it. Medium mouthfeel that coats the tongue and lingers nicely; promoting the same raisin figgy flavor that was in the nose. This 2024 13.5% ABV wasn’t very noticeable in the mouth but there was a bit of heat in the back of my throat as I got further into it. Took my time considering this one. I enjoy this style and Kuhnhenn did I nice job with this one. I’ve got a couple more from them that I’m looking forward to. Cheers!!
Apr 20, 2025Rated by FRANKHAZE from Florida
4.65/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.65/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Excellent
Mar 28, 2025Reviewed by Sinfull from New York
4.18/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.18/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Dark brown color. One-finger thick, beige head. Dark fruits, raisins, caramel malt, and wood in the aroma. Sweet, malty taste with notes of bourbon. Warming.
Mar 28, 2025Reviewed by tradershmulie from Connecticut
4.4/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.4/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Great pour. Brown body, good carbonation, beautiful brown head that stuck around and left lacing.
No nose.
Smooth, easy to drink.
This is not a style I especially enjoy, but still very delicious.
Feb 28, 2025No nose.
Smooth, easy to drink.
This is not a style I especially enjoy, but still very delicious.
Reviewed by Roy_Hobbs from Connecticut
4.32/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.32/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
2018 vintage
In the glass, this is fairly unremarkable, but the actual pour out of the bottle makes up for it. There's a beautiful red tint that adds a certain brilliance to this as it pours out of the bottle. In the glass it disappears and just becomes a meh dark brown with a little bit of head, but man was the pour itself attractive.
Molasses lead the way on the nose, with some faint fig like notes lurking underneath. It's very rich smelling, but in the best possible way. Perhaps rethinking my decision to enjoy this in the morning vs. evening, but there's never a wrong time to drink good beer, right?
Raisins & figs are more prominent on the tongue than the nose, particularly early in my first few sips. Caramel and toffee start to take a more prominent role with subsequent sips, emerging even more on the long finish. Wonderful subtle alcohol warming, and this coats the mouth very nicely.
Overall, this is excellent.
Mar 17, 2024In the glass, this is fairly unremarkable, but the actual pour out of the bottle makes up for it. There's a beautiful red tint that adds a certain brilliance to this as it pours out of the bottle. In the glass it disappears and just becomes a meh dark brown with a little bit of head, but man was the pour itself attractive.
Molasses lead the way on the nose, with some faint fig like notes lurking underneath. It's very rich smelling, but in the best possible way. Perhaps rethinking my decision to enjoy this in the morning vs. evening, but there's never a wrong time to drink good beer, right?
Raisins & figs are more prominent on the tongue than the nose, particularly early in my first few sips. Caramel and toffee start to take a more prominent role with subsequent sips, emerging even more on the long finish. Wonderful subtle alcohol warming, and this coats the mouth very nicely.
Overall, this is excellent.
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