Blueberry Eisbock
Kuhnhenn Brewing Company

Blueberry EisbockBlueberry Eisbock
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From:
Kuhnhenn Brewing Company
 
Michigan, United States
Style:
Eisbock
Ranked #1
ABV:
15.5%
Score:
98
Ranked #365
Avg:
4.46 | pDev: 8.97%
Reviews:
22
Ratings:
157
Status:
Active
Rated:
Feb 22, 2024
Added:
Feb 17, 2013
Wants:
  316
Gots:
  27
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Rated: 4.5 by paulish from New York

Feb 22, 2024
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Reviewed by mschrei from Illinois

4.59/5  rDev +2.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Pours a ruby color, minimal head and lacing. Strong scents of tart blueberry with a sweet malt background. Taste definitely presents typical bock characteristics: notes of brown sugar, caramel, and bread. Tart blueberry and booziness are strong over that skeletal structure. Easy sipper, slightly dry finish, boozy burn that seems subtle for such a high ABV. Great beer.
Jan 23, 2024
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Reviewed by Rug from Massachusetts

4.47/5  rDev +0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
2022 vintage

Last year when I finally secured the Raspberry Eisbock it was the highest rated example of the style on BA, an honor that this one has recently taken over. I had the OG Eisbock a few weeks back as well. Unsurprisingly it was great, and I’m sure this one will be no different. Let’s pop it open and see what it’s all about

Pours a cloudy reddish brown with 2 fingers of soapy light beige head that quickly fades to a ring and leaves minimal lacing

The nose is quite sweet but the slight tartness of the blueberry adds a wonderful punch. I’m picking up on aromas of molasses, port wine, tart blueberry, brown sugar, burnt caramel, baked apple, brown bread, light honey, and fig

It’s a lot of the same in taste but a bit sweeter, and I have absolutely no issue with that. On the front end of the sip I’m tasting jammy blueberry, port wine, brown sugar, sweet caramel, milk chocolate, molasses, sweet raisin, pear skin, and brown bread. The swallow brings notes of jammy blueberry, brown bread, molasses, red grape, port wine, walnut, brown sugar, sweet caramel, cocoa powder, and fig

A medium body pairs with gentle tingling carbonation, resulting in a smooth beer with a light bite. Finishes mostly dry and drinks significantly below its abv

Remarkable. I think I like this even more than the raspberry variant. I need to pick up more of this if it makes it to Tavour again
Dec 27, 2023
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Reviewed by Luscious_Malfoy from Illinois

4.49/5  rDev +0.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
poured from a 375mL blue-waxed bottle into a CW snifter. pours like faded or weak sun tea but gathers in the glass a medium brown to darker amber with less than a finger of dirty white foam on top. fresh blueberries and alcohol burn on the nose. there’s also some caramel and chocolate in there too. taste has caramel and chocolate malts mixed with fresh blueberries and even some dark bread. really good. complex and warming. the fruit is slightly tart but it’s well balanced and doesn’t dominate. huge mouthfeel. syrupy thick yet enough carb on the finish to make you remember you’re drinking beer. really good. haven’t had too many in this series but definitely want to try more.
Dec 26, 2023
 
Rated: 4.57 by KAP1356 from Pennsylvania

Dec 04, 2023
 
Rated: 4.46 by mig100 from Texas

Nov 28, 2023
 
Rated: 4.74 by not2quick from Missouri

Nov 05, 2023
 
Rated: 4.41 by smithj4 from New York

Oct 25, 2023
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Reviewed by jrc1093 from Connecticut

4.45/5  rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
2017 vintage; consumed on 7/7/2023

Pours a deep, jet-violet body capped with a short-lived half-finger of soapy, off-beige foam, leaving an almost entirely blank cap, persistent, moderate collar, and no lasting lacing holding to the walls of the glass.

Aromas of hot blueberry crumble ease to brighter tones of fresh blueberry jam and slight cocoa undertones, drying to a semi-fruity, yeasty inflection to elevate.

Taste offers bright, jammy blueberry upfront, with toasted cacao intermingling with a subtle roast and brown sugar peak over the mid-palate as a distant hint of yeasty banana finds bittersweet chocolate on the back end of the profile.

Mouthfeel brings a medium-light body and a sudsy spritz of moderate carbonation, immediately drying as a juicy twang cuts through the mid-palate, leaving a subtle bittering over the back end as a distinctly creamy aspect lingers past the finish.

Myriad blueberry iterations stimulate a freshly fruity, endlessly evocative profile, an almost implausible depth brought to the forefront of this ambitious, consummate iteration of a style Kuhnhenn has come to execute so well.
Jul 08, 2023
 
Rated: 4.75 by eawolff99 from Minnesota

Aug 05, 2020
 
Rated: 3.59 by acurtis from New Jersey

Oct 29, 2019
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Reviewed by Sammy from Canada (ON)

4.06/5  rDev -9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
A solid beer, the base eisbock is great, the blueberry for me doesn't add so much. Big mouthfeel. Some credit for aroma, but its merely fruit after all. Dangerous drinkability.
Sep 05, 2019
 
Rated: 4.5 by Texasfan549 from Texas

Feb 20, 2019
 
Rated: 4.46 by kjkinsey from Texas

Feb 19, 2019
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Reviewed by strohme2 from Michigan

4.55/5  rDev +2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
2017 12.7 ounce bottle. Bought from Kuhnhenn about a year ago. Served in a tulip.
Poured a deep reddish brown. Bubbly light khaki cap formed but quickly diminished. When held up to light it still appears dark brown with purple hints.
Rich nose of just underripe blueberry, blueberry pie, chocolate, red raspberry and some heat.
Blueberry pie, jam, then some very light tartness, sweet bready malts, caramel, raisins. Definitely some alcohol heat back there but does not distract from the taste. The blueberry complements the eisbock base.
Slick mouthfeel, warming and a bite of heat. Definitely appropriate considering the high abv.
Another fruited eisbock winner from Kuhnhenn.
Dec 25, 2018
 
Rated: 4.48 by HardyA from Michigan

Dec 23, 2018
 
Rated: 4.42 by BeerBucks from New York

Sep 11, 2018
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Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York

4.65/5  rDev +4.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
This one pours a murky and turbid looking purple color, with a small head, and no lacing.

This smells like pure and authentic blueberry juice, caramel, chocolate, bready malts, and port.

Like all of the beers in this series, this is ridiculously good. The blueberry is so good here, juicy jammy and and deeply resonant. It's mostly sweet, with basically no tartness. Unlike the cherry or blackberry versions of this, you can taste the eisbock behind it fairly well, as there's some deep gnarly caramel tones, and a bit of boozy breadiness. The whole thing kind of tastes like a very sweet port wine with blueberry syrup. Does that sound bad? It isn't, this is delicious.

This is thick and syrupy, with a lower level of carbonation. It's definitely a slow sipper.

All of these eisbocks are as close as you can get to mead while still being beer. They are some of the most unique beers out there. I love them.
Aug 30, 2018
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Reviewed by Tilley4 from Tennessee

4.53/5  rDev +1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
I was able to score a few pours of this at the Great Taste of the Midwest recently and was really impressed with this... The 15.50% is absolutely non existent in this beer... it drinks big but not boozy if that makes sense... The blueberries are done incredibly here... Not overpowering or sweet... yet not at all sour... hard to describe... a masterfully brewed beer... As good as the Raspberry or pretty damn close...
Aug 25, 2018
 
Rated: 3.69 by Lelampp from Ohio

Aug 18, 2018
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