Tenacious Cassis
Kuhnhenn Brewing Company in Warren, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Fruit Beer Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.20
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A special batch of "5th dementia old ale" that was over-attenuated with high gravity ale yeast and then blended with cassis to add back body.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared at the craft beer junction bermondsey tasting. Many thanks to Kenny. A dark reddy chenut brown coloured pour with a halo of tan head. Aroma is medium sweet, intense jammy fruits, blackberry, jelly,. Flavour is composed of, semi sweet jammy blackberry, woody notes, cherry notes. Palate is semi sweet oily, moderate carbonation, moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2024
at 18:52
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle split at the CBJ share, thanks to Kenny, 11/01/2024.
Deep reddish amber topped with a beige cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is rich berry fruit pulp, vinous tones, blackcurrants, stewed fruit.
Taste comprises a big blackcurrant bite, red berry compote, cassis, booze.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a lick of booze.
Fun sipper.
Deep reddish amber topped with a beige cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is rich berry fruit pulp, vinous tones, blackcurrants, stewed fruit.
Taste comprises a big blackcurrant bite, red berry compote, cassis, booze.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a lick of booze.
Fun sipper.
Tried
on 11 Jan 2024
at 00:00
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Rubyish brown colour with a small white bubbly head, which disappears quickly. Aroma is black currant, sweetness, some honey and mild toffee tones. Flavour is alcohol, some black currant, honey, toffee and some mild toffee tones. Almost a bit meady.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2023
at 14:08
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
At a tasting, small bubbly head, clear deep brown color, some red hues, aroma of cassis and raspberries with some biscuit behind, red fruit jam flavors, sweet and cloying with a hint of dark chocolate. completley over the top, too sweet and quite difficult to drink,
Tried
on 23 Jul 2019
at 06:48
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
12 ounce bottle into snifter, 2015 vintage. Pours hazy dark ruby red, light copper/brown color with a 1 finger dense and rocky light khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a thin lace cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big juicy/tart/tangy red currants, fruit skin/seeds, raisin, plum, prune, cherry, fig, date, apricot, red apple, red grape/wine, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, toasted biscuit, and brown bread/crust; with lighter notes of molasses, vanilla, cocoa, smoke, leather, tobacco, wood, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of currants, fruity yeast, dark/bready/light roasted malts, and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with big strength. Taste of huge juicy/tart/tangy red currants, fruit skin/seeds, raisin, plum, prune, cherry, fig, date, apricot, red apple, red grape/wine, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, toasted biscuit, and brown bread/crust; with lighter notes of molasses, vanilla, cocoa, smoke, leather, tobacco, wood, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate herbal, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness; and fruit tang/tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart/tangy currants, fruit skin/seeds, raisin, plum, prune, cherry, fig, date, apricot, red apple, red grape/wine, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, toasted biscuit, brown bread/crust, molasses, vanilla, cocoa, smoke, leather, tobacco, wood, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Amazing complexity, robustness, and balance of currants, fruity yeast, dark/bready/light roasted malts, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with an amazing malt/bitterness, and tart/tangy fruit balance; with no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness and tart/tangy fruit. Medium carbonation and very full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/bready, fairly sticky/acidic/tangy/tannic, and lightly slick mouthfeel that is fantastic. Minimal warming alcohol for 16.5%. Overall this is an amazing fruited old ale! All around incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of currants, fruity yeast, dark/bready/light roasted malts, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to drink for the huge ABV, with the mellowly bitter/tart/tangy/drying finish. Amazingly soft feel for the big ABV. Perfectly balanced between jammy currants, fruity yeast, and rich dark/bready malt complexity; with nice earthy hop presence. Light residual sweet with lingering dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and amazing style example as expected. Never had the base beer; but this is perfectly balanced between old ale and fruit character.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2019
at 21:06
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
18.02.2019, 6 oz bottle (2007 vintage) shared @ BBGTC tasting:
Flat, dark reddish amber color. Aroma is slightly sweet concentrated fruity, dried dark fruits, minerals, hay, sour dark berries, dusty cellar, toasted honey, fruit stones, soil, bark, butterscotch. Taste is slightly dry sour-ish fruity, sour dark berries winegum, fruit stones, bark, minerals, alcohol, soil, toasted honey, sour grass, chocolate, butterscotch, weeds. Medium bitterness, slightly harsh sour-ish fruity mouthfeel. Fair enough.
Flat, dark reddish amber color. Aroma is slightly sweet concentrated fruity, dried dark fruits, minerals, hay, sour dark berries, dusty cellar, toasted honey, fruit stones, soil, bark, butterscotch. Taste is slightly dry sour-ish fruity, sour dark berries winegum, fruit stones, bark, minerals, alcohol, soil, toasted honey, sour grass, chocolate, butterscotch, weeds. Medium bitterness, slightly harsh sour-ish fruity mouthfeel. Fair enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2019
at 19:41
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Thanks Gregg. Dark red ruby some reddish foam on top. Huge currant jam nose, sweet and full on flavourful. Taste is sweet, black currants bitterness, super juicy and jammy. Bitter background but overall quite smooth. Tasty but maybe not too well balanced.
Tried
on 30 Sep 2018
at 13:20