A Few Shillings Too Many
Kuhnhenn Brewing Company in Warren, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Special|
Score
7.20
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Tap at HDG - dark purplish red color, with a large, creamy head - sweet aroma of dark fruits, with light smoke/burnt hints - rather sweet, with apparent alcohol, but the richness of the flavor almost completely makes up for this - dark fruit, cocoa, caramel, vanilla - no real notes of wood exactly, but there is an earthiness to it that might be from the wood - no indication of boubon-aging - just a bit too sweet, but very tasty.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
On draft at brewery. Pours dark and roasty in color with thin off white head. Sitting there still and un-assuming in front of me it looks like a black cup of coffee in a clear glass. The aroma is simply HUGE with sweet rich caramel yummy-ness and hints of coffee. The taste. Wow, this is good. Rich deep caramel syrup. Lots of caramel. There are also undertones of dark fruit dates and cherries soaking in a caramel bath. Nice! Some chocolate also bleeds through the vail of caramel-ness from time to time. I love this beer. No sense of ABV.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
2004 draft. Oh boy. Starts out with a deep blackish-brown color, almost purplish. Small off white head. Aroma is sweet, brown sugar, rich caramel malt, light hints of bourbon, a bit of alcohol detectable and plenty of raisins and dark chocolate. Flavor begins with a huge powerful body that sticks to the palate and is quite creamy. The bourbon barrel aging adds a bittersweet element in the background that is subtle yet detectable enough to taste quite pleasant. Lots of vanilla flavors, caramel and what hit me as a coconut flavor, weird but that’s what I thought I tasted. Warming on the finish, but never would I think this is 12.5. Smooth and creamy, but perhaps a bit of a soy sauce (acidity from the barrel, combined with huge caramel malt dominance). The mouthfeel, as far as its velvety, rich texture is concerned, deserves a 5, but the balance is way off. It’s sour, then sweet, then alcoholic. It’s not terribly cohesive. A bit fatiguing at the end of the glass.