Kuhnhenn Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Warren,
Michigan,
United States ๐บ๐ธ
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2001
Contact
Description
The Kuhnhenn Brewing Company is a small microbrewery, winery and meadery in Warren, Michigan, United States. They have several beers rated in the top 100 in the world on beeradvocate.com and ratebeer.com. The business was established in 1998, but did not open its doors until 2001, by owners and brewers, the brothers Bret and Eric Kuhnhenn.
The brewery sits on the corner of Mound and Chicago Road in the old Lutz hardware store which is owned by the Kuhnhenn family. The brothers started homebrewing when Eric went to college and was introduced to it. He brought the hobby home and introduced it to his brother Bret. Bret started selling homebrewing supplies from the hardware store and soon it became more profitable than selling hardware. The hardware component of the establishment did not disappear from the brewery until mid-2006.
The brewery uses converted equipment, the lauter tun was a peanut butter hopper from Quaker Oats cereal, the mash/boil kettle was a yeast starter for a sour dough bread company, their pilot systemโs kettle was a 100-gallon coffee maker. They have a six kettle brew on the premises that allows them to make experimental beers.
The beers include Raspberry Eisbock, Winter Wonder Lager, Fourth Dementia, DRIPA and Simcoe Silly. The brothers brew about 80 different beers; most of these beers are small batches made for annual events. Kuhnhennโs is also known for brewing seasonal and experimental strong beers.
Kuhnhenn Brewing Co. won a gold medal at the a World a Beer Cup for DRIPA (Double Rice IPA).
A satellite brewery (larger than the original, and with increased bottling capacity) has opened at 36000 Groesbeck Highway Clinton Township, Michigan 48035.
The brewery sits on the corner of Mound and Chicago Road in the old Lutz hardware store which is owned by the Kuhnhenn family. The brothers started homebrewing when Eric went to college and was introduced to it. He brought the hobby home and introduced it to his brother Bret. Bret started selling homebrewing supplies from the hardware store and soon it became more profitable than selling hardware. The hardware component of the establishment did not disappear from the brewery until mid-2006.
The brewery uses converted equipment, the lauter tun was a peanut butter hopper from Quaker Oats cereal, the mash/boil kettle was a yeast starter for a sour dough bread company, their pilot systemโs kettle was a 100-gallon coffee maker. They have a six kettle brew on the premises that allows them to make experimental beers.
The beers include Raspberry Eisbock, Winter Wonder Lager, Fourth Dementia, DRIPA and Simcoe Silly. The brothers brew about 80 different beers; most of these beers are small batches made for annual events. Kuhnhennโs is also known for brewing seasonal and experimental strong beers.
Kuhnhenn Brewing Co. won a gold medal at the a World a Beer Cup for DRIPA (Double Rice IPA).
A satellite brewery (larger than the original, and with increased bottling capacity) has opened at 36000 Groesbeck Highway Clinton Township, Michigan 48035.
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Lemon, biscuit malt, and straw aroma. Golden yellow with moderate head. Lightly sweet biscuit malt, and mildly bitter straw flavor. Good body.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Aug 2024
at 20:31
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Lemon, coriander, wheat malt, and straw aroma. Pale yellow with nice head. Moderately sweet lemon, coriander, wheat malt, and mildly bitter straw flavor. Good body.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Aug 2024
at 20:25
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12oz bottle pours out cola brown topped with a tan ring of a head. Nose is sweet caramel toffee malts some spice. Taste is more of the nice sweet caramel toffee malts great spice touch.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2024
at 00:53
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
12oz bottle from Tavour. Cola brown pour, ring of beige head. Sweet, brown sugar, malty aroma. Taste is sweet, malty, molasses, and incredibly smooth. Notes of plums and fig.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2024
at 00:51
6/10
Hint of sour upfront, maybe the lactose has gone bad if that's even possible but the beer was a stable pour and the nose isn't off. Just most of the flavor is long gone besides the sour hint. In case you were curious FlandersNed !
Tried
from Can
on 05 Aug 2024
at 16:52
8/10
Raspberry, cherry, smooth, quite drinkable now.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Aug 2024
at 12:22
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can from Tavour. Pours clear bright light gold with a white head that was rather transient. Aroma is mostly citrus. Body is rather creamy. It's dry and quite bitter. The support is not very malty, so I'm going with the rice.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Jul 2024
at 00:25
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
My 7,700th rating and 770th Top 50 beer. 375 ml wax topped bottle from Tavour. 2023 vintage. Hazy chestnut brown color. Small, creamy beige head dissipates to a thin cap. Aroma of sweet raspberry and cocoa. First sip brings zesty notes of sweet raspberry, chocolate and warming alcohol. Flavors are pretty straightforward. The number one rated Eisbock in the world! ๐
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2024
at 03:34
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can from Tavour. Pours translucent gold with a large foamy white head. Aroma of coriander. Med body. Flavor is banana, yeast, coriander, and some clove. Wheat is detectable. Dry and tasty. Excellent.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Jul 2024
at 01:09
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle, 355 ml, shared with MiroB and Luka. Dark brown with no head. Oily, prunes, figs, raisins, quite sweet, bit syrupy, warming, some alcohol in after.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2024
at 07:51