Kuhnhenn Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Warren, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2001

Contact
4919 Chicago Road, Warren, MI, 48092, United States
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 system’s 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. Kuhnhenn’s 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.

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6.1
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Aromas are muted dark fruit, molasses, raisins and dates. Flavors are somewhat similar to nose, raisins and plums stand out with molasses receding a bit. No second fermentation. Not bad but nothing special.

Tried from Bottle from Tavour on 24 Feb 2024 at 21:24

gave a cheers!

8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Green foil capped 12oz bottle was a literal mess. Opening it there was no fluid motion and nothing came out. With time it glugged and sputtered and I was able to retrieve some liquid from it. It pours with a chocolate milkshake looking body with a milkshake head. The aroma offers up boozy chocolate leading to chocolate fudge. The taste comes across very much sludgy and chocolate milkshake like. It's like drinking a frothy boozy chocolate mousse. Very strange as it's literally thick milkshake consistency. More sips keep revealing the same flavours of chocolate, velvety fudge and a wide swath of booziness. Interesting sipper.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Feb 2024 at 04:18


7

Can Beer Republic 2024-02-15 Göteborg AR: rice, dried tropical fruity, citrus, bitter AP: clear coppery, wee white head F: rice, dried tropical fruity, citrus, bitter

Tried from Can on 15 Feb 2024 at 21:17


8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Bottle from Tavour. Pours dark brn/blk with a tan smear. Aroma of bourbon, toffee, perhaps coffee and chocolate. And more. Arguably full bodied. Flavor is bourbon, toffee, dark malt, dark fruit notes, definitely chocolate. Not dry, but not sticky. Some bitterness, possibly from heat and wood astringency. Rather exquisite.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Feb 2024 at 01:26


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Can.Hazy yellow colour with medium white head.Aroma of citrus and white bread mild not of spices and yeast odd kind of ipa not after my taste.

Tried from Can on 06 Feb 2024 at 09:38


8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5

Bottle from Tavour. Pours dark brown with a tan smear. Aroma of dark fruits and kandi. Full bodied. Flavor of dark fruits, kandi and dark malt. Yeast, banana and spice notes. Prune might be the main fruit. It is smooth, tasty and elegant.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Feb 2024 at 03:52


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle.Dark brown colour with small head.Aroma of caramel and dark dried fruit even toffee caramel and wood nice toasted and roasted taste with nice warming finish.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Feb 2024 at 09:55


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

s: coriander seed - alcohol - curacao a: slightly hazy orange body - nice tan head t: rich malts - smooth citrus - bitter spice p: orangey - crisp - warming o: sweet - nice spices - smooth throughout 12 ounce can - Meijer (grocery): Allen Park, Michigan - 24-October-2022 - US$8,99/four pack - Canned: 19-May-2022 - sampled: 25-January-2024

Tried from Can on 02 Feb 2024 at 17:01


8.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

12oz bottle pours with a nice deep dark mahogany to black colored body that supports really no head at all. The aroma offers up inviting clouds of molasses, brown sugar stewed plums and dates and then a hit of chocolate malts blended with caramel. Yes. The taste delivers smooth slick sweet supple molasses and faint caramel bleeding quickly into sweet dark fruity esters. I get molasses and brown sugar dusted plums and dates. To midway a pleasing caramel note surfaces just as the modest booziness sets in with hints of smokiness and lightly roasted maltiness lingering into the after taste. Geez. This is dead on albeit the body is a tad thin.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Feb 2024 at 03:32


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Capped 12 oz from Tavour. Pours very dark brown with virtually no head. Aroma of heat and arguably cinnamon. Full bodied. Flavor is heat, cinnamon, smooth darkish toffee. Not dry. Not exactly bitter, but heat and other things successfully oppose the malt. Quite a nice sipper.

Tried on 31 Jan 2024 at 02:50