Kuhnhenn Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Warren,
Michigan,
United States 🇺🇸
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 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.
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.
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12oz can from Tavour. Cloudy orange pour, soft ring of white head. Yeasty aroma, coriander. Taste is bready, yeasty, savory, coriander. Full bready feel with a savory, snappy backend.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jul 2024
at 03:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12oz can pours out hazy golden topped with a white head. Nose is nice wheat notes some spice. Taste is more of the nice wheat grain malts some spice and a little sweetness.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jul 2024
at 03:18
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Tavour. Pours clear bright gold with a slight white head. Aroma is rather French toast. Med body. Not dry, but not very sweet. There's a bitterness that might be cinnamon. It's really just French toast!
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jul 2024
at 01:40
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
I’ve had this beer multiple times but at 12 years old this has dried out and reminds me a lot of blueberry English tea.. super drinkable. Would never guess this is an Eisbock now. Blue berries is still very present
Tried
on 23 Jun 2024
at 07:28
7/10
Magus, kaneel, šokolaad, hapukas, linnaseline. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2024
at 21:41
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
S: grass - flowers - spruce A: very clear light golden body - fast-dying head T: crisp - drying - lemon peel P: bitter malt (rice?) - lager yeast - noticeable caster sugar O: perfumey - tastes like IPL (rice?) - white wine-y 16 ounce can - Beverage Warehouse: Beverley Hills/Troy, Michigan - purchased: 10-November-2023 - canned: 21-March-2023 - US$2,99 - sampled: 16-June-2024
Tried
from Can
on 22 Jun 2024
at 19:37
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Dark brown color. Super sweet tons of cinnamon buns. Tons of bourbon and cinnamon bun
Tried
on 22 Jun 2024
at 07:58
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at share: dark brown with beige head. Aroma is loads of raspberry, chocolate, hints of booze. Thick sweet. Like raspberry chocolate candy. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jun 2024
at 15:59
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle, at share, thanks to me. Pours dark brown. Chocolate, dark chocolate, raspberry, jam, fudge, biscuit, caramel, booze. Nice oily body. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2024
at 20:05
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
2022 vintage. 12.7 oz bottle, pours a fairly clear dark burgundy with a small beige head. Aroma has a subtle blueberry jam character, along with some booze, and surprisingly not much else given the ABV. Flavour is full of booze and blueberry juice -- hard to really come up with other adjectives. There's some light perfumey notes, maybe light phenolic character. How is this 100th percentile? Yeah, it's drinkable for a blueberry boozebock, but it's not got much complexity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2024
at 05:17