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.
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 ounce can from Jack's Fresh Mart Menominee, 10/1/24. Clear gold, medium tan head, average retention. Aroma of toast, cinnamon, apple. Taste is phenols, apple, caramel, toast, granola. Weird, but solid.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Jan 2025
at 10:11
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle from Tavour
Appearance: dark amber-brown with a thin head
Aroma: dark fruit, caramel
Flavor: medium sweetness, medium bitterness
Texture: light carbonation, creamy feel, medium body, long finish
Tasty
Appearance: dark amber-brown with a thin head
Aroma: dark fruit, caramel
Flavor: medium sweetness, medium bitterness
Texture: light carbonation, creamy feel, medium body, long finish
Tasty
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2025
at 00:29
9.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle from Tavour, 2024 vintage
Appearance: dark brown with a thin tan head
Aroma: caramel, dark fruits
Flavor: medium sweetness, medium bitterness
Texture: light carbonation, full body, creamy feel, long finish
Delicious
Appearance: dark brown with a thin tan head
Aroma: caramel, dark fruits
Flavor: medium sweetness, medium bitterness
Texture: light carbonation, full body, creamy feel, long finish
Delicious
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2025
at 00:29
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample at GTMW 24, 8/10/24. Clear gold, large tan head, average retention. Aroma of dank, resin, stone fruit. Taste is grapefruit, pine, stone fruit. Lingering bitterness.
Tried
on 07 Jan 2025
at 03:31
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sample at GTMW 24, 8/10/24. Hazy pink, thin white head, average retention. Aroma of blueberry, floral hop. Taste is blueberry, toffee, piney hop. Well balanced.
Tried
on 07 Jan 2025
at 03:30
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Rated at Hitas Beer Lounge - Platinum Edition. Massive old money licorice roasty overdose with some prunes, ripe fruits, molasses, warming alcohol and booziness. Intense. Heavy. Massive.
Tried
on 06 Jan 2025
at 15:16
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Rated at Hitas Beer Lounge - Platinum Edition. Dry and earthy body with some sugary sweet boozy notes and strawberry juice notes mixed in, toffee, figs and syrup. Quite unbalanced, feels more like a fruit beer with some booze mixed in.
Tried
on 06 Jan 2025
at 15:12
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 10
Texture 6
Overall 9
Notes from 2/11/2009 look: 4 - smell: 4 - taste: 5 - feel: 3.5 - overall: 4 Black with brown highlights; half inch of Ovaltine head. Minimal lace. Super fragrant French vanilla coffee & creamer. Some dusty dark chocolate as well. Anything else gets buried. Headache inducing. The flavor gains dimensions with sharply charred marshmallows, vanilla, lactose, oatmeal, milder coffee notes, burnt sugar, & a slight rub of grainy malt. Actual roasted flavors are very minimal. Coffee & earthy greens represent whatever mild notions of bitterness that can fit into this already concentrated dosage of caffeine & sugar. Maybe not the best base stout, but I wouldn't know, since the added flavors are so dominant & delicious. Carbonation is on the lower side, & whether or not that's because I didn't attack on sight, it does give the illusion of some needed body. That whole growler wasn't a smart idea. My heart is racing, I'm yawning while my fingers are fretting all over the keyboard. I'm a jittery mess. Thanks to the ugly duckling for making me this way. :P
Tried
from Can
on 31 Dec 2024
at 21:27
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Shared with friends during our annual Christmas darts/beer night. Wild in smell and taste - super unique beer. Fun
Tried
on 29 Dec 2024
at 21:47
4/10
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Appearance 1
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 2
Overall 3.5
2022 bottle drunk 12/27/24.
Wow, never seen this...got about 5 ounces before it just turned in to glop. And a majority of the bottle is solid. The beer looks like a chocolate milk shake.
Smells like oak, chocolates, salted caramel, grape and prune. Maybe a bit too much caramel. Not quite as much beer as I'd like. No booze.
Gloppy, gritty, chocolatey, like a smoothie Barleywine. Yep, a chocolate, salted, caramel pastry Barleywine. Pretty frickin bizarre! Guess I got the very end of the bottling line...
Wow, never seen this...got about 5 ounces before it just turned in to glop. And a majority of the bottle is solid. The beer looks like a chocolate milk shake.
Smells like oak, chocolates, salted caramel, grape and prune. Maybe a bit too much caramel. Not quite as much beer as I'd like. No booze.
Gloppy, gritty, chocolatey, like a smoothie Barleywine. Yep, a chocolate, salted, caramel pastry Barleywine. Pretty frickin bizarre! Guess I got the very end of the bottling line...
Tried
from Bottle
at
Kuhnhenn Brewing
on 28 Dec 2024
at 00:20