Founders Blushing Monk

Bottle. Reddish colour with a little head. Aroma of berries specially raspberry. Flavour of fruit, raspberry and brown sugar. Very easy to drink thinking of the high abv.

This beer was a very pleasant summer-y fruit beer, but more boozy and challenging than most others in the genre I’ve had such as Leinie’s Berry Weiss, New Glarus Raspberry Tart/Belgian Red, and Lindeman’s Framboise. I think this is a "big" fruit beer...which for me would be a first. Color was a pinkish hue which was a bit hazy and milky in color and clarity. Head was pretty average in quantity and whitish in color, but didn’t stick around for long. Aroma was pretty light and effervescent, and was fruity, lightly sour, and a bit champagne-y. Flavor was a bit sour (but not a lot of intense sour cherry-ness), tasted a bit of candied sugar, and lots of fruit. Mouthfeel was pleasant but unremarkable. I’m not the world’s biggest fan of fruit beers, but this one was pretty good. I split this bottle with SurlySober...where he got it I don’t know.

Bottle. Aroma is just all raspberry and a tinge of malts. Pours a cloudy pink with a pink fizzy head. Flavor is primarily sweet raspberry and a bit of brown sugary malt. Palate is bubbly sticky and tart. Overall, quite enjoyable.

Bottle... Cloudy pink ale with orange highlights and a small, pink head. Sugary sweet nose with medium acidity, raspberry and resin. Medium sweet flavor with a matching level of fruity tartness. The high ABV is warm, but doesn’t burn. Full-bodied and oily with moderate carbonation. Lengthy, sweet and tart, tongue-numbing finish. This bottle was courtesy of growler!

Am I less of a man for holding a glass of spritzy magenta beverage with a pink foamy head? Nawwww. Raspberry aroma with a subtle kick of funk. Subtle. Tart fruit flavors with a maltines quite evident as the base. Alcohol is nowhere to be found. I was absolutely stunned to see how high the percentage was.

22oz bottle. Aroma: fresh raspBEERies slight green grass smell as well. Appearance: Ruby red with a light pink head. delicate, but lingering, lacing. Flavor: A blasting of tart raspberries, light yeast with a slight sour then sweet finish. Palate: Good mouth-feel, medium bodied. nice tight carbonation. VERY slight alcohol finish. Verdict: What a great beer, wonderful way to introduce someone into high ABV beers with out scaring them away.

Light hazy reddish colour with a small white, pink head. Cherry sweet aroma with notes of yeast and alcohol. Sweet and tart fruity flavor with a light dry and yeasty note. Some sweetness in the finish.

22oz bottle. Aroma: Lots of raspberries in the nose. Other cherry and berry aromas, as well. Sweet but with a slight lactic acidity. Malt is hard to find behind all the berry, but a slight chocolate and yeast comes through. Appearance: Purpleish red in color with a frothy pinkinsh head. Fair lacing. Flavor: Intense raspberry, cherry, and tropical fruit. Light yeast. Some yogurt-like sourness. Yeast and a light graininess from the malt. Sour and slightly sweet finish. Palate: Medium bodied. Medium-high carbonation. Light alcohol warming in back of mouth. Overall: Not something I’d drink all the time, but a great fruit beer.