Founders Blushing Monk

Brewed by Founders Brewing Company
Style: Fruit Beer
Grand Rapids, Michigan USA

Bottle at the Great Lakes Brew Fest. I’m glad I got to try this so I don’t have to pop this just yet. Pours a light clear red with a small pink head. Aroma of fruit punch. Raspberries and sugar. Complex berries in the flavor though. Cherries, and cherry pits, earthy, with sour notes. Slightly watery, finishes dry.

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.