Founders Blushing Monk

Bottled. An unclear dark red beer with a thin pinkish head. The aroma is sweet with notes of red berries, while the flavor is sweet yet with an acidic edge from the raspberries.

Pours almost a dark golden ale color. Kind of Rubaus with more fruit. Similar carbonation but can not taste the increase in alcohol. A bit surpy.

Very nice fruit. Reminds me a lot of the Rubaeus. Lots and lots of good raspberry flavor. Could hardly taste alcohol in it. Very well hidden in the fruit. A summer sipper for sure.

Gorgeous color scheme: very deep crimson and violet in a swirling hazy cloud. A thin off-white and pink tinted head recedes fully and quickly, but just reveals more beautiful coloration. The aroma is loaded with fresh raspberry juice without any offensive medicinal notes. Loads of fruity and lightly spicy yeast follows. Alcohol is marvelously masked, evident yet restrained. Yogurt loaded with lightly soured lactic acid floods the senses and further conceals alcohol. Each nosing concludes with mellow milk chocolate and tropical fruit scents. Shiraz styled jammy notes cloak some acidity. The flavor is monstrously sweet and very jammy, as expected from a more caressing and tricky nose. Acidity must technically be off the charts to be so noticeable in the finish; this thing is freaking sweet, not cloying but damn close. The yeast profile is more forward. Light to mild tartness is refreshing and seems just the right amount, any more would seem too much like a candy element. No hops or bitterness noted. The finish is lightly tart, highly sweet, long and strong, very heavy warming late. The mouthfeel is full, extremely sticky and lightly carbonated. Very good but too sweet for a lengthy session or too tall a glass, a definite sipper and brew to be shared. Founders never ceases to surprise.

Courtesy boboski. Pours an exceptionally beautiful maroonish red color, that was not expected. Aroma is fruit forward, which is to be expected. Raspberries of course, but I get the slightest hint of sour pie cherries that cuts the sweetness ever so gracefully. Some rose like aromas, even a slight black currant thing there. Absolutely amazing aroma. Flavor is more of the same and what I expected. Sweet raspberries, balanced with a refreshingly acidic finish. Where is the alcohol in this beast? This is an incredible bottle. My only disappointment is that we could only score 2 bottles.

Pours crimson into a Tumbler. Bright pink micro head slowly recedes leaving slight lacing...raspberry Jello 1-2-3...in appearance and aroma. Crisp and sweet upfront, turning fizzy, tart and earthy in the finish. Definitely taste the alcohol.

Draft. Deep hazy red color with lacing type head. Aroma of raspberries. The taste was of sweet/tart raspberries with some yeast coming in. Al ittle syrupy with alcohol well hidden.

On tap at Capone’s... Appears a dense crimson and purple with a small head of pink foam that fades into a mild film and collar. Scattered spots are left around the glass. Smell is of rich raspberry sorbet, mixed berry yogurt, & tropical fruit esters. Taste is of a rich, complex raspberry smoothie with lip smacking, creamy goodness. Wow. Mouthfeel is like a sweet tart filled with fruity jam. It tickles the front of the tongue upon the sip and hits the rear of the tongue with verocity. Full bodied, rich, chewy, yeasty, and chocked full of berries.