Founders Blushing Monk

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

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.

This was a refreshing and tasty beer good for a hot day with a rasberry taste and not to overwhelming.The alcohol is well hidden and not noticeable at all.CHEERS!

As soon as the bottle was opened I got a hint of rasberries. Pours a beautiful ruby red color with a fluffy white head. Big rasberry nose. Strong, sweet rasberry on the palate ending with a tartness. Quite fizzy. Never had anything quite like this. Dangerously drinkable. Highalchol hidden well. Man, was this very good.

Pours red, with a hint of brown. Small white head. Aroma is all raspberries. Flavor is raspberries, starting out, and ending tart. Some alcohol is present, but did seems less than 12.3%. Better than Rubaeus, but not quite as good as NG Raspberry Tart.

9/05/2007: Founder’s Blushing Monk pours out a clear red color is a slight violet hue to it. The head is thin and foamy and is also has a violet-colored tinge to it. The aroma is loaded with ripe raspberries fresh from the vine with a hint of dark chocolate in the background. The slightly sweet flavor is mostly raspberry and could probably pass in a blind tasting as a fruity red wine. There is a hint of tartness in the finish (just like real raspberries have!). The body of this beer is medium-light and it is softly carbonated and smooth on the palate. Bluching Monk is a great fruit beer and is even better than the <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/founders-rübæus/ Rübæus!

22 oz bottle (12.1% ABV) shared by Peanut at the Dilly Deli. Thanks for sharing this surprise bottle Peanut. I really appreciate it! Rating #89 for this beer...

22oz. Bottle: Very sweet aroma. Smells of raspberries and Robitussin. Poured purple/ruby/magenta in color with a tiny violet head that diminished immediately. Kinda looks like Manischewitz wine. Clear. Some tiny particles. Flavor is heavily sweet and light to medium tart. Tastes of raspberries and a little alcohol. Light to medium body. Thin but syrupy texture. Lively carbonation. Sweet raspberry finish. Quite a good fruit beer.

22 oz. bomber bottle, no bottling date, but I would imagine it’s the 2007 vintage, 12.3% ABV, sampled in a tulip glass. Poured a deep reddish brown, when held up to the light you get nice luminous red hues. Small foamy pink head that dissipated into a thin bubbly lacing. An appealing start. Tart raspberry estery nose with a light solvent alcohol. Also traces of seediness and tea leaves. Firm, crisp medium bodied mouthfeel from the hidden condense carbonation. A pleasant dry, puckering tart raspberry taste, some seediness as well, hints of Belgian sugars that don’t interfere with the raspberry tartness. Towards the middle a sour citrus comes out, along with tastes of sponge cake. In the finish a light solvent alcohol flavor emerges, but overall, the alcohol is pretty tame, just a low temperature warmth in the palate. I much prefer this over their regular Rübæus, I thought this was a big improvement, rivals one of my favorites, the New Glarus Raspberry Tart. I need to do a side-by-side comparison one evening soon.