Founders Cerise

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

Serve in Flute

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355 ml bottle @ O’Hara’s, Tampere.
Pours a amber pink colour with a white fluffy head. Aroma of tart cherries, bubblegum and grains. Flavour of tart cherries again, sweet berries, herbs, grains and sweet old toffee. Light bodied, slick mouthfeel and a sharp, mildly tart finish with sweetness. This is a fairly old bottle, but still seems to have kept some of it’s tartness intact. Still no more than a overly sweet fruit beer.

12oz bottle dated 5/8/12 poured into tulip glass. Aroma: cherries, alcohol, earthy, dark fruits, woody, slightly metallic smell Appearance: ruby red with a slight brown tint. hazy, hardly no head. small amount of bubbles rising Taste: medium sweet, slightly bitter, medium sour. A little tart but not overpowering. Palate: medium body, creamy texture that finished slick. finish is medium sour, and light bitter. carbonation is lively. very light, crisp, and refreshing. Overall: This is a very good beer. The cherry isn’t overpowering and the tartness is well balanced with the sweet. Very refreshing for a hot summer day. Might pick some more of this up. Have a couple bottles left still.

Thanks to RBlaszak for sending me this bottle. The beer pours a golden-orange color with a white head. The aroma has a ton of cherry syrup notes in it, as well as a hint of tartness. The flavor has a lot of tart cherries, as well as some syrupy sweetness. There is also a little bit of raspberry character and a hint of biscuit malt. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation.

Originally reviewed: 1/8/10. 12 oz. bottle poured into a pint glass. This is one of the ugliest looking beers I’ve seen in awhile. Reminds me of that Bud Chelada crap. A reddish murky funk sitting in this glass. Small pinkish head on top. Little lace sticks to the glass. Nice crisp body, yet subtly smooth. Flavors of tart cherries, but nothing puckering. Also some honey-kissed biscuits, and the faintest of hops. Bitterness is low. This was quite refreshing and surprisingly drinkable. Not bad.

Pours pink with no head. Smells like malts and cherries. Taste has sweet malt body with some sweet and tangy cherry flavors. Balanced and simple. Cherry flavors are real and tasty. Body is med light. Lively carbonation. Cherry pie sweetness and tang on the after taste. A good fruit beer, would be great on a hot summers day.

Seems to pour pink from the bottle but settles into a cloudy, amber hue with only a faint hint of pinkness. Cherry and hop in nose. Maybe a little breadiness. Tart. Bready finish. Like drinking a cherry pie or a less sweet version of the cheesy Hostess fruit pies. Would cook with it or pair it but not drink this on it’s own.

Bottle from half time. Pours a nice amber color with minimal head. Nose has a faint tart cherry aroma. Taste is a mix of sweet and tart cherry. Moderate malt base. Mouth is silky. Pretty enjoyable.

bread, citrus, dough, red, cloudy, minimal head, medium sweetness, lightly bitter, medium sourness, medium body, average carbonation, astringent,

Pours a light red color with a pinkish head. Aromas of cherry and bread. Tastes of cherry, dough and medicine. Didn’t care for this at all at first but after it warmed up it tasted pretty darn good.

Bottle pours red-amber with an off-white pinkish head. Aroma is sweet and tart with notes of cherry, bready malt, and a touch of earth. Flavor is cherry forward with a fairly decent balance between sweet and tart as well as a light underlying malt presence. Not really any medicinal qualities that tend to come with many cherry beers, but there is a slight minerality to it. Overall body is light to moderate and the finish is dry.