Founders Cerise

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

Serve in Flute, Shaker

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Poured a deep red with a nice little white head. Aroma was very light with cherries. Not too much going on but have to say I am getting this in a bar after sitting for about 10 months. Taste is very simple with mild cherry flavor again. I guess a nice sessional fruit beer.

Bottle to tulip. Beautiful redish brown color with minimal head. Light body and cherry flavor. Odd fact - the only beer my mom likes. Too bad they aren’t making it this year.

Fruity but not like a lambic. Very pretty red color. Taste has a bit of a bite from carbonation, but a fruity beer needs that in my opinion.

Bottle in NYC sept 2012. Hazy red beer with a minimal pink head. Aroma reminds med of sweet cherry wine. Lots of cherry flavour. A quite nice fruite beer, not to sweet.

Pours an amazing red with with some frothy red tinted head. The aroma is absurdly enticing with lots of cherry, a bit of citrus tones, and a bit of sweet caramel. The taste doesn’t disappoint with a great balance of sweetness and tartness that makes for a very balanced beer. The palate is lively with carbonation and finishes with a dry astringent bite that doesn’t pucker. I’m a sucker for cherries but this is one damm fine beer. January isnt quite the month for it but I’m definitely happy that I got this one

Pours a deep translucent ruby color with a creamy pink head that looks like the top of a strawberry milkshake. Love the look. Head does not last. Aroma is tart, sour cherries, raspberry, grass, some very gentle bread and yeast notes. Taste is sweet, tart and very crisp; berries, sour cherries, jam and a very subtle finish of bitter fruit skins (grapes/cherries). High carbonation isn’t bad; however, the intense sweet and tart characteristics combined with the high carbonation and incredibly well hidden alcohol leave this feeling like a sour cherry soda or a very mild sparkling cherry wine. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Overall, I enjoyed it but I would have a difficult time drinking several of these in a session.

Pours a clear golden amber color with minimal head on it. There is a weak scent of wheat and some cherry, but nothing too bold or fruity. The taste is a very nice mixture of wheat, malts, and sweet cherries that are again not too bold or sweet. This is one of those cherry beers that has a good cherry flavor but doesn’t go overkill on the fruit flavor. A must try for fruit beer lovers!

35,5 cl bottle @ O’Hara’s Freehouse. Rated on 17.04.2010
Aroma is somewhat sweet with lots of cherries and some fruit sugar. Flavour is rather strong on cherry juice, also some leathery notes, fruit sugar and slight tartness. Not my thing, luckily I shared this bottle was with Pat and olio...

Date is smudged, but appears to be 05/10/2012. 12 oz bottle into a Founders 15th anny glass. A - Pours a hazy dark red body that almost borders on purple. Looks like a fruit soda. A small messy cap of light tan foam dissipated quickly. Thin lacing with moderate lacing and retention. S - Strong cherries. Yaaaa...I don’t know. That is it really. Its tart and smells natural, but that is all there is to the aroma. T - Tart cherries with a sweet and syrupy finish. Again, very natural tasting. It does capture some of that spiciness that a real cherry has, almost cinnamon like but very subtle. M - Medium bodied, almost syrup like but a moderate level of carbonation cuts through. O - I won’t miss this beer. Its a step up over the faux-fruit lambics, but at the end of the day its just a solid cherry ladened beverage. Bring on the Rubaeus!

Crazy deep ruby tinted coloured body with a bit of pink and a definite pink head, about two centimetres thick - very nice looking. Aroma of pale malt, alcohol, a bit of metal, and some light cherries - not very strong smelling at all. Medium-bodied; Strong sweet and sugar flavour at first with a bit of malt, some cherry sweetness and a light hint of nuts, earth and more sweetness. Aftertaste is mainly just sweetness with a hint of earth and a little cherry flavour - not much though. Overall, a good beer, but it’s lack of real cherry flavour is not good, but it’s sweetness and mild flavours overall are nice. Good to try, but don’t expect a great beer here - if you want a real cherry beer, grab a kriek lambic from belgium! I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Half Time in Poughkeepsie, New York on 26-December-2012 for US$1.99 sampled at home on the Eastern Shore of Virginia on 18-January-2013.