Founders Cerise

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

Serve in Flute

A bit of a medicinal cherry aroma. Color is a translucent red with a small pink head. Taste is of sweet cherries with a light malt finish. A bit small for my liking though and the balance is lacking. Think mouthfeel for a fruit beer.

Bottle. Pours a pinkish-amber with a huge foamy pinkish-white head and a lot of lacing. Aroma is light and sour, of cherries, yeast, malt. Taste is sweet and tart, of pie cherries, sugar, baked goods, malt, citrus. Lingering sweet cherry tartness. Very nice and drinkable.

355 ml bottle. Amber/pinkish body with small white head. Flavour is fruit, sweet and malt.

Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are naturally fermented cherries, malt and notes of caramel.

I wish this beer had more character than it does. No cherry aroma or flavor. They did use some cherries because something offsets the barley flavor but it is not real pleasant. I like Founders Breakfast Stout but there is a world of difference between perfection (Breakfast Stout) and this beer. Less than an "ok".

UPDATED: FEB 16, 2010 12 oz bottle courtesy of Kawabomber......looks like a virgin shirley temple....its just ok....oh wait ...its weak and watery.....its non-explosive on the palate...I expected more from a founders product...the color is the best thing going on here....quite the disappointment for cherry

355ml bottle (Johnny’s, Rome)
Pinky red, a few sinky bits. Gentle cherry aroma, but fairly low profile. Gently bitter black cherries, a touch of almond. Some xmas spices. Covers 6.5% well.

Bottle. Pours amberish red with small white head. Taste is lightly sour, acidic. Palate is light bodied. Aroma has fruit, cinnamon.