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Founders Rübæus 3.47 398

Founders Rübæus

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
3983.48/5.03.47/5.0Summer6.9%95.6Flute
Commercial Description:
As promised Founders Brewing Company has created something unlike the rest. Amongst this summers over crowded race to cloudy wheat beers we have decided to embark down a path all to our own. By using only fresh raspberries Rubaeus translates into intense flavors combined with a no hesitation malt bill. At 7% ABV this is definitely beer. In fermentation we add fresh raspberries at five separate stages throughout the fermentation life cycle to achieve the ultimate balance between tartness and sweetness. This beer is a tribute to Founders way of brewing…. Brewing Beer We Want To Drink
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 BillWyce (100), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Aug 5, 2008  
Bottle, poured into English pint glass. Mostly red in color, with a pink-ish head that dissipated quickly. Aroma of raspberry, as one would expect. Not as strong a raspberry flavor as I had expected (as compared to Lindeman’s Framboise, for example), but noticable enough. Not a beer for everyone, as some reviews indicate, but a good, drinkable summer beeer without an overwhelmingly fruity taste.


 gunhaver (1044), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Aug 5, 2008  
Bottle, courtesy Santa. Pours a dark pink color, with a fizzy head and very little lacing. Tons of raspberries in the nose, dry and sweet, vanilla, and some strawberry. Dry malts start off the flavor, following the first wave of raspberries. Some hay, too. Pretty mild overall. Crisp and refreshing, tastes a bit artificial though (not that it is, but that it tastes that way). Still decent for what it is.


 KawaBomber (213), New Jersey, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Aug 5, 2008  
12oz Bottle: Pours ruby red w/ a small light pink head that doesn’t stick around very long. Tart raspberry aroma. Flavor is tart raspberry too, but there is a bit of malt to go w/ the raspberry onslaught. Great summer beer, but I do think this one is way better on tap. Doesn’t seem quite as smooth in the bottle.


 GAManiac (1210), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Aug 4, 2008  
Bottle. Pours ruby red with a small pinkish head that doesn’t stick around very long and leaves no lacing. Smell is, not surprisingly, raspberries, mostly sweet but with a hint of sourness at the end. The taste is also dominated by raspberries but there is definitely a beer backbone in there - malts and a faint hop taste in the finish. Mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with decent carbonation. The drinkability is pretty good on this one especially since the sweetness is toned down a little in the taste.


 BeerBaron617 (313), Novi, Michigan, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/101/510/20
Aug 1, 2008  
I was not very impressed with this. It pours a hazy dark red with little head. It actually kinda tastes like a wine cooler. My mother actually thought it was! I guess it would be good as a glorified chick beer.


 decaturstevo (2010), decatur, Tennessee, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Jul 26, 2008  
Very tart raspberry aroma. Clean red/brown pour. slightly sweet/tart raspberry dominated flavor with just a bit of a flat papery finish. Slightly thin with light foamy palate. Pretty good beer that without the bit of a funky after taste would really be good.


 lumberjack (178), Michigan, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/104/512/20
Jul 25, 2008  
Red pour with disappearing pink head. Aroma is sweet berries and nothing more. Taste is led by raspberries that are more reminiscent of jam or preserves than of fresh tart berries. There is just enough of a malt and hop backbone to let you know this isn’t a wine cooler. Not bad, but really not that refreshing of a summer brew either.


saltebru (13), Ionia, Michigan, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/103/519/20
Jul 25, 2008  
Pours a nice ruby red. You can really sense the raspberries. Fermentation from the malts as well as the raspberries. A really good beer.



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