Founders Blushing Monk

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

Bonus from AllABout Stout, Pours a beautiful raspberry red with no head. Nose is sweet with almost nothing but raspberries. Honestly, a bit wine cooler ish, with a mellow, dry finish. No trace of alcohol. I hate to admit, but I really liked it. Does that make me a 21 year old girl??

Pours a cloudy ruby red grapefruit color. A small, foamy tan head leaves minimal sudsy spotting on the glass. The aroma is as fruity as they come, with raspberries and cherries providing massive sweetness, and cranberries and orange rind adding a slightly spicy, sharp twang to the nose. Flavors continue that theme, with the same elements working harmoniously towards a sweet and sour (well, mostly sweet) balance. The mouthfeel is full and slick, finishing sticky and sitting a little heavy in the stomach. This is highly enjoyable in small doses, but I don’t think I could be forced into slugging down more than a few ounces of this intense, syrupy brew. Its a nice dessert drink to share with 4-5 people.

Bottle at Oldsmar Tap House. Pours a deep red with a strong fruity aroma. Flavor has a tart sourness of raspberries and cherries. Pretty decent but not quite my thing.

I can’t believe this doesn’t come in higher on the ranks. Bottle from Charles Street Liquors. Maybe the best fruit beer I’ve ever had, and by that I mean ’maybe better than Kuhnhenn’s framboise.’ But where the Kuhn’s miracle is making a barrell-aged beer taste like a raspberry tree, Founders’ claim to fame is they make a 12.3% raspberry beer not taste like raspberry vodka (read: DOGFISH FORT) but candy! That one wouldn’t hesitate to give their own children! This beer is a milestone.

Awesome fruit beer. Aroma of raspberries bursts from its crimson colored bed. Taste is a raspberry overload with a nice malt base.

Bottle. Pours a dark pinkish hue, with lots of wet head and drippy lacing. Big raspberries in the nose, and a malty base comes through. Some cinnamon, too. Very tasty, alcohol is undetected through the bushels of raspberries and spicy finish. Incredibly drinkable and easy to finish.

Acquired via trade with holdenn. THANKS MATT!!! Crimson body with a razor-thin head. Aroma is dark fruit and natural sweetness. Not just raspberry but hints of cherry skin. The flavor is biting sour/tart raspberry that surrounds the tongue and requires a pucker!!! The ample carbonation dances on the tongue and the 12.3% ABV is hardly noteable. Tasty and glad I had a chance to try!!!

Very raspberrish fruitiness aroma. very red beer with white head and lace. Very tart raspberry flavor just sharp enouth to be nice. Nice solid mouthfeel and good carbonation. Very solid offering for the style abv is hidden very well. One I really liked