Founders Blushing Monk

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

22 oz. bomber bottle, no bottling date, but I would imagine it’s the 2007 vintage, 12.3% ABV, sampled in a tulip glass. Poured a deep reddish brown, when held up to the light you get nice luminous red hues. Small foamy pink head that dissipated into a thin bubbly lacing. An appealing start. Tart raspberry estery nose with a light solvent alcohol. Also traces of seediness and tea leaves. Firm, crisp medium bodied mouthfeel from the hidden condense carbonation. A pleasant dry, puckering tart raspberry taste, some seediness as well, hints of Belgian sugars that don’t interfere with the raspberry tartness. Towards the middle a sour citrus comes out, along with tastes of sponge cake. In the finish a light solvent alcohol flavor emerges, but overall, the alcohol is pretty tame, just a low temperature warmth in the palate. I much prefer this over their regular Rübæus, I thought this was a big improvement, rivals one of my favorites, the New Glarus Raspberry Tart. I need to do a side-by-side comparison one evening soon.

Pours a ruby red with a small medium bead head, kind of like champagne. Looks like cranberry juice. Sweet aroma of fresh dark berries and bubble gum. Fruity dry tartness dominates the taste. Lambic-like; vinous, citrusy. Can’t detect ABV at all. So acidic though, that I feel that drinking the whole bomber would give me acid reflux. Very good, even though fruity beers aren’t my style. And what’s with Michigan and Indiana? Four raters from these states lamented the high cost. Retailers there must be screwing you guys. I paid $8.99 for the 22 oz bomber in metro St. Louis.

Poured from a 22oz bomber into a tulip. This brew poured a beautiful ruby color with a thin, pink head. Some faint lacing was left around the glass. The aroma was totally dominated by raspberries and sweet cherries. The flavor followed the same path. There was also a light sourness behind the raspberries and cherries. The high ABV is nicely hidden as well. The mouthfeel is medium-bodied and champagne-like, featuring lots of fizzy, tiny bubbles. This was one tasty brew, but as mentioned in earlier reviews, the price tag is a bit steep at $16 a bottle. Regardless of the price, I love it!!!

There are fruit beers and there are fruit beers. This is one of the latter.
Great looking pour, a deep ruby body with a light purple head. Good lacing. The aroma is freshly picked raspberrieswith dark cherries.It’s got a lively, carbonated mouthfeel that includes a drop or two of acid. It tastes of tart raspberries, flowery yeast, and a funky sourness. Nice, but the price is way out of line for more than one hit.

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Pours a dark red color with an almost non-existant pink head. Crisp, sweet, fruity aroma, highlighted by cherries and raspberries, with almost a sott drink-cola hint. Sharp body that’s full of fruit flavors. Raspberries are very pronounced here. Finish is tart and a touch sour. 12.3% abv is nowhere to be found. Not my cup of tea, but not bad, either.

22 oz bottle cost about $16 in southeastern Indiana. Ouch! Pours a slightly hazed garnet body with a soapy pink head. Aroma of raspberries and earhty mushrooms. Taste is tart raspberries and earthy yeasty mushrooms. Alcohol is surprisingly well concealed except for a mild burn. Nicely drinkable, but overpriced.

I’m feeling like this is Rubaeus that was brewed with a belgian yeast...oh well. The pour is a nice dark red color with a pink head. Aroma is of raspberries and a hint of yeast. The flavor is very sweet with plenty of the fruit and hit of belgian yeast, and very light tartness. No way this is worth the cost, that’s for sure.

raspberry in color with not much head.the aroma combines cherry coke,root beer,and raspberries.the flavor is tart cherries,raspberry,caramel malts,root beer,and cherry coke.pretty damn tasty stuff i must say.