Founders Newaygo County Cherry

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

Draft at founders... Pours a semi-transparent red rasperry with a thin frothy white head... Aroma of sweet confection, brown sugar and maple with obvious cherry and red fruit notes. Some added vanilla notes... Flavors are sweet with maple/vanilla with cherry flavors. Not too tart and mostly sweet. Nice but wouldn’t be able to handle more than a few.

On tap at Founders. Ruddy orange-red body, no head, thin ring of off-white carbonation. Sweet, tart cherry nose with wispy alcohol notes. Tart, sweet, rich cherry syrup body with oak and alcohol, the "cherry wine" aspect enhanced by tight carbonation. Intense fruit beer.

Growler pour at Rozi’s pours light red color with white head. Aroma is cherry, caramel, vanilla, and some bourbon. Luscious mouthfeel. Flavor follows the nose exactly. The barrel makes me think I’m sipping on a caramel covered cherry soaking in bourbon. Very tasty.

On tap at the brewpub. Slightly hazy red with small pinkish head. Aroma is light bourbon that blends very well with the sweet cherry especially the vanilla, some alc but subdued. Flavor is slightly like a less alcy cherry liquor, some alc, really nice, I could see a full pour of this getting a bit cloying but delicious in small amounts. Medium, syrupy with light carbonation. Very well done.

newaygo cherrys used to make a cherry ale that was then aged in maple barrels..tap..medium red pour (NITRO) with nitro head..i dont think this is the cerise that has been aged...aroma of cherry, maple and vanilla..flavor is very similar and is more sweet than tart (obv due to the aging in maple barrels)..very nice.

On tap at founders. Pours a darker, strawberry red with a light pink head. This one was nitro. Aroma of mostly cherries with a hint of caramel. I love this beer. It starts of with almost a caramel apple flavor to me, then an after taste of cherries. This reminds me of Founders Cherise, but much sweeter.

On tap at founders. Pours pinkish red with a white head. Aromas are of cherries and some vanilla.taste follows smell quite well with a nice smooth palate. This is good stuff.

On tap at brewery. Pours a reddish amber with a pink fzzy head and thick cherry aromas. Flavor is sweet and syrupy cherries with a little bit of a tart pie cherry finish. This is fairly thick stuff, which is an interesting change of pace from your average fruit beer.