Blushing Monk
(has 5 batches)
Founders Brewing Co. in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Fruit Beer Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.38
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Belgian-Style Ale Fermented with Pure Raspberries
Blushing Monk is brewed with a ridiculous amount of raspberries and with a Belgian yeast strain that keeps our head cellar operator from sleeping for a week. It pours a stunning deep berry red and, at 9.2% ABV, has a surprising kick. The perfect dessert beer, it can be enjoyed on its own or paired with fresh cheeses, fruit, cakes and more.
Blushing Monk is brewed with a ridiculous amount of raspberries and with a Belgian yeast strain that keeps our head cellar operator from sleeping for a week. It pours a stunning deep berry red and, at 9.2% ABV, has a surprising kick. The perfect dessert beer, it can be enjoyed on its own or paired with fresh cheeses, fruit, cakes and more.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
22 fl oz bottle. Pours haszy brown to amber with a small off white head. Aroma is wineous and raspberry fruity. Smoooth fruity, tartand citric. Lingering and phenolic fruity. Crisp and citric fruity. Bitter and citric into the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2014
at 05:46
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a hazy reddish color with a small fast disappearing off-white head. Has a fruity strong raspberry aroma. Sweetish fruity strong raspberry flavor. Has a sweetish fruity strong raspberry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2014
at 02:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sample from 75 cl. bottle. Dark amber colour with a reddish tint. Sweet aroma with berries, caramel malts, Ribena. Taste is sweet. Medium to full body with a creamy texture and a soft carbonation. Finishes sweet with fruit juice - raspberries. Nice Fruit Beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Nov 2014
at 11:11
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle 75 cl. Pours a reddish brown with a smallish, pinkish head. Very intense raspberry aroma - wauw. Very rich body, lowish carbonation, intense raspberries - and nothing much else to be honest. They must’ve used a ton of raspberries here! Sweet, rich berry finish with the alcohol very well masked. Nice one. 081114
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2014
at 06:26
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle received in trade. Thank you biggsbowler! Pours ruby reddish dark brown with a frothy reddish beige head that leaves lots of sticky trace on the glass while dissipating. Smell is intensely fruity with dark bread, oatmeal, raspberries, sour cherries, leather, damp soil, hay, lime zest, lemon zest and hints of raspberry balsamic vinegar. Taste is slightly sweet, slightly sour, slightly malty and heavy fruity with dark bread, toasted oatmeal flakes, raspberries, blackberries, sour cherries, hay, moist soil, leather, green apple skins, raspberry seeds, lime juice and lemon zest. Mouthfeel is soft, velvety, tart, slightly dry, slightly berry seed astringent and medium to full bodied. Finish is slightly sour and heavy fruity with dark bread, raspberries, lemon juice, raspberry seeds, hay, damp soil, leather, lime zest and lemon zest. Wow, not like other US ”fruit beers” I’ve tried like New Glarus Raspberry Tart. No overwhelming sweetness and no heavy breakfast oatmeal malt base. Just plain tasty berry tartness on a complex beer base. Essentially a raspberry sour without any bacteria or wild yeast.I’m starting to detect some hints of oxidation so I’d recommend consuming this ASAP if I had a bottle but at this stage this very much holds up great. Happy to have had the chance to try this!
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2014
at 15:03
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, shared with friends. Thanks a ton to Elwood for trading this bad boy to me! Pours cloudy deep red-burgundy, small pink head, decent lacing on the glass. Aroma is, well, raspberry. Tons and tons of raspberry, as well as cherry and lemon. Flavor is lightly tart raspberry/cherry with medium sweetness. Terrifically fruity. Medium body, quite tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2013
at 22:52
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at the Deanso’s monthly RB tasting, July 2013. Poured a dark reddish brown with a reddish head. The aroma is zesty raspberry. The flavour is medium to strong sweet, zesty raspberry, a little yeast and not much else. It’s rather too sweet for me. Nice to taste, but this beer is all about the sweetness and the raspberries.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2013
at 14:10