Founders Cerise - Founders Brewing Company

viverlee

Ohio

3.25/5  rDev -11%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

The dreaded fruit beer, it’s like smoking or sex with a six. I know I shouldn’t but I do.

STYLE: Fruit/Vegetable Beer

ABV: 6.5%

LOOK: All it needs is a lemon twist. It has more of a ladies’ night cosmo vibe than any beer I’ve had before. Full cherry and raspberry red, lightly carbonated, and a well-shaken cloudiness. What surprises me the most is the stickiness. This isn’t #9.

NOSE: Um? No cherries? Well, that’s maybe not fair, but really no cherries? I’ll be blunt, it smells mostly like poster board. The kind you present your science fair project with. There is a captive cherry in there somewhere dying to get out, lost, I believe, in the successful desire to balance the maltiness with the tartness.

MOUTH: Soft cherry, red apple peel, and grape skins. Not overwhelming at all, I dig it. It needs a bit more acidity, however. Some lemon hoppiness could do this brew a world of good. I was expecting a shock-and-awe cherry bomb and am happy to report it’s actually quite mild, quite balanced … from a flavor profile. It is, unfortunately, a bit flat on the tongue, again missing some kind of pop. Try it, yes. Love it, eh.

Beeradvocate Rating: 83

Hayward Abbey Rating: 79

Serving type: bottle

08-03-2012 03:18:06 | More by viverlee

JohnnieNepal

Michigan

4/5  rDev +9.6%

05-23-2013 02:21:48 | More by JohnnieNepal

fgilbert2

Michigan

4.25/5  rDev +16.4%

05-22-2013 04:11:45 | More by fgilbert2

MLKincer

Ohio

3.5/5  rDev -4.1%

05-22-2013 02:44:21 | More by MLKincer

PorterLambic

Florida

2.7/5  rDev -26%
look: 4 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.5

Poured aggressively into a standard pint glass produces a dark reddish brown and cloudy liquid with a well sustained, faintly pink, creamy looking head that subsides very slowly while leaving some very nice lacing.
Smell is faint with notes of malt, cherry cough syrup and floral, maybe gardenia.
Taste is a weird mix of the floral and cherry syrup with the malt very faint, not a main participant.
Medium bodied at best with a tingly effervescence, much like a lambic which is my best guess as to what they were aiming for. I like lambics, but I'm glad I only have two of these to drink. The overly artificial flavor/nose is depressing. Being from Michigan myself and aware of the heritage of cherry growing in the state, I really wanted to like this a lot but I can't honestly say I do. Finally a Founders beer I don't want more of.

Serving type: bottle

05-21-2013 02:17:30 | More by PorterLambic

ackeeper

Illinois

4/5  rDev +9.6%

05-21-2013 01:52:36 | More by ackeeper

nyrblue2

New York

3.5/5  rDev -4.1%

05-20-2013 23:57:59 | More by nyrblue2

InspectorBob

New Jersey

3.5/5  rDev -4.1%

05-20-2013 14:26:31 | More by InspectorBob

NJB145

Michigan

4.75/5  rDev +30.1%

05-19-2013 01:17:48 | More by NJB145

allisonastra

Michigan

4/5  rDev +9.6%

05-16-2013 15:25:47 | More by allisonastra

vrbulldog22

Ohio

3.75/5  rDev +2.7%

05-13-2013 18:23:35 | More by vrbulldog22

jkball01

Kentucky

3.5/5  rDev -4.1%

05-13-2013 16:34:11 | More by jkball01

Arsenal0328

Indiana

3.75/5  rDev +2.7%

05-12-2013 21:42:35 | More by Arsenal0328

macrosmatic

Florida

3.75/5  rDev +2.7%

05-12-2013 17:15:20 | More by macrosmatic

hey5hitgoose

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev +2.7%

05-11-2013 00:57:39 | More by hey5hitgoose

Slay40

Michigan

4.5/5  rDev +23.3%

05-10-2013 21:18:36 | More by Slay40

marshmeli

New York

3.5/5  rDev -4.1%

05-10-2013 20:48:12 | More by marshmeli

twenty5

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -4.1%

05-10-2013 19:36:35 | More by twenty5

stevec32

New York

3.5/5  rDev -4.1%

05-10-2013 00:13:51 | More by stevec32

beernads

Florida

3.25/5  rDev -11%

05-09-2013 05:42:14 | More by beernads

deadliest

Texas

4.25/5  rDev +16.4%

05-07-2013 23:41:11 | More by deadliest

Jason1337

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev +2.7%

05-05-2013 13:32:04 | More by Jason1337

Seakyden

Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev -4.1%

05-02-2013 15:36:06 | More by Seakyden

downeyj4

Michigan

3.4/5  rDev -6.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25

For a Fruit Beer, this is good. At the end of the day, it is still a fruit beer. It has a red hue to it and it tastes like cherries. If you want a beer, look for something else. If you love cherries, then you will love this. I'd definitely get it again, but I would have to be in the right mood (and also I would have to make sure that none of my friends would see me drinking it).

Serving type: on-tap

04-30-2013 03:42:11 | More by downeyj4

zachattack555

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev +2.7%

04-28-2013 20:17:41 | More by zachattack555