Blushing Monk

Fruit Beer

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.

ABV

9.2

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Ty S.

VERY raspberry forward. Good beer!

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Jake Hughes

It’s like they tried to cover the yeast flavor with fruit

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Chase Meder

Take Rubaeus and make it stronger in all aspects. Sweetness is about the same, but there is more tart in the flavor and has a sour finish. Boozy as well.

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Glorian R

I am a fan of Founders porters and stouts. Pleasantly surprised with this fruit beer.

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Nicholas K.

A delicious raspberry ale.

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jerome h.

Tastes like raspberry wine

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Amy M.

Suuuper raspberry - like tart raspberry jam.

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Lori G.

Smells like berry cake. Sweeter & not as sour as I anticipated. Major red berry flavor; lots of raspberry/cherry. Subtle biting sharp thread to it; must be the yeast. A little funky tartness. Overall, sweeter & way more berry-forward than many sours.

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Brent Borhauer

A bit too sweet fir me but not awful

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Bryan Benning

The raspberry taste is sharp, and tastes a touch artificial. It's a boozy affair, but not as dynamic and well mixed like other similar brews.

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Eric Hornberger

Many layers of sour with a tart finish.

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Willie Shank

very sweet, very fruity, still a sipper though, kinda heavy, tart, VERY close to a sour

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Pat Solano

It's been a minute (a long time according to my teenage kids). Very fruity, more like cranberry juice than raspberry. Hits all the notes with sweet, tart and bitter. Better than a foo foo cocktail.

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Brett Van Thiel

Seems pretty close to berry Weiss

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Hans W.

Goede balans

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Ashley L.

Sweeter than I might have preferred. Will stick with Rubaeus.

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Tom Beers

A little too much on the raspberries.

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Han Solo

Za duża słodycz...

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Andrew S.

A little too sweet but a great version of this type of beer

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Kylie D

Beautiful color.

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Bruce L.

Very cherry. Well balanced malt backbone.

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