Frootwood (2017)

Fruit Beer

We took a crisp, light – bodied cherry ale and hid it away in oak barrels that have held both bourbon and maple syrup. After a lengthy stint, it emerged a changed beer, blanketed in notes of warm vanilla and earthy sweetness. The wood proves itself the star of this beer, adding depth and taming the tart cherry while the maple imposes a velvety texture that lingers for not a moment too long.

ABV

8.0

Rating

3.77288

Rating count

23,305

Last updated

almost 5 years ago

 

Wahkene

After 3 years in the cellar the bourbon flavor has mellowed out and its actually more enjoyable now.

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Axel Dietrichkeit

Late check

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Olve Magne Gjertsen Tengs

Hint av bourbon. Not my cup of tea.

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Markus Dodd

Great aged

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Lacy

Fruity and tart but smooth. I very much enjoyed this and sad it's not longer being produced

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Loren Edwards

Smooth. Nice balance of stone fruit and yes barrel wood. No bite that I remember from the first time. Aged well.

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Kristian Nordaas

Litt usikker, mye rart som skjer her, men det funker på en måte. Kombinasjonen bourbon og lønnesirup sammen med kirsebær lager et meget funky preg.

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Brian Kuykendall

#Ericsdustybois

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Johnny

Maple syrup makes it a little heavy. The fruit part is light and crisp. Barrel aging did well. Syrup a little too cloying.

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Craig Allan

Last one! Getting a hint of black licorice 🤔

3.5

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Ashley A.

Bleh black licorice 😩

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Barbara Haslam

Cherry notes.

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PirateBones ShipCaptain

Well, this is an easy veer. Whiskey but good

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Curtis L

Aged very nicely. Clean cherry flavors.

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Lisa Landry

Light and aged well

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Roy H.

Still pretty sweet, not much tart. Very good, though

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Tony J

Sweet cherry with a touch of barrel. Not to bad for a fridge find

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4.5

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mike clyde

Fridge Find, aged really nice. Good mellow cherry and maple notes with a sweet soft mouth feel.

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Morten Bressendorff Schmidt

To my taste, too much coconut, in a weird blend with the cherries

3.0

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Jeff K

Nice cherry ale aged in bourbon and maple syrup. Smooth, great sipping beer.

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Gav

So I found this at the back of a shelf. It had gathered a lot of dust! The BB date is 2017, but I scored it cheap, & it’s Founders, so I was game! Not a fan of cherries, luckily the maple dominates. It’s quite syrupy, I guess due to age, and very sweet.

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Dan Nortman

Held up nicely, much more subtle.

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David S.

Tart cherry and you can taste the maple and bourbon. So close to a 5

4.75

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Chris Compagnone

Cherry really hung around on this one. Bourbon settled, rich caramel notes. This aged very well.

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Rick P.

Poor

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Rob G.

Excellent! A cross between a wine cooler and a beer.

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4.0

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Mike G

This is smooth sweet cherry. Aged very well.

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Sean Clark

Strong, sweet, dessert-like. Smooth finish.

4.0

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Slack Asher

Turning a little medicinal, but I still kinda dig it.

4.0

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3.25

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Jeff

Coronavirus cellar turd day #253. 1-10-17. Not for me, very sweet, reminiscent of a fruity wine cooler. Sort of tastes like robitussin with a little maple syrup drizzled on top. Wanted an easy turd prior to zoom share tonight, but not going down easily

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Russ Dopke

Tart. Nice barrel. Just a little sweet.

4.25

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Jim Goodman

Fridge clean out. More smooth over the years but still cough syrup-like

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George G.

Bottle has aged well. Have 2 left to compare with the 2020 version

4.0

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Craig Alcala

The cherry and barrel have swapped promenance since it was fresh, almost like a barleywine with good barrel and a hint of cherry.

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Renato Ghiraldi

was a great beer, age it for 3 years and... drain pour

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Dan F.

This needn’t be continued.

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Hogie S

Bottled 12/20/16. Cherry sweetness. Not getting the maple syrup. Bourbon is but a remnant on the back end. Still tasty.

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Kristofer S.

En gammal en...funkar

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Greg A.

Found on the cellar rack. Bottle 12/16/16, still sweet and cherry. Exactly as I hoped it'd be. Though the style isn't my fav, this is good.

4.0

over 4 years ago

 

Eric DeVries

Busted some beers out of the cellar for the next few days.

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over 4 years ago

 

John Sicignano

Still too sweet. You can def taste the vanilla cherry and some oal better but sweeeeet

3.0

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Dave Coniglio

Thanks Nedly!

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Colin

Another cellar find, 750mL. Not as offensive as it was fresh

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Erik Carlson

Actually pretty good, in a bemusing sort of way. It seems very tranquil now. The flavors still there, but not nearly as harsh. Opened this one to decide what to do with the rest of em. Guess I'll keep em and check up in a year or five

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Travis D

I like it better now than fresh. That's not saying much though.

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Logan Whitmore

So smooth!!! Wow glad I cracked this one tonight! Cellar raid!

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