Cerise

Cerise
Founders Brewing Co.
Grand Rapids, Michigan

"Brave Clarice. You will let me know when those lambs stop screaming, won't you?" - Hannibal Lecter

"Mmmm...Cerise." -- T. Wörtwurst

Well the lambs ain't crying for me but the cherries certainly are -- in the raspberry's stead -- as they lay butchered, castrated, mashed and juiced for brewing. Founders' Ruebeus was replaced as a seasonal when the price of its raspberry puree skyrocketed. Seeing as cherries are a Michigan staple it gave them a good excuse to go all local with our asses. Well, Clarice, err...Cerise, I ain't buying into it. Not to say that the beer isn't good because it certainly is but hometown pride isn't the reason. Whereas other cherry ales tend to be overly sweet this one is more well-balanced and mitigates between sweet and sour at reasonably high levels. They say that the extract is added at five different points of the brewing process to distribute the exacting flavors to all areas of concentration instead of having a mere blast of castrating sweetness that paralyzes your tongue or whatever extremity you choose to imbibe from. Well, that extra work is going to cost you in price. As with all Founders stock this one has a higher than average price tag. This shouldn't stop you from trying it. You might just want to stop at a good beer store that allows for single takings and dance a little with the beast before you put a ring on it.

-Wörtwurst