Founders Newaygo County Cherry
Had on tap @ Armsby Abbey A: nice rich frothy 2 finger head in tulip glass fades slowly with Belgian style fluffy and chunkage, and leaves a nice lacing on the sides. Hazy rosy flemish red colored beer with a slight glow. N: Lots of oak and bourbon in there, mostly behind the sweet cherry. Lots of bourbon and vanilla which starts to come towards the front, with some woody esthers. On top of that is a sweet semi sour cherry fruit aroma with a slight tangy and slightly creamy aroma too. A touch of rustic toasty malts. Gives me the feel of sticking my nose in a used bourbon cask with some cherries in it. T: Starts pretty sweet with a slight malty taste but pretty sweet malts. Quite a sweet cherry with that, somewhat like a very upscale version of a Maraschino cherry. It has a touch of booze to the taste and a little more oak but not as much as the nose had. Some bourbon and quite a bit of vanilla complement that. THen a very slight sour tangy flavor with a hint of vinegar, and mostly a sour cherry candy flavor like a sour cherry loli-pop. It also gets a little boozier on both the nose and taste as it warms. M: Med to lighter body with decent but lower than expected carbonation. F: Semi dry but thought it would have gotten drier than this, as it leaves a little lingering syrupy sweetness. A lot more bolotin cherry on the finish, which is interesting as the initial taste was more sweet cherry and the finish shifts completely to bolotin. With that adds a touch of sour fruit and somewhat like cough syrup. A little oak and vanilla fades quickly leaving mostly a flemish feel with all the bolotin cherry. Overall a little too sweet and syrupy, the bourbon comes through nicely with the oak, wood, and vanilla. I also like how it has that sweet upscale Maraschino cherry to start and finishes with Bolotin cherry.