Founders Brewing Co. Frootwood

Frootwood

 

Founders Brewing Co. in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

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Score
7.20
ABV: 8.0% IBU: 15 Ticks: 43
Cherry Ale Aged in Maple Syrup Bourbon Barrels

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.
 

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6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Draught (Little Pub, Vaasa). Reddish orange colour with a small off-white head. Aroma is cherries, some mild wood, alcohol as well as some mild maple. Flavour is cherries, syrup, some wood, alcohol and mild tart red berries as well. Good in the beginning, but before finishing the glass it already gets a bit too sticky.

Tried on 31 Dec 2022 at 01:29


7.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Finally getting to try this. 2022 bottle from Livonia Liquor. Pours a clear, rusty reddish amber with a finger of off-white foam that lingers. Nice lacing down the glass. Aromas of bourbon, maple syrup and cherry cordial. As it warms, a nice comforting oaky, vanilla bourbon note drives the nose. More of the same on the palate. Cherry, vanilla, oak and bourbon linger on the finish. A lot of hate for this, but I think it's well executed. Maple and cherry play well with the bourbon barrel.

Tried from Bottle from Livonia Liquor & Fine Wine on 11 Dec 2021 at 02:05


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bomber. Nose is cherry, bourbon, maple, vanilla. Hazy, ok-looking golden amber. Sweet flavor with nice cherry and bourbon and rather enjoyable.

Tried on 20 Nov 2019 at 02:29


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

355ml bottle. Pours orange brown. Cherry, bourbon, sugar, syrup, synthetic cherry, touch of booze, orange, maple syrup. Oily body. Tasty.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Sep 2018 at 07:53


6

Tried on 23 Aug 2018 at 14:16


8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

355ml bottle from Drink Store, Dublin. At Niamey's craft beer tasting. No BB. Couleur cerise-ambre, col fin blanc. Arôme offre de belles effluves de cerise le tout accompagnées par un somptueux effet de Bourbon clairement bien marqué, le cerise revient en rétro avec un effet naturel, le tout sur l’érable qui confère des petites notes de sucré. Palais garde un bel effet de crise alternant entre le côté un peu fruité tannique-suret et la douceur plus marquée de Bourbon - douceur vanillée sur la fin. Le mélange fonctionne bien, l'érable contribue à un ajout organique sirupeux légèrement sucré.

Tried from Bottle on 30 May 2018 at 15:50


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Süß fruchtiger Beginn mit holzigen Noten. Süßholz, trocken, etwas Bourbon. Etwas Vanille im Hintergrund, feine Karbonisierung, Kirschen, langer Nachhall. Nicht ganz rund aber interessant und vielseitig. 9/9/10/9/9/9

Tried on 22 Mar 2018 at 19:54


8.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Cherry dominates but in both Aroma and flavor Bourbon and hints of the maple show up to. Flavor has a slightly tart cast to it.

Tried on 08 Feb 2018 at 02:19


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle shared with Višnja 666 and Pilot Goran at a tasting session in the summer of 2017. Dark golden, small off-white head. Barrel and fruit, with some peat. Quite aggressive. Lots of barrel flavour here, but sweet and syrupy. Thick and sticky, medium body, moderately lasting syrupy finish. Very sweet ale.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Dec 2017 at 08:34


7.5

Interesting. Not sure if it's really my thing, but fun for sure. Very sweet, some bourbon, lots of (synthetic) cherry. Very easy drinking.

Tried from Bottle from Drankenspeciaalzaak Jelle on 10 Nov 2017 at 23:00