Cherry Blossom Lager
Fordham & Dominion Brewing Company

Cherry Blossom LagerCherry Blossom Lager
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From:
Fordham & Dominion Brewing Company
 
Delaware, United States
Style:
Fruit and Field Beer
ABV:
5.2%
Score:
79
Avg:
3.42 | pDev: 18.42%
Reviews:
36
Ratings:
143
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Nov 11, 2023
Added:
Mar 04, 2013
Wants:
  7
Gots:
  32
Conditioned on 300 pounds of Michigan cherries for 48 hours. Perle & Tradition hops.
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Ratings by chefhatt:
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Rated by chefhatt from Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev -12.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Nice lager body and color
slight tart from the cherries
decent beer
Feb 23, 2015
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Reviewed by BeerAndGasMasks from Virginia

3.37/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
From the tap, it pours a light golden color with a modest head - a very slight reddish tint to it. The nose gets a dose of cherry cough drops. The mouth gets the cherry flavor as well, a bit medicinal
Nov 11, 2023
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Reviewed by Delewarebeeer

3.84/5  rDev +12.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Refreshing and effervescent generous amounts of cherry on the nose and palate. I like it better than Sam Adams Cherry Wheat, it’s close in comparison but drinks smoother.
Feb 09, 2022
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Reviewed by rudiecantfail from Pennsylvania

3.69/5  rDev +7.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
12 ounce bottle poured into a tulip glass. I can't figure out what the packaging information means.

L---Pours g in light it looked like clear, pale yellow with pinkish tones. Sitting in my glass, it looks like medium Amber with pink highlights. Rocky, white head faded down to a cap pretty quickly and left good lacing.

S---Luden's cherry cough drops. Some floral notes.

T---Luden's cherry cough drops again. No tartness to be found.

F---Medium/light bodied. Ample carbonation.

)---More medicinal than I'd like, but still tasty enough. I won't get this one again.
Aug 27, 2021
 
Rated: 4 by Scott_McCool from Florida

Jul 03, 2019
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Reviewed by akaizer from Virginia

4.55/5  rDev +33%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
From a bottle. Pour has a nice puffy off-white to pinkish head with a beautiful rose-gold body and mild effervescence. The scent is mostly cherry blossom, with a bias towards a sweeter rather than acerbic quality. At times, the sweetness almost verges on a syrup-y quality, but not enough to district from its pleasantness. Taste matches the scent, with a sweet cherry blossom flavor throughout. Something that impresses me about this is that it is neither too cherry nor too blossom-y, hitting a pretty nice sweet spot. Another point I have noticed is that as the glass warms, some subtler flavors come across that are a treat unto themself. Feel is on the smoother side with a weaker body and a slightly sweet aftertaste. One of my favorite spring/early summer brews.
Jul 02, 2019
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Reviewed by drtth from Pennsylvania

4.08/5  rDev +19.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
The clear dark golden slightly reddish colored beer pours out into a Duvel glass with a 1 1/2” off white head that persists well as it slowly recedes to become a small ring and a thin irregular island of foam after leaving a spider web and rings of lacing on the sides of the glass. Sipping creates a couple of arches with lots of scattered small patches and legs of lacing.

The aromas are filled with light sweet cherry. There’s also a bit of bready malt and some light floral character in the background.

The flavors are much as expected from the nose but with the mildly sweet cherry, some bready grainy malt and some light, grassy and spicy hops. The sweetness-bitterness balance is well controlled and hop flavors don’t interfere with the cherry.

The mouth feel is on the light side of medium bodied and fairly smooth with the moderate, finely bubbled carbonation. The finish begins as the sweetness and cherry flavors begin to fade to allow the lightly bitter, grassy, spicy and floral hops to close out a long dry ending.

Overall this is a nicely drinkable and enjoyable beer that would be crisp and refreshing on a summer’s day. The fruit comes through clearly but the sweetness does not cloy and the noticeable hops provide an excellent counterpoint to both the malt and the cherries.
Apr 07, 2019
 
Rated: 5 by SZMaguire from Vermont

Oct 24, 2018
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Reviewed by Ewok_BBQ from Maryland

4.02/5  rDev +17.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
Minimal to no head after pour, lovely clear amber color. Very strong cherry scent, first sip is smooth, no bite and not very hoppy to my liking. Hints of breadiness. The strongest cherry flavored beer I have had. Would be great sitting by the pool or for desert.
Aug 26, 2018
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Rated by Ejlaychock from Virginia

1.6/5  rDev -53.2%
look: 4 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Taste just like cherry cola. Over use of cherry extract in the brewing process, couldn’t even finish one pint.
Jun 24, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by 1971bernat from Virginia

Jun 18, 2018
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Reviewed by Gajo74 from New York

3.66/5  rDev +7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Pours a clear dark golden color with hints of amber. A modest but solid foam head soon dissipates but retains leaving a thin and broken layer of film intact.
Strong aromas of cherry provide a pleasant fruity sweetness, complemented by floral aromas.
Sweet and cherry dominant at first. My first impressions were that I wouldn’t really like due to the fruit heaviness, however, a bready malt base begins to develop, as well as a mild grassy and floral hops finish.
Medium to light bodied, moderately crisp, and ultimately pretty easy to drink.
This ended up being pretty decent in the end in that the cherry flavors didn’t overwhelm and that it was refreshing.
Jun 14, 2018
 
Rated: 2 by BigMike from Pennsylvania

Jun 06, 2018
 
Rated: 2.93 by hairnic from District of Columbia

Apr 09, 2018
 
Rated: 3.58 by Knapp85 from Pennsylvania

Mar 25, 2018
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Reviewed by feuematt from Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev +2.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Copper colored beer with a slowly fading head. Taste is very sweet cherry and bready malts. This is the most dominant cherry tasting beer I've ever had...still overall pretty decent.
Mar 18, 2018
 
Rated: 4.8 by foghornleghorn22 from Virginia

Feb 16, 2018
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Reviewed by Brendolikesbeer from Utah

4.79/5  rDev +40.1%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.75
VERY VERY CHERRY. Love this beer, cant get enough of it. Maybe it would hurt my stomach after awhile, but I could go through a 6-pack of these very quickly. Very sweet.
Jun 09, 2017
 
Rated: 2.98 by WVbeergeek from West Virginia

Jun 08, 2017
 
Rated: 3.95 by RBorsato from Virginia

Apr 03, 2017
Cherry Blossom Lager from Fordham & Dominion Brewing Company
Beer rating: 79 out of 100 with 143 ratings