Del's Black Cherry Shandy
Narragansett Brewing Co.

Del's Black Cherry ShandyDel's Black Cherry Shandy
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From:
Narragansett Brewing Co.
 
Rhode Island, United States
Style:
Fruit and Field Beer
Ranked #577
ABV:
4.7%
Score:
72
Ranked #39,038
Avg:
2.86 | pDev: 24.83%
Ratings:
30 | reviews: 3
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jul 14, 2023
Added:
Jun 01, 2015
Wants:
  4
Gots:
  10
Narragansett Del's Black Cherry Shandy is our 2nd collaboration with Rhode Island icons, Del's Lemonade. We’ve combined our award-winning Lager with tart juice of all-natural black cherries, Del’s Black Cherry Shandy is now available to quench the thirst of beachgoers and backyard grillers throughout Rhode Island.

14 IBU
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Ratings by Dalkri:
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Rated by Dalkri from Massachusetts

1/5  rDev -65%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
Yuck! This is very unpleasant. The cherry flavor is strong but it's not nice. It's somewhere between medicine and freeze pop.
Sep 30, 2022
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.5 by sbradley41 from Pennsylvania

Jul 14, 2023
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Rated by Manta200 from Kentucky

3/5  rDev +4.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Variety pack from Jungle Jim's
Sep 21, 2022
 
Rated: 1.5 by bkwagie from Palestine

Jul 30, 2022
 
Rated: 3 by Velivolus1 from Vermont

Jul 08, 2022
 
Rated: 2.77 by PaleAleWalt from New York

Jul 03, 2022
 
Rated: 4.05 by SFHbeerME from Maine

Jun 09, 2022
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Reviewed by metter98 from New York

3.13/5  rDev +9.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
A: The beer is crystal clear yellow in color and has a moderate amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a quarter finger high white head that died down, leaving small patches of bubbles on the surface, a narrow collar around the edge, and some lacing down the sides.
S: Light to moderate aromas of black cherry soda are present in the nose.
T: The taste follows the smell, but you can tell that some beer as been mixed in as it isn't nearly as sweet as a soda and there are underlying hints of bitterness and malts.
M: It feels a bit more than light-bodied and clean on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This shandy was a bit too sweet for my liking but was quite easy to drink.

Serving type: can
Apr 26, 2022
 
Rated: 2.71 by TMoney2591 from Illinois

Apr 15, 2022
 
Rated: 2.99 by Danzifer from Ohio

Mar 21, 2022
 
Rated: 3.16 by DOCRW from Kentucky

Jul 04, 2020
 
Rated: 3 by JohnDon from Texas

Oct 11, 2018
 
Rated: 3.77 by selecter70 from Massachusetts

Mar 24, 2018
 
Rated: 4.54 by OzmanBey from Massachusetts

Oct 16, 2017
 
Rated: 3.08 by tjcamm from Oregon

Mar 27, 2016
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Reviewed by Goblinmunkey7 from Massachusetts

2.69/5  rDev -5.9%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
Appearance: Dusky pink peach. Head is bright-white and soapy. Moderate carbonation on the pour. Relatively clear with a slight chill haze.

Smell: Vague hints of dark cherry juice that harkens to snow cones of yesteryear. A touch of grass and lager yeast thrown in with a solid blast of sugary sweetness. Some hay with a mild citric element right on top. Warming ups the sweetness a bit and lets a little more of a slightly medicinal cherry element pop. Hints of cough syrup and old cherry candy.

Taste: Base lager hits immediately with a slightly grassy tone. Touches of hay with a super clean lager yeast. Gives way to a syrupy, sweet, medicinal dark cherry that sits somewhere in the intersection of cough drop, cherry candy, snow cone, and popsicle. Warming melds everything a touch more, but the syrupy cherry flavor persists and sticks. The similarity to snow cone syrup just keeps coming back. It almost tastes like a low grade grenadine - pomegranate. Vague hints of earth and dirt layered through the back. Sweet without really being sugary.

Mouthfeel: Medium leaning to light body with a moderate carbonation. Slightly dry with a clean finish.

Overall: The liquid at the bottom of the cup.

Get a Black Cherry Del's and then drink the liquid at the bottom of the cup and this is what you have. I guess that's the point, but it just doesn't resonate. The cherry is too syrupy and sticky.
Nov 17, 2015
 
Rated: 3.18 by cdub70085 from Connecticut

Nov 06, 2015
 
Rated: 3.13 by JorgesThemeSwimming from Massachusetts

Sep 17, 2015
 
Rated: 2 by Aisha from Massachusetts

Aug 18, 2015
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Rated by ABSOLUTENUT from Connecticut

1.68/5  rDev -41.3%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5
Gave it a shot cause I love black cherry. This is just piss with some bad cherry flavor. Run away!
Aug 17, 2015