Olivers Cherry Blossom

Brewed by Pratt Street Ale House
Style: Fruit Beer
Baltimore, Maryland USA

Serve in Flute, Shaker

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On draft at DC Beer Festival. Poured a pink color with a pretty pink hued color. Aroma is strong notes of floral notes, perhaps some kind of slight sweetness in there, but not really capturing the cherries in this one. This one is pretty weak unfortunately. Flavor is a bit like light perfume, not much else outside the floral notes.

Cask. Pours mostly clear copper with average, frothy white head; good retention and spare lacing. Aroma is faint sweet fruit, grassy hops, straw malt, and light sugar. Flavor is a bland mix of malt and fruit esters; tart, fruity finish. Medium body and carbonation with low warmth.

Cask at Max’s. Pours clear light ruby with a medium, creamy white head, medium retention with light lacing. Aroma is light honey and biscuit malt, tart cherries, earthy hops and light fruity esters. Flavor is light tart cherries, supporting malt with a dry finish. Light body and warmth with medium carbonation.

Cask @ Max’s Taphouse, Baltimore, MD. Pours a reddish amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity wheat malty cherry aroma. Fruity wheat malty sweetish cherry flavor. Has a dry wheat malty cherry finish.

Reviewed from notes. On tap at Victoria Gastropub. Pours a moderate ruby amber color with a slight head. A bit of lacing. Nose is slight cherry with caramel and a bit of sweet malt The taste brings some very light hops as well as cherries. Light toffee and malt. Light feel with good carbonation. Drinks well and is a nice, sessionable brew. Serving type: on-tap Reviewed on: 11-03-2010

Cask at Pizzeria Paradiso. Copper color, thick white head, massive lacing. No detectable aroma. Taste has a slight, very slight edge of cherry, and not much else. Very thin and watery. Drain pour. Sorry.

Tap at RFD. Pours a clear brown with no head (bad pour). Light cherry juicy juice and crystal malt aroma. Taste is mild piney hops- not much else. This was served right next to an India Brown Ale and I could not tell the difference whatsoever. Slightly more cherry presence- but I would not have really been looking for it if the name was not Cherry Blossom ale.

I just don’t taste the cherries. It says that cherries are in there, but where the hell are they. I didn’t notice cherries in the nose or the flavor. It did appear reddish/pink but where the hell are the cherries?

TAP: Ruby red pour. Musty cherry nose. Wheat and cherry on taste, not overpowering, and not overly tart. Very enjoyable brew.

Very light and refreshing. Pours almost red with a thin head. Aroma is cherries. flavor is tart with a hint of cherries, more subtle than the aroma would indicate. Crisp and clean finish. Great for those hot days.