Samuel Adams Cranberry Lambic

Brewed by Boston Beer Company
Style: Fruit Beer
Boston, Massachusetts USA

Serve in Flute, Shaker

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A very flawed attempt at a lambic. The excessive cranberry flavor ruins the beer. Looks nice though.

CRAP

Smells like cranberry, taste very sweet, tart puckering cranberry.

Tastes too much like medicine

UPDATED: JAN 17, 2005 2001 bottle. pours a nice whitish-yellow. I was so impressed that the cranberry was subtle after having the cherry wheat. I love the bitterness too. why dont they make this not seasonal so i can study it more! 2002 bottle. Well I had it the next release the winter after this. TERRIBLE. one word, CLOYING. It had this nasty maple syrup taste that pervaded the beer and lingered on the palate forcing me to rinse my mouth out with something else. Let’s see what next season brings. 2004 bottle Garbage. Lightly sweet cranberries, some light pils malts. This resembles a lambic about as much as I resemble a giraffe. It’s funny, though, I still do remember that first bottle back in 2001 being pretty good. Probably just an inexperienced palate, though. Can’t imagine this was ever actually good.

A refreshing wheaty taste paired up with a not-too-tart berry flavor. I know this is sacrilege, but it made me briefly think of Rodenbach. Wheatier than the Cherry Wheat. The bottle says maple syrup is added to counteract the tartness, but you can’t taste it. Better than it sounds.

I’m a falvored beer fan myself, but I’m not too keen on Sam Adams flavored beers. Love cranberries, but didn’t seem to work out here. A bit too tart. If given to me I’d drink it, but I wouldn’t buy it or anything. I’ll stick with the plain old boston lager.

Very fruity nose, a decent darker color for a wheat beer, a dry aftertaste

Not a lambic, not a lambic, not a lambic. Ok, I’m through now.

This is the only one from Sam Adams, i have not liked. Try a true Belgain Lambic...