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Samuel Adams Cranberry Lambic

Samuel Adams Cranberry Lambic - Fruit Beer

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 Percentile 
14
overall
Brewed by Boston Beer Company
Style: Fruit Beer

Boston, Massachusetts USA

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
9282.5/5.02.5/5.0Winter5.9%31.9Flute
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Commercial Description:
Samuel AdamsŪ Cranberry Lambic is a fruit beer that draws its flavor not just from the cranberries it is brewed with, but also from the unique fermentation character imparted by the rare wild yeast strain. The result is a flavor rich in fruitiness and reminiscent of cranberries and bananas, cloves and nutmeg. The yeast fermentation also will create a slight sourness on the sides of the palate, a signature of the original Lambic style which, with the subtle cereal note from the wheat malt, remind its drinker that, as fruity a beer as this is, it is still a beer.
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 robforbes (1083), Bremerton, Washington, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/103/510/20
Nov 28, 2008  
pours a clear orange-brown with a thin pinkish head, and some lacing. smell of cranberries, some spice, and some malt. taste is watery, tart, cranberry, malt, and some spice.


elgavilancillo (63), South Gate, California, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/56/102/510/20
Nov 28, 2008  
nice holiday brew with a light taste and aroma of cranberry amber color with small head good overall


 abcfan (244), New Jersey, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/103/512/20
Nov 27, 2008  
Easy drinking brew here. Overwhelming cranberry flavor. Wouldn’t seek out, but would drink again.


 pantanap (1323), Chicago, Illinois, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/103/511/20
Nov 27, 2008  
12oz bottle from a sam adams variety pack from a year or two back.... pours a semi-cloudy light strawberry red with a thin soapy white head.... sweet musty strawberries almost artificial like, some bananas.... flavors resemble more like a strawberry wheat beer. shouldn’t this be an alco-pop?


 IlanMan (816), Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/55/103/511/20
Nov 27, 2008  
Bottle: This isn’t a lambic. Pour was light red with a white head. Aroma was sweet with berries and yeast. Flavor was a bit mild but had a sweet beginning with a sour and dry finish. This is really fruity for a beer but not flavorful enough for a lambic. Not a bad drink but nothing that I will buy again.


 Trev (850), Lakeville, Minnesota, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/512/20
Nov 27, 2008  
Pours a light amber with a pinkish tone. Medium off white head on top. Grainy wheat beer aroma with some berry tones. Body is a bit thin and flat tasting. Tartish flavour with a wheat malt body. Seems a bit toned down considering what a full on cranberry lambic could have been. Drinkable but a tad disapointing.


 dkachur (2316), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/54/102/58/20
Nov 27, 2008  
12 ounce bottle courtesy of Alraomon. Thanks! Pours a clear red color with a medium head, decent head retention and good lacing. Aroma is cranberry, cotton candy, cheese and oddly, smoke. Taste is primarily cranberry with that odd meaty smokiness again. Aroma and taste are a tad bit artificial. Weird stuff.


 blutt59 (2042), Dallas, Texas, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/511/20
Nov 26, 2008  
bottle, faint pink haze, fruity nose with sour grape and berry flavors, finish is nice but thin



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