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Samuel Adams Cranberry Lambic

Percentile
14
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bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
9402.5/5.02.5/5.0Winter5.9%31.6Flute
Commercial Description:
Samuel Adams® 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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 IlanMan (817), 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 (858), 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 (2349), 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 (2092), 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


 CaryTheDude (1113), Longmont, Colorado, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/54/101/56/20
Nov 26, 2008  
Got some bread and cranberries on the nose. Flavor is unpleasantly sour and won’t help you at all on your period. It’ll clean out your system, but definitely is not a natural diarrhetic. Luckily I only have two of these to get through.


 unclemike (834), Ft. Riley, Kansas, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/57/20
Nov 26, 2008  
12oz Bottle, Winter Variety Pack: Cloudy peach color w/ a small off-white head. Aroma is fruity w/ some yeast popping out. The more I sniff I’m picking up a sour sort of something, but on the next whiff I detect sweet. I must admit, the aroma intrigues me. Flavor...not so much. Initially syrupy sweet, fading into a dry, sour finish. Makes the mouth water, not for more though. Good lacing hanging on. This is one bizarre brew...yikes.


 HonkeyBra (1319), Lemont, Illinois, USA
1.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/53/102/54/20
Nov 26, 2008  
Pours a reddish amber with a pinkish head. Aroma is buttery and Cranberries. Wheat ale flavor with some fake cranberries. Similar to the cherry wheat with cranberries. This is the ultimate "trick someone else to drink this" beer. Maple syrup apparent in the finish. Blech.


 mcjay (303), Neenah, Wisconsin, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/55/103/511/20
Nov 21, 2008  
Dark reddish orange color with a thin white head. Cranberry dominates the flavor and aroma but this brew is still relatively mild. Taste is tart and sweet with a hind of maple but over all this is one of those fruit brews that reminds me more of soda than it does beer. Not that bad but I could never drink more than one or two.



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