RateBeer
   Home Sign Up or Login Advanced Search
   People Ratings Events Places Forums Shop Magazine
      Top By Category  RateBeer Best  Latest Ratings  Top 50    

Samuel Adams Cranberry Lambic

Samuel Adams Cranberry Lambic - Fruit Beer

* picture credits
copyright may apply

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

Boston, Massachusetts USA

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
Find this beer

Add Distribution Data
send corrections | shelftag |

 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
9302.5/5.02.5/5.0Winter5.9%31.9Flute
View Statistics  P 

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.
 Most Recent Top Raters Highest Ratings Who's Rated This?  
 Optigon (561), Bloomington, Indiana, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/59/20
Nov 3, 2007  
Aroma is somewhat sweet with some qualities of caramel and maple syrup. Somewhat yeasty. Color is tan with a white, fine head. Flavor is mildly tart with a weirdly plastic, sweet flavor. Mouth flavor isn’t anything great. Pretty disappointing.


 Gregis (1132), Shawnee, Kansas, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/510/20
Nov 2, 2007  
Pours a clear lightly reddish gold with a loose, frothy, pinkish beige head that laces nicely. Lightly funky and fruity on the nose with little more going on here. Light-bodied and creamy with a quick, tart & dry finish. Sweet, tart cranberry front with notes of spice and some funky yeast. A decent beer, but it’s not nearly as good as the true fruited lambics that I’ve tried.


 rudolf (1734), Buffalo, New York, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/101/58/20
Nov 2, 2007  
Slight chill haze in the reddish orange body. Thin white head. Nose is plastic and wheat, some undefined berry sweetness. Similar to my homebrew berliner weiss (sans berry) when racking to secondary if you added some syrup. Flavor is cranberry for a second, then nasty plastic. Wheat comes up with blueberries and vanilla. Plastic and fruit syrup in the way too heavy finish. This is a pretty confused beer.


 hogan873 (317), Joliet, Illinois, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/59/20
Oct 31, 2007  
One of the few, if not the only, beer from Sam Adams that I am disappointed with. Pours a pale amber with a thin tan head. Aroma is quite off-putting. Cranberry and malt...that’s okay, but there’s an odor of sourness (sour milk?) that is a turn off. Taste is okay. Cranberries, malt, and honey. But there’s still that sourness. Ugh.


 LinusStick (1831), Moon Twp, suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/53/103/510/20
Oct 28, 2007  
Blah. This was a bad fruit beer. I knew the "lambic" on the label was pushing it, but this was pure blasphemy. Aroma was heavy cranberry and malt. Pour was a hazy light brown with no head. Taste was like puke and cranberry. Had a terrible dusty aftertaste. Pretty nasty.


Beerio (48), USA
0.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
1/101/51/101/51/20
Oct 28, 2007  
I have had mostly good things to write about this company lately, as I stumbled upon some decent session brews from their Brewmaster’s Collection (see my reviews is profanity does not bother you)...but, it’s nice to know that I can still bash them when I feel like it, and let me tell you, after taking one sip of this shit I knew it was in dire need of a Beerio review...This shit sucked worse than getting Confirmed into the Catholic Church...in fact, I would rather attend mass than drink this...hell, I would rather become a fucking priest than have to drink this...this actually gave my dog diarrhea.


 mar (1740), Rowlett, Texas, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/53/102/510/20
Oct 26, 2007  
nice dark amber color on the pour with a 2 finger head. smells like hops and syrup honestly. a whole lot of cranberries on the palate, too much for me honestly.


 ford9719 (369), Vilseck, Germany
1.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/52/101/54/20
Oct 24, 2007  
Bottle. This has an aroma of some cranberry. Had it with some briskit. The beer was not that great.



CONSIDER FREE RATEBEER MEMBERSHIP



Join us! RateBeer is made by beer enthusiasts for the craft beer community. Your basic membership is free and allows you to read all beer ratings. Click here to create your account... and give your opinion!

SIGN UP NOW »

View Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93

What's Your Opinion?
Tell us what you think of this beer. Start your free RateBeer account now.
» Click here.

More Fruit Beers

Kuhnhenn Raspberry Eisbock (4.23)

New Glarus Wisconsin Belgian Red (4.15)

Selins Grove The Phoenix Kriek (4.06)

New Glarus Raspberry Tart (4.05)

Founders Blushing Monk (3.75)

Kuhnhenn Extraneous Ale (Cassis) (3.73)

Selins Grove Saison de Peche (3.72)

New Glarus Apple Ale (3.71)

Unibroue Quelque Chose (3.71)

Barley Johns Rosies Raspberry Aged Old Ale (3.7)

Livery Verchuosity (3.7)

Thorogoods Billy Bs Golden Malted Apple Beer (3.64)

Kuhnhenn Tenacious Cassis (3.61)

New Glarus Unplugged Wisconsin Cran-bic (3.6)

Ballast Point Old Barmy Ale (3.6)


About RateBeer | Add A Beer | Add A Brewer | Edit Personal Info | 100 Beer Club | FAQ | Log out | Feedback? | Copyright 2000-2009, RateBeer LLC