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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

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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
9302.5/5.02.5/5.0Winter5.9%31.9Flute
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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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 thenick (742), North Bellmore, New York, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/59/20
Jul 16, 2007  
Pours a somewhat hazy red with a cranberry aroma. Taste is largely straightforward with a slight cranberry aftertaste. Just OK, and by far the worst Sam Adams winter seasonal.


 Glazed9884 (207), USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/103/58/20
Jul 1, 2007  
xxx sorry samuel adams, this is one of the only ones i truly dislike, cranberry does not go with beer, sorry


 kreepindeth (405), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/515/20
Jun 5, 2007  
Not bad at all. Aroma of sour cranberries. Pours a hazy reddish color. Tastes is tart, sweet, and sour. Not much going on here but still very enjoyable!


 cking (1012), North Canton, Ohio, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/514/20
Jun 1, 2007  
Rated 12/14/06: I’m going to go against the common grain here because I find this to be a unique and rather grand fruit beer. Fully aware that the name is misleading, I wasn’t expecting this to be a true Lambic and enjoyed a couple with an open mind. Served in a small goblet I waited and swirled and allowed this one to warm up and breathe. Golden orange color with a light reddish tint, a huge white head crested the glass and ultimately dwindled down. Lots of white lacing on the sides of the glass and a lazy constant carbonation. Aroma is tame and is of sour fruit, makes me pucker slightly as I sniff it. Sharp and awkward on the palate at first this one got smoother and friendlier as it sat. Wonderful flavor very unique yet something familiar, it took me halfway into my 2nd bottle to realize that I had made a dark raspberry wheat homebrew a year or so ago with some similar flavor. Anyway this has an initial sour taste, the cranberry flavor is subdued but comes through in the middle. After that crisp sourness is a small burst of dry sweets, honey in nature but likely the maple syrup used in the recipe. This was well enjoyed with some fancy chocolates dropped off at the office as a holiday gift. I would have loved to have had a few of these during Thanksgiving, seems to be a good fit for a hearty turkey dinner. Maybe next year.


 BDR (2139), Roseville, Minnesota, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
May 29, 2007  
Cranberry nose with nos head. Faint reddish tinge to the body with a hint of cranberry and sourness.


 bbp182 (255), Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/517/20
May 2, 2007  
Very sour, yet that’s what lambic beers are, cranberry is noticable, not a bad beer, not a great beer, worth a try.


 faroeviking (6024), Republica Vikingo de las, Faroe Islands
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
May 1, 2007  
Bottle. Golden orange colour with an average short lasting head. Aroma has plenty of cranberries and some wheat. The flavour is a little sweet and somewhat sour too, plenty of cranberry. Clean fresh finish. Far from a real Belgian lambiek beer, more like a fruit flavored beer. But I guess this one is more friendly to the regular beer drinkers than a real lambiek.


 pojo41 (315), Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/103/512/20
Apr 30, 2007  
Bottle. Not much head to this one. Aroma of cranberries is very strong. Flavor of cranberries is also strong. It has a strange taste that I liked. Definitely not for everyone, however.



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