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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 
9292.5/5.02.5/5.0Winter5.9%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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 505 (271), Echo Park, California, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/57/20
Nov 8, 2006  
Pours golden with a slight pink to this. Taste is kind of malty, lots of cranberry, but not enough lambic, and pretty yucky finish. Not much to rave about. I might pour this if nobody else want it. I’m just not in the mood.


babak (18), oklahoma city, Oklahoma, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/510/20
Nov 6, 2006  
nice aroma, cranberry is very prevalent. sweet and tart flavor. Crisp, bu not a great mouthfeel.


hindan02 (24), macomb, Michigan, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/510/20
Nov 6, 2006  
it had a nice taste good color and a decent head but it didnt stand out to me as far as fruit goes i think the cherry wheat is a much better choice


 hiphops (280), caldwell, New Jersey, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/55/102/512/20
Nov 5, 2006  
tan and orange foamy head. smells liek cranveeries and pickles. almost taste like a buttery chardonnay. crisp and almost refreshign the aftertaste is a little strange but i can still fuck with this


 Ritterkreuz (179), Seneca Falls, New York, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/512/20
Nov 5, 2006  
I must say, I was quite surprised. The cranberry flavor really comes through, even in the after taste. This is only available where I live as part of a holiday pack.


 cheapdark (2011), Monacatootha, Pennsylvania, USA
1.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/52/102/55/20
Nov 4, 2006    Updated: Dec 31, 2007
Steamed vegatable aroma. Light orange in my steeler stein with a film on top. . Slightly rude, old stale orange juice flavor with a little western PA dirt mixed in. No sweetness detected. Finish is not bitter. Ive tasted a few Sammy Adams but this is an odd one. Not their finest hour. I almost bought two bottles on the reviews stated here but I’m glad I did not. High on the gag reflexometer. Many raters do not consider this to be a true lambic, but I must say this is the only regular beer, I’ve ever tasted, that has a similarity to Cantillon.


 Delirium (495), Santa Cruz, California, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Nov 4, 2006    Updated: Dec 8, 2007
Bottle. Pours reddish-orange with a moderate white head. Aroma is very strongly of banana, kind of like a hefeweizen but sweeter and fruitier, with a hint of spice, a very small tinge of sourness, and maybe a hint of cranberry. Flavor is heavier on the cranberry, though still with banana flavors, finishing with a mixture of fruity sweetness and a hint of cranberry sourness, with a bit of spice. This is actually surprisingly interesting, and in my opinion much better than most ratings suggest, although it’s not particularly easy-drinking and could do with a little less sweetness. It’s certainly no lambic, but it’s an interesting cranberry-wheat beer.


 IrishBoy (2686), Bakersfield, California, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/103/513/20
Nov 2, 2006  
Bottle; wheaty hefe-like nose with bamama and cranverry esters; slighty hazy copper colored with a medium, quick-disapating cream-colored head; flavor show the cranberries, bananas, and spices especially nutmeg, with a very mildly tart finish!.



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