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Samuel Adams Cranberry Lambic

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14
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bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
9452.5/5.02.5/5.0Winter5.9%31.7Flute
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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 Dogbrick (2855), Columbus, Ohio, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/102/56/20

Mar 10, 2002  
Let me start off by saying I like cranberries. Cranberry bread, cranberry muffins...but not cranberry beer. The aroma was interesting but I barely finished the bottle, and had to drink it in short doses to get through. Just not my thing I guess.

 Naven (871), Poway, California, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/54/102/58/20
Nov 26, 2009  
I really don’t know what this is, but I don’t like it. Sweet, tart, nasty.


 muenster (340), Sevierville, Tennessee, USA
1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/51/102/53/20
Nov 26, 2009  
Once upon a time Samuel Adams had an awesome idea. He decided to make George Washington look like a pussy. Instead of eating children with his mad wooden teeth, he would put them in a blender. People were stoked as hell, because they could have offspring that they could drink. After that, this radical patriot brewer did the whole world a favor and threw in a little Delores Claiborne. Before long, people were worshiping this new brewer as the next coming of The Beatles. He named his radical goo "Cranberry Lambic". Then years later, Jesus decided that Revelations was f’ing retarded, so he changed it to just say: "Sam Adams is my Dad". This didn’t sit well with the Jewish populous. Some jerk face racists were real pissed, so the weak ass churchies changed the recipe, and now it sucks.


 fidel (931), Livermore, California, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/510/20
Nov 24, 2009  
Poured pinkish amber, thin, simple, little cranberry juice, little bready, slight spice.


 beerfest5 (167), Simsbury, Connecticut, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/54/103/58/20
Nov 24, 2009  
Lambic’s in general are not my favorite, way too fruity and sweet, so I am probably not the best judge of this one, but I suspect that this is way too fruit juicy and not champagne enough for the real lambic fan’s, reminds me of one of the juice boxes i would have as a kid.


kangaroo (19), Everett, Washington, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/54/103/59/20
Nov 23, 2009  
When I read "Cranberry Lambic" my mind goes "Flavor blasting Flavor Bomb of MEGA-Flavor". Sadly, this beer fails to live up to its title. The aroma is of old hops and little else. It sits a light amber in my glass with a modest and short lived head. The flavors are bland. There is no sweet to be balanced by the sour, and there is no sour either. There is a slight popcorn or burnt corn note. There is no cranberry flavor. A look at the label shows a cheerful Sam with cranberries the size of a man’s head behind him. I put forward that whatever nefarious methods create cranberries this big also makes them flavorless. This beer is opening your one big present on Christmas day and only finding a tiny lump of burnt corn.


radioseer (26), Virginia, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/55/103/510/20
Nov 21, 2009  
(12 ounce bottle) Pours a reddish amber color. The aroma smells of berries and yeast, which do not mix well with this beer. It is tart and has a nice mouthfeel. It does have drinkability.


 delnoche (224), Germany
1.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/53/102/55/20
Nov 21, 2009  
12fl oz bottle poured into a flute glass. Rosey red color with ample pink head. Aroma is cranberries. Flavor is the same, fruity sweetness with a sour finish. Not my thing.


 SHIG (2025), Aviano, Italy
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/513/20
Nov 21, 2009  
Bottle: Poured a murky brown with a white head. The aroma is fruit and malt. Taste is sweet at first with molasses and malt; however the cranberry fruit gives it a slight bitter finish.



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