Samuel Adams Cranberry Lambic

Brewed by Boston Beer Company
Style: Fruit Beer
Boston, Massachusetts USA

I really don’t know what this is, but I don’t like it. Sweet, tart, nasty.

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.

Poured pinkish amber, thin, simple, little cranberry juice, little bready, slight spice.

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.

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.

(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.

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.

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.