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Samuel Adams Cranberry Lambic 2.5 971

Samuel Adams Cranberry Lambic

Percentile
14
overall

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
9712.5/5.02.5/5.0Winter5.9%31.3Flute
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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 SuIIy (1467), Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/102/58/20

Nov 5, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a hazy redish orange color with a minimal off white head. nose is acidic, sour juice, cranberry light sweet malt. Palate is syrupy and fizzy with a sour finish. Flavors are sour cranberry, some tartness, lots of fruit notes, very little malt notes.

 ljay6880 (151), , Pennsylvania, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Dec 17, 2009  
12 oz bottle served in a clear tulip. Pour was caramel cider with an inch of off-white head sitting on top; on a side note, the lacing was long lasting and beautiful on this brew. Nose is cranberries, wheat, and candied sugar. Taste is exactly the same as the nose, but the candied sugar is very prominent right on through to the finish. I don’t have much experience with lambics, and while not the best beer out there, I definitely enjoyed it.


Unibonger (55), Mount Shasta, California, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/515/20
Dec 17, 2009  
Hazy deep copper with light head retention. Cranberry very present on the nose, with some sweetness from the malt. Little bit of "wet blanket" too. The "wet blanket" is on the tongue, and not much cranberry, though its still slightly fruity flavor found in hefe. High carbonation with a medium body, tingle on the side of the tongue.


 Codythegreat (146), Carrollton, Georgia, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Dec 17, 2009  
Pours a dark hazy orange with a quickly dissapating white head. Has a slight aroma of cranberries but the tast has the cranberry infusion more obvious. Pretty well balanced


 Fratto (740), Arlington, Texas, USA
0.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/51/101/52/20
Dec 14, 2009  
Bottle from a variety 24-pack. Pours kinda red. This beer smells like rotten Craisins. Flavor of old buttermilk, stale fruit, shit, and sugar substitute. What a great beer.


 Nate (2554), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/102/58/20
Dec 14, 2009  
From bottle. Mild wheaty aroma with good cranberry notes. Fruity and kind of a sweet nose, not much hops. Mild carbonic gaseousness. Medium amber hazy with light pinkish tint, topped with foamy off-white lacing head. Light watery body with heavy carbonation and mild carbonic burn. Starts sweet with a lot of fruity cranberry notes. Mild malt character and a bit of mild hop bitter toward the finish. Kind of watery overall but an OK fruit beer. Not a lambic, though.


 MrPickles (120), Wisconsin, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/59/20
Dec 13, 2009  
12oz bottle. Pours a pinkish amber. Wheat, yeast and a tart fruitiness in the scent. Wheat and cranberry flavor with some spicy yeast and subtle hops. Nothing was overpowering and I expected more flavor. LOTS of carbonation on this one. In fact it tasted more like carbonated cranberry juice than beer. Maybe I am spoiled by the New Glarus Cran-bic, because this has nothing on that!


 italianjohn (380), Bensalem, Pennsylvania, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Dec 13, 2009  
Hazy pink orange color small white head cranberry wheat aroma .... light clove and banana, wheat, spice and lots of cranberry taste its pretty tart but not bad for a pint


 beersearcher (257), Glendale, California, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/511/20
Dec 13, 2009  
Aroma has faint whiffs of fruit. The first sip reveals a cranberry taste that is replaced by a sweetness that works against the tart of the cranberry. No other flavors really stand out and the cranberry isn’t strong enough to last.



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