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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
9632.5/5.02.5/5.0Winter5.9%31.6Flute
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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 deyholla (708), Bloomington, Indiana, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/102/512/20

Nov 7, 2009  
Bottle. Poured a hazy reddish gold with a small white head. Aroma had strong tart cranberry notes as well as some acid. Flavor was a bit syrupy with a cranberry juice flavor as well as some acid and sour notes.

 Cavie (1433), Fort Worth, Texas, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/54/102/58/20
Dec 11, 2009  
Pours a cherry red color with a layering head. Fruity smell but soured. Some chalky elements and bits of clay. Taste is not the greatest. On the edge between aged and rotten fruit. Strange cheese flavor. As far as lambics go, poorly done.


 poisoneddwarf (192), Rathdrum, Idaho, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/515/20
Dec 10, 2009  
12 oz bottle. Aroma of tart cranberry, maple syrup--that’s what the label says, I know. Pours reddish brown with a thin head, nice lacing. Only faintly lambic in character. I taste apples, cranberries, grapes, cotton candy. Body is thin, carbonation slight--this doesn’t deplete the beers quality however. Finishes both tangy and sweet. Not bad. It’s definitely weird, though.


SkateSRT8 (13), Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/56/103/513/20
Dec 10, 2009  
Bottle out of the Sam Winter Pack. Pours to a hazy orangey reddish amberish with a pale almost reddish head. Aromas of cranberries and sugar. Very subtle yet up front tastes of cranberries, yet has a smooth finish. This is great to drink and goes down very easy and is a different tastes from the rest of the sam pack.


mike67 (80), , New Jersey, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Dec 10, 2009  
12 oz. Bottle. Pours hazy orange with foamy, redish head. Aroma of cranberry, yeast, brown sugar and some hints of banana. Medium sweet body. Flavor of cranberries, brown sugar, with some yeasty notes. Finish is long and sweet. Good thirst quencher. Should be good with desserts too.


 charlotte (2032), Vanløse, Denmark
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/58/20
Dec 10, 2009  
Bottle.Hazy orange colour with almost head.Aroma of Cranberrys and yeast,mild and sweet mouthfeels with hint of sugar and berries,slight watery with thin body.


 JanVittrup (150), København V, Denmark
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/102/512/20
Dec 8, 2009  
Orange, unfiltered. No head. Aroma: Sourness apparent, somewhat sweet. Taste: A little sour, Cranberries apparent. Sweet. Palate: Medium body, fizzy, too mouthwatering for me. Not a good Lambic, but an ok fruit beer. Purchased in SuperBrugsen, Halmtorvet.


 awiseman01 (366), Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/102/58/20
Dec 6, 2009  
Bottle from Brother Eric. Pours cloudy cranberry sauce with quick fading foamy white head. Nose is sour cheap grain and sour cherries. Taste is slightly sharp/sour cherry/cranberry, but overall watery and bitter/distasteful. This ’take’ on a lambic style is coming off like cranberry mush. It honestly has me picturing soggy whole grain cheerios mixed with thanksgiving cranberry sauce. Drinkable and distasteful at the same time. I respect the attempt, but S.A. needs to put more money into this if they want a quality product.


 BeerFanDan17 (621), Land O Lakes, Florida, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/511/20
Dec 5, 2009  
Does what it was intended. Sweet but not over the top. Good cranberry infusion and still keeps the beer foundation. Certainly not a true lambic.



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