Cranberry Lambic
Samuel Adams in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Lambic Style - Fruit Rotating Out of Production|
Score
5.23
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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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4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Minimal white head, but maybe that was just the pour. Reddish translucent body... Cranberry smell is all I could pick out of the aroma. Taste is of cranberries and dryness... didn’t really pick out any real complexity. A Christmas beer for chicks.
Tried
on 21 Dec 2007
at 12:46
3.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 3.5
Bottle. Gads... a pinkish note to the pour seems a little off, especially with all of the head. Aromas are of dried cranberries and malt. Flavor has both a sweetness and a tart cranberry tone to it, which makes it unique, but not that great in my opinion. Fruitiness comes off as a bit artificial.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2007
at 22:56
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Courtesy of Quake1028. Pours a clear bright copper with lasting off white foam ring. The aroma starts off with some musty funk followed by mild notes of cranberry and fruity tartness. It tastes just like the aroma if not a bit fruitier. It starts with a hit of mustiness mixed with cranberry juice. Interesting combination. Midway a sugary sweetness takes hold for a moment or two before both the mild funk and cranberries return to bring the experience to a close.
Tried
on 05 Dec 2007
at 13:55
4.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
2007....Very weak cranberry aroma...like bog water also apricot and peach...quite refreshing light and a slight creaminess...cloudy amber/orange kissed by the sun...a little foam just clinging to the sides of the glass for its own reasons, when swirled still just a thin skimming...sweet flavor of apricots peaches and the cranberries...small lacing, but nice...overall a very simple brew and just ok
Tried
on 29 Nov 2007
at 11:51
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Pours a reddish orange color with a small white head that diminishes quickly. The aroma is a malty cranberry. decent lacing on the glass. The taste is a malty fruit with a sweet finish. My first fruit beer and it was meh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Nov 2007
at 23:21
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
12 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy orange with a lacing white head. Berry aroma and dry malty aroma. Sweet malty flavour, again with a berry flavour. Very sweet. Ends with a minor acidity breaking the sweetness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Sep 2007
at 14:43
4.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of yespr. Hazy, amber golden with a small, rough head. Weird aroma, slightly fruity I guess. Light-bodied and very sweet, again these weird, fruity notes while both bitterness and sourness is very subdued. Very odd and unusual beer. 180907
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Sep 2007
at 07:48
1.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 1
Flavor 1
Texture 2
Overall 1
Cloudy blond color. Strange aroma, I would say… bad (vanilla, parmesan cheese, cakes...). Sweet flavor (but not sticky), poor but with some similar bad elements as the aroma. Undrinkable.
Tried
on 18 Sep 2007
at 13:40
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Honestly I didn’t think it was that bad, at least not for the rating it has. Sweet/tart cranberry flavor, perhaps its because I’m such a fan of cranberry juice that I enjoyed this one.
Tried
on 25 Feb 2007
at 00:55
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Slightly hazy light amber body with a medium frothy white head. Slightly tart cranberry aroma with some wheat hints. Sweet slightly woody flavor with some light cranberry and a bit of caramel background, but fairly one dimensional.
Tried
on 08 Feb 2007
at 16:29