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Tasting Notes and Review of Samuel Adams Cranberry Lambic

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The Bottom Line

If you're looking for a lambic, this is not the beer for you. It is an interesting blend of lambic-like qualities. The tang of the cranberries and full mouthfeel make it enjoyable in the same way but it lacks the depth of character of a true lambic.

Pros

  • Tangy, full mouthfeel

Cons

  • Not a true Lambic
  • A bit too juicy

Description

  • Effervescent
  • Juicy!
  • 5.9% ABV

Guide Review - Tasting Notes and Review of Samuel Adams Cranberry Lambic

Cranberry Lambic pours with a medium white head atop a clear, light copper body. The nose has that woody hops quality of so many Sam Adams beers with some indistinct berry quality lying underneath. The first thing I notice when I tasted this beer was the effervescence. This is one bubbly beer! After I got around that I noted the tang of the cranberries and some malt that was quickly overwhelmed by a big sweet, juicy character - not overtly cranberry flavored, just sweet and juicy. Everything else falls away before this juiciness. It was as if some prankster emptied a juice box into my beer.

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