Samuel Adams Cranberry Lambic
Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)

Samuel Adams Cranberry LambicSamuel Adams Cranberry Lambic
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From:
Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)
 
Massachusetts, United States
Style:
Fruit and Field Beer
ABV:
5.9%
Score:
63
Avg:
2.67 | pDev: 28.09%
Reviews:
841
Ratings:
1,395
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Mar 01, 2024
Added:
Nov 01, 2001
Wants:
  21
Gots:
  53
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Ratings by BeerStud187:
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Reviewed by BeerStud187 from California

1.15/5  rDev -56.9%
look: 3 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.25 | overall: 1
This is the worst "beer" I've ever had in my life. I first had it when I was a depraved college kid who would play Edward 40 hands wth OE and still could not finish a bottle of this garbage. For years I thought all "lambics" were terrible because this garbage that I got in a Sam Adams sampler pack. I've since grown and learned the virtues of true sour beers and even more so want this to f--- off. It's not a lambic, it's a crap wheat beer with horrid cranberry flavoring and maple syrup that do not go at all and are not even a fraction as good as it sounds, in fact it's awful. The fact that this beer continues to exist would make aliens, if they existed, not want to land here because the world does not make sense and is too scary because this garbage swill continues to be sold to the masses rather than used to torture prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. You prevent the growth of America's youth by selling this garbage as "craft" beer, thereby ensuring a country of Bud drinking drones. If I could punch this beer in the face i would. I poured this down the drain to drink a bottle of Mohawk vodka instead because it was a better alternative. Burn in Hell, you POS "beer".

Color ok, mouthfeel ok, taste a--.

I'm surprised you named your company Sam Adams, not Benedict Arnold because your sewage swill has been a traitor to my mouth.

F U and F your entire family for making this wretch.
Jul 12, 2016
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 1.98 by CheapBeerBuzz from California

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Mar 19, 2021
 
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Jun 03, 2019
 
Rated: 2.83 by KMcGrath from Massachusetts

Nov 26, 2018
 
Rated: 2.32 by bobstockwell from Massachusetts

Mar 28, 2018
 
Rated: 3.49 by BenHoppy from Michigan

Nov 26, 2017
 
Rated: 2.55 by Khaack from New York

Oct 29, 2017
 
Rated: 2.74 by robebo44 from Virginia

Mar 19, 2017
 
Rated: 1.75 by SebastianMandeville from New Jersey

Feb 21, 2017
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Reviewed by LeRose from Massachusetts

2.14/5  rDev -19.9%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Reviewed from notes. This is one of the worst beers I have ever had. It has no resemblance to a traditional lambic and can't be construed as "stretching" the style boundaries.

Looks are decent enough - a slightly reddish, golden color. Lively carbonation to the eye.

The aroma is a muddle of wheat bread, vague fruit notes, medicinal, a little yeasty. It is not fresh or inviting in the smell.

The taste falls far short of expectation. The base beer seemed off somehow, and the cranberry flavor seems artificial and medicinal. Some sweetness, some tart from the cranberry, but it is pretty much a muddle of indistinguishable and unremarkable flavors.

The feel - this looked pleasantly carbonated, but it is quite bloating and very harsh on the tongue. Some of the sting is cranberry, but it seems to be carbonated with very small bubbles that become uncomfortable.

Overall, this is a poor representation of a lambic and is generally a poorly constructed beer against what sounds like a good concept - good idea, bad execution?
Feb 13, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by Noelito76 from New York

Jan 25, 2017
 
Rated: 3.52 by 1mrbeer from Ohio

Dec 30, 2016
 
Rated: 1.66 by DavidST from Texas

Dec 19, 2016
 
Rated: 2.9 by Benjolovesbeer from Michigan

Dec 15, 2016
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

1.83/5  rDev -31.5%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 1.75
Quite the abomination to what could be considered a lambic. Right up there with some super failed homebrew attempts at lambic.

Did you want a cranberry vodka? Because thats you get when you order a cranberry lambic. The aroma is wheat-esque.

Taste is nothing like a lambic. This is a bad beer by any standard, but damn if you didn't call it a lambic. They just dumped a bunch of cranberry juice into a wheat beer. Homebrew surprise all over this one. good for nothing. Acidic, I'd rather drink juice.
Oct 03, 2016
Samuel Adams Cranberry Lambic from Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)
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