"Lambic" is a Belgian style of beer that uses wild yeast strains and a combination of about 70% barley malt & 30% wheat. Cranberry Lambic is part of the Winter Classics holiday variety pack. The appearance is cloudy and a reddish-yellow color, kind of like a hefeweizen or unfiltered wheat, with a thick cranberry-red head. The taste is very wheaty and the cranberries definitely dominate. It supposedly has some maple syrup mixed in, but I couldn't taste it myself. There's a slightly sour aftertaste that the Sam Adams website says is due to the wild yeast fermentation, but to me tastes similar to unsweetened fruit juice. I had this brew with chicken cooked in the crockpot and stuffing on the side and found it a perfect pairing. A fine beer to complement your Thanksgiving dinner.
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