In Reply To #1 Cranberry Lambic? More like... Crapfairy... uh... Crapic. Yea, that'll do, very clever. It's a malternative as far as I'm concerned. I'd be really happy if they took the "Lambic" label off of that beer, it's a disgrace to all true lambics. It actually makes Lindeman's look good! Sam Light bothers me too, and this is why I refuse to buy sampler packs from BBC.

In Reply To #1 Guess they figure cranberry goes with the holiday. Or they needed a way to get rid of the stuff. I am not a SA fan. Although the Cranberry is better than Old Fezziwig or the Cream stout

I can definitely see the Cranberry beer being part of the Christmas pack. Cranberries... Christmas. As far as it being a real Lambic, I don't really know. I recently bought this variety pack and didn't really think the Cranberry Lambic or the Old Fezwig were particularly good though. They were fun to try and I saved one of each for when the Holiday rolls around. I was disappointed to see Sam Adams Light and their SA Lager in there. While I am a big fan of their standard Lager, what makes that a holiday brew? SA light? C'mon Sam Adams! They make a shit load of different beers you'd think they would put something in there that was more unique than the SA Lager and the LIght.

In Reply To #4 Exactly my point..The only reason I can think of for placing SA and SA Light in the pack is for marketing....I like SA....SA Light is pretty awful and should not be present in this holiday pack.....Also, the Cranberry Lambic is NOT a real lambic...It is a Wheat Beer with Cranberry and other fruit flavorings in it (ses so on the label)....I suppose you are correct with cranberry/Xmas relationship, but to call it a lambic is an insult to true belgian lambics that are spontaneously fermented and 10 times sweeter that this....Why can't they just call it Cranbeery Wheat?...Is it because Wheat Beers are associated with Summer?....Search me!

This message was edited by Oiznop at 11/10/2004 9:51:34 AM.

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