Stuc wrote:
Yea. It still disturbs me that a brewery such as Sam Adams, who still makes good beer, would be so ignorant (or assume we're so ignorant!) as to name their cranberry flavored wheat beer 'lambic', when it is indeed, a wheat beer.
A lambic is not defined by having fruit or using a particular grain. A lambic is defined by being fermented in open containers that allows yeast and other native microorganisms to affect the fermentation process.
Although, I think a Lambic also has to come from a certain area of Belgium. Much the same as Champagne comes from that region of France, whereas most "Champagne" is just sparkling wine.