Great Divide Samurai

nice, orange golden color. a little on the bland side. the rice flavor is too muted. crisp taste though.

Échantillon, Mondial de la bière, 3 juin 2009; oeil : dorée, voilée, très légère effervescence, petit anneau de mousse beige; nez : grain, drèche, sucre résiduel, riz; bouche : grain, drèche, sucre résiduel, riz, finale en drèche avec sucre résiduel, plutôt carbonatée, très légèrement amère; en résumé : b’en ordinaire ENGLISH Sample, Mondial de la bière, savoured on June 3 2009; eye: golden, hazy, slight effervescence, tiny ring of beige head; nose: grain, spent grains, residual sugar, rice; mouth: grain, spent grains, residual sugar, rice, finale in spent grains with residual sugar, rather carbonated, slightly bitter; overall: quite ordinary

I’ve tried a few rice beers and this one seems to be the best so far. You can actually taste that little bit of difference between this and a wheat beer. Finishes smooth and pretty good with any kind of food.

tap - to be honest, i thought it sucked. very bland with 0 interesting characteristics - but thats what you get with a blond ale

This beer was a strange one. I had a sample of this at the tap room at Great Divide. They also had bottles of it so it should be in stores soon. It was a light yellow in color and cloudy. The taste reminded me of a wheat beer. It did seem like a good beer for a hot day, possibly a barbecue. Serving type: on-tap Reviewed on: 06-11-2007 21:20:40

Well, the pour looks okay - hazy gold, sticky lace - light, tangy, lemony aroma, with the rice coming through quite a bit, adding a starchy, cereal quality that works fairly well with the yeast - moderate carbonation, fairly creamy mouthfeel for something so light - despite this, it is crisp and refreshing, with a spicy hop kick on the end - the rice is not as strong as the aroma suggests, and as is not the case with most beers that use it, the rice adds an interesting dimension to what might otherwise be a slightly boring beer - a little bready in the finish, with some toasted grain notes - golden ales get no love.

Fat Pelican > Wilmington, NC. Pretty good but certainly not great. Mildly spicy and more flavor than I expected. One and done though. Not interesting enough to drink again.

On tap at the brewery on 7/18/09. Pours clear light gold with huge head. Mild banana aroma. Sweet, but thena light crisp rice flavor. Very drinkable with a little dry finish.