Great Divide Samurai

Brewed by Great Divide Brewing Company
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Denver, Colorado USA

Bottle, consumed in march 08 but I see now it was bottled in Sept 07. Probably not a great sign. Pours a hazy soft yellow with a small wisp of a white head. Crisp light malt and slight hops in mild but pleasing aroma. Taste - not much to report. Light malt, very crisp mouthfeel, some slight hops but this is pretty run of the mill stuff. I expect my renowned micro golden ale or mainstream offering to have a little more character that this. On the plus side, it is refreshing and has held up pretty well for being an older bottle. Just nothing here to recommend having it again.

I was somewhat disappointed by this beer. It’s drinkable and might make a decent session beer, but it’s very thin on flavor. I was expecting more from Great Divide.

Some slight citrus on the nose. Cloudy yellow Wit-like appearance. Was very pleasant, some mild fruity sweetness, good mild hop balance. Unique option for an easy drinking beer.

12oz bottle pours clear pale diluted gold with weak bright white head. The aroma is light with sweet malts, pale Munich type grains and after that just noticeable floral and faint spice hops. The taste begins with an initial big floral and spice hop bitterness aided by the carbonation. As the hoppiness subsides a mild maltiness sweetness, Munich like malts and grainy malts take over the flavor experience. Into the finish the floral and spice hops well up and linger into the after taste. I get more hops in the flavor than in the nose.

On tap at Soba in Pittsburgh. Light hoppy aroma. Flowery, with mild pilsener malt and a light sweetness. Golden yellow clear with thin white lacing head. Medium watery body with medium-heavy carbonation. Starts with decent acidity and a light hoppiness. A bit of Band-Aid, a tad watery. Clean but a bit hoppy at the end. Mild bitter finish.

Brewed with Rice caught my interest, but while drinking it, I was not caught by anything extraordinary; in fact, I thought to myself, "how ordinary." Beer is lightly cloudy pale yellow. Head is small, frothy, off-white, rapidly and mostly diminishing. The aroma is malty with light notes of cracker, toasted bread, maybe a trace of puffed rice cereal; some notes of resin/pine, herb, earthy floral; Yeasty with a light note of dough. The flavor is lightly sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter with a long, lightly acidic, lightly bitter, trace sweet finish. Florals in the retro return.

this beer just says session. Nothing stands out thought i get alot of rice in it. it doesnt taste bad or skunked but its just like a heavy version of high life or miller lite without the stench or skunk.

The aroma definitely has rice, malt, and hops but not much in the way of quality. The appearance is golden and hazy with a thin head. The flavor is like the aroma. The palate is thin. Overall it’s not that good but not gross.