Great Divide Samurai

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

Bottle. Pours a clear light yellow-gold body with a large sudsy white head. Aroma has some brackish grains, hay, and herbal hops. Very drinkable and quality for this weak style with that herbal hop character and decent cereal/cookie malt underpinning.

Date: 12/22/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

hazy yellow, wispy white head, light malt aroma wuth faint floral hops, light malt flavor, just a touch of sweetness is quickly balanced by floral hops, light bitter finish,

Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 8/20
Rating: 2.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *+/4

Thin bright white head of varying sized bubbles. Light and crisp aroma with some lemon, cereal , grainy notes and a bit of pale malt. Color is a bright gold. Quite refreshing. Light malts and rice. Bit of lingering spicy notes that are hitting my quite nasally. Strange. Cereal and a bit of dry bittereness at the finish. An ok brew but not one that I would seek out again.

Pours a pale champagne golden with a wispy-lacing white head. Slightly grainy pale malty nose has a touch of noble hoppiness and adjuncts. Body starts somewhat full for the style and mildly sweet with an earthy piny bittering hop balance. Finishes smooth and bittersweet. A decent blond ale, but not one of my favorite styles.

Yellow gold body with a big white head and an aroma of a pilsner. Flavor is bitter grass and sake. Something different? Yes, but not particularly something real good.

Bottle: A vague misty blond color with a light white head. The nose is a bit fruity with a touch of hop, some polished malt and some alcohol. The flavor is thin and fizzy, yellow, hmmm, sounds like a marketing campaign I know of. The rice in a ale makes for a weird fruitiness that usually only comes from yeast mistakes.. Very disappointing for great divide, not crisp enough or refreshing for what they were going for.

Bottle. Slightly hazy gold body supports a thin and white fizzy head. Aromas are slightly grassy with a touch of boring grain. Flavor has a little bit of a grassy/peppery zest at first and then fades to a sweet and grainy finish that is pretty reminiscent of macros swill. I’m not sure that I understand the point of adding rice... can’t I get that from most macros?

Bottle. Pours a hazy yellow with an average size somewhat-creamy white head. Mild aroma, sweet with some pale malt, rice and grain -- some light hops there too but it’s so mild, it’s quite nondescript. Flavour’s better, a little more flavourful then the aroma would suggest. Some fruit, rice and malt along with light citrus hops and some breadiness -- somewhat dull but would make a decent summer patio beer I guess. Light to medium bodied. Meh, I’ve had worse -- it’s clean and easy to drink but overall, it’s too boring.