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Great Divide Samurai

Great Divide Samurai - Golden Ale/Blond Ale

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 Percentile 
29
overall
Brewed by Great Divide Brewing Company
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale

Denver, Colorado USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
3382.82/5.02.82/5.0Summer5.2%39.3English pint, Shaker
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Commercial Description:
Looking for something a little different? Brewed with rice and barley malts, Samurai is an easy drinking, unfiltered ale that changes the status quo for unfiltered beers. The addition of rice gives Samurai a slightly fruity, crisp, refreshing and clean taste. This is definitely not your everyday unfiltered beer.
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 italarican (157), Astoria, New York, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/103/511/20
Jul 19, 2009  
Pours a transparent golden yellow with a decent amount of standard white head. Aroma of apricot and a bit of yeast. Flavor has a nice amount of fruit to it, as well as malt and hops. Light and a bit thin.


 halfonit (423), Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/102/511/20
Jul 18, 2009  
Has a bright yellow color and is mostly clear. I can smell malts, yeast, and a slight citrus aroma. Taste is full of carbonation, with flavors of malts and hops. Has a little bite in the end. This one is nothing too special.


 GardenGabe (125), Denver, Colorado, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/56/103/512/20
Jul 12, 2009  
Orange straw hazy pour with a nearly nonexistent head. Smells of citrus and some floral hops. Taste is slightly metallic orange and lemon, some bitter finish. A light beer for a hot day.


 FlssmrBrewAlum (1079), Lisle, Illinois, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/102/513/20
Jul 11, 2009  
12 oz bottle from Siciliano’s (Grand Rapids, MI). Pours a cloudy straw pale yellow, decent bright white bubbly head that dies to a non existant film. Aromas are muted, light, a bit grainy and rice comes into the equation. A bit grainy, a bit sour, almost with some subtle Biere De Garde character, light bitterness in the finish. A bit of light fruit, vague orange. Hard to describe. A slight funk that grows on me. Not sure if that is supposed to be there, perhaps the rice? Interesting, but falls a bit short overall for a rebuy.


 DJMonarch (6036), Northwich, Cheshire, England
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Jul 6, 2009  
From the Bottle on my first visit to the excellent Great Divide Brewing Company, Denver 12/10/2007 Pale hop aroma. Clear golden coloured pale and malty with a creamy finish.


 BeerBunker (607), Burbank, Illinois, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Jun 30, 2009  
12oz bottle. Pours golden with a fizzy white head. Aroma is of wheat, rice, citrus, spice, and hops. If it didn’t mention it had rice in it, I would think this beer smelled skunked. Taste is of wheat, citrus, and slight hops. There is also a big presence of rice that doesn’t dominate, but does blend well. Each sip starts off with lots of wheat and citrus, and ends with lots of rice and spice. There is a slight hop character to it, but it is buried underneath the rice. Lingering taste of spice and rice. Mouthfeel is medium and had more body that I was expecting. Surprisingly very drinkable.


 Trev (850), Lakeville, Minnesota, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Jun 27, 2009  
Pours pale gold with thin head. Aroma is light with fruity tones and grainy. Hint of grassy hop Flavour is a slightly sweet at first. Then alight mettalic grassy bitterness.


 Cavie (1317), Fort Worth, Texas, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/513/20
Jun 24, 2009  
Golden pour with a light feel. I enjoyed this one very much. It had hints of fruit in it but maintained a solid body. This one went down easy.



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