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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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 milewide (609), Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/54/103/511/20
May 19, 2009  
Cloudy straw color with minimal head. Mostly sweet taste, with a touch of rice. Basically, bland brew!


 alagnak (300), Littleton, Colorado, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/104/52/104/57/20
May 18, 2009  
Yikes. Last bottle of a mixed 6 that I threw in since it was one of the GD’s I hadn’t had before and I only read the ’unfiltered’ part. Wish I’d left it on the shelf. Really sweet, off-putting, Rice-y aroma. Tastes like carbonated watered down Sake. Leaves with an unpleasant rice/corn aftertaste. Not a fan - probably true to the style, so points for that (and for me not reading the d**n bottle and realizing same), but not my thing.


 daknole (2805), Plantation, Florida, USA
1.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/53/102/56/20
May 17, 2009  
Bottle from Zekes. Yellow pour, white head. Damn this was pretty bad. Malty, grainy aroma. Flavor is terrible. Macro terrible actually. Corn, malt, stank. Move along. Nasty!


 bleeng (587), Spring near Beersel, Texas, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/513/20
May 8, 2009  
Draft at the brewery. Very mild nose and bright yellow color. Mild crisp taste and very drinkable. I like this as a summer refresher.


 jcr (1137), Jasper, Indiana, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/512/20
May 2, 2009  
Bottle. Interesting, different and drinkable though a little mediciney in the finish. Hazy pale gold body with a frothy, pillowy white head that is mostly lasting. The aroma if malty with notes of toasted grain, a bit of brown sugar and cotton candy. Hints of herbs and dough. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes moderately sweet and lightly to moderately bitter with a bit of astringency. Light to medium body with a slightly sticky texture. Moderately to lively carbonation.


 beerandIT (177), Richmond, Virginia, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/510/20
Apr 30, 2009  
Cloudy golden yellowish pour with little head. Sweet almost like super light floral smell on the aroma. On the palate you get a bit of pear, slight hint of banana and a finishing tart flavor. Very odd I normally love their stuff but this one was hard, just don’t get anything out of it.


 shawnm213 (884), South Bend, Indiana, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/54/103/510/20
Apr 22, 2009  
watered down, hay, grass, straw, dehydrated urine color, I’m not a big fan of the type of beer so i might be biased.


 presario (2953), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Apr 19, 2009  
Bottle. First beer using my new slightly weird Urthel Tripel 12oz rounded mini-stein. Bog foamy head. Hazy yellow. Strong carbonation with hazy suspended tiny particles. Earthy grain and grass aroma with a hint of cooked egg. Tasty beer for a hockey game. Smooth. Faint hint at fuesel note. Bit of a lactic finish.



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