Great Divide Samurai

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

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Draft, served in a tall thin glass, what the bar called a "Strange." This was quite a bit fruitier than I had thought it would be - poured a very light and refreshing-looking yellow-orange, bubbly aroma of rice that put a very sweet tinge on the entire experience. I really like the color of this beer, but the glassware really left something to be desired, and didn’t do justice to this beer. Overall, it was refreshing, but I didn’t think it had what I really like about a Golden Ale - it was just too sweet in a ricey-grainy sort of way.

From notes: Poured hazy straw color with a 2-finger white head. Aroma was of mild citrus and yeast. Light body with a crisp, somewhat dry finish. Crisp, mildly fruity/grainy taste with some yeast funk.

Aroma is floral and grain. Pours a pale yellow with a white head. Taste is grains and malt. Pretty good.

Kinda disappointed with this one. I think I expected it to be great for some reason, and it just wasn’t there. The pour was hazy straw gold color. A bit of floral and sweet aroma. There was definitely sugary sweet grains that had a bit of sake-like flavoring (obviously). But it also tasted like a cooked veggie (corn or something). Just not super appealing. Some bitterness and hops. I appreciate that they tried something different and interesting, but could use some tweaking for sure.

12 oz bottle pours golden with a white head. Aroma and taste of grains. Hint of sweetness. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

out of my mix pack, I was told good things about this one. Color was a whitish hazy yellow. Aroma is very complex for a golden rice beer. I was getting light lemon, grain, roasted chestnut and even some vanilla. Taste gives that mild citrus along with some slightly sweet grain. Remarkably good for a beer that uses adjuncts.

Pour out of 12 oz bottle, clear orange-yellow with thin white head, aroma brought notes of biscuit, grain, slight lemony rice, touch of spice, touch of sweet vanilla. Taste is sweet lemon, biscuit, toffee, slight hints of lemon, hints of rice and grainy notes, finishing fairly sweet.

Pouring a pale yellow and very bubbly body, this beer looked rather bland. First scents reveal a soft yeast aroma with grassy notes as well. The taste was fruity, mainly some light lemon and grainy flavors. Finished nice and clean with a hint of hops. Nothing extreme like most of their stuff, but very nice to drink a few of these.

Nothing special. Not a ton of flavor, but hey, it’s not bad or anything. Just a drinkable definition of average beer.

Bottle/12oz - Pours a very clear light straw yellow in color with a small white head that settled to a thin covering over the beer. Aroma is grainy and somewhat nutty along with some bready yeast. Flavor is much more nutty, light carbonation and just a hint of hops. Interesting... much better than some of the megabrews that also use rice in the grist... but still not that great if a beer... just "average",,,

Pours slightly hazy yellow with a white head. Smells some citrus...some yeast. A clean taste...smooth and thin on the palate. Not a bad beer. Wouldn’t mind trying it again...but probably won’t go out of my way to get it.