Great Divide Samurai

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

Pours a hazy whitish gold (think wit bier), fizzy head diminishes into nothing very quickly. Aroma is predominately PNW hops, a bit of cotton candy, and a very slight veggie note. Flavor is well hopped, typical PNW piney tones initiate, followed by honey, mild toast, nuttiness, and a slight grassy finish. Does not have the typical adjunct flavor I would expect from a beer with rice in it. I like it.

Pours cloudy gold with a large white head, good amount of lacing. Aroma is herbal. Tatses slightly sweet followed by a fairly strong, bitter hop flavor. Probably too hoppy for the style but made for an interesting beer.

Draft at the brewery. Very mild nose and bright yellow color. Mild crisp taste and very drinkable. I like this as a summer refresher.

12 oz bottle. Pours a hazy yellow with big yeasties and a frothy white head that retains well and laces the glass.

The aroma is sweet musty soapy bready malts.

The flavor is pretty bland - a little sweet malt and a touch of fruits with a little grassy bitterness that leads to a dry finish. The mouthfeel is medium bodied and watery with some sharp carbonation.

Overall, a pretty bland offering from GD. There’s nothing offensive, but nothing really appealing about it either.

This basically tastes like sake. It was neither fruity, crisp or refreshing. It was stinky, caustic, and tastes exactly like a two-dollar bottle of sake. No other way to describe it. Zeke’s Roadhouse, Miami Beach

The 12 ounce bottle poured a slightly hazy golden yellow beverage with a small fizzy head that was mostly diminishing but left some lacing on the glass. The aroma had a hint of sour citrus fruitiness accompanied by an earthy mustiness. The body was medium with lively carbonation and a watery, astringent texture. The flavor starts out lightly sour and then, as it ages on the palate it takes on more of a light bitterness. At the end of the medium-long finish there is just a bit of alcohol warmth as well.

Interesting.....and not really in a good. Had a light, almost pale ale like flavor, but the rice add something that is similar to a bad mass-produced lager, which is not surprising since rice is a widely-used adjunct. Did not like it.

Tried on 2 different occasions from two different barrels...not a fan. Pale golden with thin head. Very light aroma, maybe a hint of sour fruit. Malty sweet, note of apricot fruit. Rice / fruit mix did not work for me. Dry, boring palate. Did not finish either pint.