Great Waters Minnesota Wild Rice Ale

Formerly brewed at Great Waters Brewing
Style: Specialty Grain
St. Paul, Minnesota USA

Serve in Lager glass, Tumbler

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Dark brown color with a medium head. The aroma and taste are reminicent of a bag of wild rice instead of a well blended and cooked rice. Dusty grains protrude into the taste. Interesting and alright, but not the best wild rice beer.

Good Brown Coloring.. Nice Head. Aroma and Taste of Dry Wild Rice.. Nice and Crisp, Clean...Some Grains as Well.. Took a Few Sips to Agree with It, But Nice Wild Rice Brew!

Mild aroma of hops. Gold with a head that left a lace. Surprising fruit taste, and another flavor I couldn't nail down. A pleasant surprise. A session beer.

Color is a crispy brownish amber with a small cream colored head that sticks around a while and keeps an impressive haze on top the whole glass down to nearly empty. Wow! Smell again is nothing to get excited about, Great Waters brews seem to always have a disappointing nose, with the exception of Shipwreck IPA. This Wild Rice Ale has a little touch of frothy malt grains and wild rice. Taste starts clean and fresh, easy balanced malts and light hops with a very nice wild rice & grainy overlay that really stands out midway and helps with the over all crisp finish. Also has a nice calming herbal touch of hops. Nice subtle brew with good wild rice character and flavor. Feel is close to medium bodied and gains a bit of punch just past the midway point and has a nice crisp finish and some late notes of wild rice sticking late with a touch of herbal grains. A nice finisher, the wild rice seems to linger forever across the palette. A nice drinker as well, would go good with just about anything I imagine - or by itself. I liked it, a pleasant little beer.

Tap. Medium golden color with a good head. A little sweet. I can taste the rice. Some hops. A good solid beer.

Amber color, interesting. Nothing too exceptional in aroma, but the flavor is interesting--wild rice to be sure, but also fruity. Simultaneously dry and sweet?