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Our Rice Ale List
Beer Blitz Rater Comments
Great Divide Brewing Co., Denver, CO
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 a crisp,
refreshing and clean taste. This is definitely not your everyday unfiltered beer.
changes the status quo for unfiltered beers. The addition of rice gives a crisp,
refreshing and clean taste. This is definitely not your everyday unfiltered beer.
Appearance
A pale yellow and cloudy color but not unexpected for the style and the fact that
this is advertised as an unfiltered beer. The head was a snow white of medium
duration but a thick rocky character very impressive for the style. Lacing is
phenomenal, as thick and chunky of any lacing I have ever seen. A shockingly
good head. Much more quality than anticipated for a rice beer. Golden with
sediment and cloudiness which was expected for this unfiltered rice ale.
Aroma
Very strong, a true ale, has the rice in the aroma but a full basket of fruit scents
also. I get orange, cherry, grape, apple, and even raspberry tones in this aroma -
WOW ! A complex aroma anyone should find impressive. Definitely rice and I am
thinking of sake. Fruit tones like banana and plum without the alcohol warmth.
Strong aroma presence, clean with a moderate sweet and extremely light hop.
Palate
Crisp and clean, has some sweet fruitiness but not a lot, and rice flavor. Light,
almost lager like, but just a bit more sweet. The aroma suggested more sweet
but this is a rice ale and the rice flavor holds the sweet in check. Soft, crisp, and
dry with some fruit and ginger. Light banana, plum, peach, and pear, with the
base rice, unique and Asian but captures expected ale elements.
Finish
As expected, the strength picks up and the rice flavor carries the ale here. Some
sweetness is there but is well locked down by the predominating rice component
and very light hoppiness. Light and consistent the dryness comes through via
carbonation and is...for the lack of a better term, different. Fruit once more and
soft in texture.
Synopsis
Interesting and good, this one nails what a rice ale should be, a true definer of
the style. Significant ale qualities but a unique three dimensional beer, strong
rice component, traditional ale fruitiness, and a mild hoppiness. Hearty and
flavorful yet as easy drinking as a light lager. A light belgian-like quality with the
rice flavor of a Sapporo lager. I admire the creativity here and have become an
even bigger fan of the Great Divide brewery. This beer pursues a different thought
as to the direction an ale can go.
A pale yellow and cloudy color but not unexpected for the style and the fact that
this is advertised as an unfiltered beer. The head was a snow white of medium
duration but a thick rocky character very impressive for the style. Lacing is
phenomenal, as thick and chunky of any lacing I have ever seen. A shockingly
good head. Much more quality than anticipated for a rice beer. Golden with
sediment and cloudiness which was expected for this unfiltered rice ale.
Aroma
Very strong, a true ale, has the rice in the aroma but a full basket of fruit scents
also. I get orange, cherry, grape, apple, and even raspberry tones in this aroma -
WOW ! A complex aroma anyone should find impressive. Definitely rice and I am
thinking of sake. Fruit tones like banana and plum without the alcohol warmth.
Strong aroma presence, clean with a moderate sweet and extremely light hop.
Palate
Crisp and clean, has some sweet fruitiness but not a lot, and rice flavor. Light,
almost lager like, but just a bit more sweet. The aroma suggested more sweet
but this is a rice ale and the rice flavor holds the sweet in check. Soft, crisp, and
dry with some fruit and ginger. Light banana, plum, peach, and pear, with the
base rice, unique and Asian but captures expected ale elements.
Finish
As expected, the strength picks up and the rice flavor carries the ale here. Some
sweetness is there but is well locked down by the predominating rice component
and very light hoppiness. Light and consistent the dryness comes through via
carbonation and is...for the lack of a better term, different. Fruit once more and
soft in texture.
Synopsis
Interesting and good, this one nails what a rice ale should be, a true definer of
the style. Significant ale qualities but a unique three dimensional beer, strong
rice component, traditional ale fruitiness, and a mild hoppiness. Hearty and
flavorful yet as easy drinking as a light lager. A light belgian-like quality with the
rice flavor of a Sapporo lager. I admire the creativity here and have become an
even bigger fan of the Great Divide brewery. This beer pursues a different thought
as to the direction an ale can go.
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