Great Divide Samurai

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

Picked up a single 12-oz bottle from Cellar’s Wine & Spirits in St Paul, MN. Pours a semi-clear golden pale yellow brew with a thin and fast dissolving white head that leaves behind a thin white ring and no lacing. Aroma of light bready malt, some flowery hops, a touch of pear fruit and some herbs. Taste is light bodied, light carbonation with flavors of white bread malt, some fruity pear character, and floral hops. Finish is light, semi-sweet fruity with some pear aftertaste.

Appearance: Pours a clear, yellow body with a thin, wispy white head. Smell: Very lightly malty, sweetish aroma with notes of flowers, sake, and white bread. Taste: Well, it’s just what the aroma would have you expect of the taste. Light, sake-like fruity flavor with a drop of honey sweetness. Floral and bready hints. No more than a light bitterness. Finishes crisp and clean. Mouthfeel: Light-bodied. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: It definitely would make for fine, summertime drinking and wasn’t too bad on a grimey day in mid-December, either.

Bottle. Pours a clear light yellow-gold body with a large sudsy white head. Aroma has some brackish grains, hay, and herbal hops. Very drinkable and quality for this weak style with that herbal hop character and decent cereal/cookie malt underpinning.

Date: 12/22/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

hazy yellow, wispy white head, light malt aroma wuth faint floral hops, light malt flavor, just a touch of sweetness is quickly balanced by floral hops, light bitter finish,

Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 8/20
Rating: 2.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *+/4

Thin bright white head of varying sized bubbles. Light and crisp aroma with some lemon, cereal , grainy notes and a bit of pale malt. Color is a bright gold. Quite refreshing. Light malts and rice. Bit of lingering spicy notes that are hitting my quite nasally. Strange. Cereal and a bit of dry bittereness at the finish. An ok brew but not one that I would seek out again.

Pours a pale champagne golden with a wispy-lacing white head. Slightly grainy pale malty nose has a touch of noble hoppiness and adjuncts. Body starts somewhat full for the style and mildly sweet with an earthy piny bittering hop balance. Finishes smooth and bittersweet. A decent blond ale, but not one of my favorite styles.

Yellow gold body with a big white head and an aroma of a pilsner. Flavor is bitter grass and sake. Something different? Yes, but not particularly something real good.

Bottle: A vague misty blond color with a light white head. The nose is a bit fruity with a touch of hop, some polished malt and some alcohol. The flavor is thin and fizzy, yellow, hmmm, sounds like a marketing campaign I know of. The rice in a ale makes for a weird fruitiness that usually only comes from yeast mistakes.. Very disappointing for great divide, not crisp enough or refreshing for what they were going for.