Great Divide Samurai

i think its funny that anyone actually could pour this without a huge head. i tried. even wicked slow on a super slant, HUGE head. i dont be buying it again. after a coupe of them in a pint glass i just drank from the bottle, even then, every kick back reared a HUGE head. super cloudy. not so much on the flavour.

Not sure where they were going with the marketing on this one, but, you know, I guess samurai eat rice to get all burly, strong and tactical. Whatever the reasoning, this is not exactly an exciting beer, even though I really love the label. The Samurai, light yellow in complexion, looks a bit like a tripel at first. The cloudiness and fuzzy white head support this observation. But the smell is markedly different from anything like a tripel. Underripe apples, sweetened butter squash and cooked pasta give it a strange carbohydrate aroma. Appropriate to beer but not exactly alluring. The taste is generically sweet with a pale lager bitterness, and the aftertaste is a soapier version of the aroma, but even blander. So, sudsy and bland. I’ll stick to a clean bowl of rice, thank you.

pours a hazy lemon-drop in color with a small egg shell head.
smell is slight citrus, pear, some banana, some malt, a bit of yeastiness to it also.
taste is semi-sweet up front, pear, peach, pineapple, more sour in the back, touch of wheat, some malt, and a touch of bitterness.

Remarks 6-$8.99.Dense mild lace white head.Light sediment.Clear bright butter yellow color hazes lemon hefe with unfiltered sediment.Floral mild hop wheat rice?ester front.Crisp spicy Hefe mild citrus fruit rice ester body.Refreshing unique rice end.

Pours a golden color with a white head. Aroma is of citrus and grains. Flavor is of citrus hops and grains mostly with a very slight bitter finish. Lots of carbonation as well.