Samurai
Great Divide Brewing Company in Denver, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
5.78
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A classic brand reborn, SAMURAI® is the perfect beer for your zen garden after battle, or your patio after a long day of work. The addition of Jasmine rice creates a slightly floral aroma leading into an effervescent, crisp, easy-going lager suitable for the most peaceful of warriors. This may be your first Samurai, but it most certainly won’t be your last.
HOPS: Sorachi Ace, Saaz
MALTS: 2-row, Carafoam, Jasmine Rice
YEAST: Danish Lager
HOPS: Sorachi Ace, Saaz
MALTS: 2-row, Carafoam, Jasmine Rice
YEAST: Danish Lager
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6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 oz can from Total Wine & More, Laguna Hills, California. Poured into a La Chouffe stemmed tulip glass on 12th Jan 2018. Golden pour, wispy white head. Light citrus esters in the nose, taste more grainy/rice like in nature and leaning towards sweetness rather than bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Jan 2018
at 11:55
4.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 2
Texture 6
Overall 5
From Aug 2007
I got this in a mixed 6Pack at Wilbur's in Ft Collins.
Pours from 12oz bottle(bottled last week in May 2007) a clear light gold with a large head of foam that shrinks to a solid layer and it has lots of lacing.
The smell is of caramel malt and slight citrus.
The taste has a strong sweetish malt presence on my first sip followed by some citrus hop bitterness and a slight sourness. Further sips in and the flavours are not meshing very well together at all and it leaves me wondering whether I'll be able to finish this bottle or not. The best word I can think of for putting the flavour of this Ale in the shortest term possible is....harsh. I favour it not and I won't buy it again.
I got this in a mixed 6Pack at Wilbur's in Ft Collins.
Pours from 12oz bottle(bottled last week in May 2007) a clear light gold with a large head of foam that shrinks to a solid layer and it has lots of lacing.
The smell is of caramel malt and slight citrus.
The taste has a strong sweetish malt presence on my first sip followed by some citrus hop bitterness and a slight sourness. Further sips in and the flavours are not meshing very well together at all and it leaves me wondering whether I'll be able to finish this bottle or not. The best word I can think of for putting the flavour of this Ale in the shortest term possible is....harsh. I favour it not and I won't buy it again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Oct 2017
at 12:04
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Apparently this used to be regularly distributed in Japan. Bready fruity aroma on a bright gold body. Smells like a golden ale, it’s got a very dry body and fruity (peach) and soda bread flavor. It’s ok.
Tried
on 10 May 2016
at 08:46
3.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2
Bottle. A- Rice, cereal, grass. A- Pale orange color, hazy liquid, minimal head. T- Quite bitter, strong rice and grain tones. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, crisp grainy finish. O- Strong tastes of rice and grain. Not as refreshing as I was hoping for.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2013
at 12:17
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ Delirium Cafe. Nice head with goog duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are sweet malt, grasss, fruits and hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jul 2013
at 12:54
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught at tap room for Great Divide, visited on October 7, 2012Hazy pale straw yellow color, fluffy white head. Light acidic fruity scent. Sweet, acidic, herbal taste. Sweet, cream, herbal aftertaste. Spritzy mouthfeel, low bitterness.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Oct 2012
at 08:19
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
On tap at Rattle N Hum, July 2012. Clear golden with a medium white head. Nothing to write home about. Some tutti-frutti, spices and malt. Short aftertaste. Very easy to drink.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Jul 2012
at 20:23
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft, served in Flute. Light hazy, yellow. Mild lace, down the glass. High carbonation. Nose of malt and rice. Interesting flavor and totally unique. Pale malt, bready dough and the grainy rice gives it a sake type feel. It’s not a complex brew, very simple. However, that is what I like about it. Super easy to drink.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Jun 2012
at 07:34
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
I was intrigued by the idea of this one but it just did not end up working for me. +++ Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a slightly hazy yellow-golden color with a large soapy white head that lingered and left a bit of lacing. The aroma was dryish, a touch nutty and had a cooked rice element followed by faint fruity hops. The flavor was dryish yet tangy with moderate cooked rice, sake and bread notes. Medium finish and body. Disappointing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2012
at 15:54
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
on tap after session @GABF-pours hazy yellow with a white head. Aroma is grain, lemon. Taste is lemon/spice hops, grain, rice. Crisp.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Jan 2012
at 17:32