Brews and Blues Beer and Smokin’ Blues

Great Divide Samurai Ale

This is my second sampling of the four different Great Divide Brewing Company beers I purchased in an assorted 12-pack.  The head on this beer was rather explosive when I poured it, and it's not a thick and creamy head at all.  It's more of a soft drink type head that subsides rather quickly.  From the bottle:

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 Samurai a crisp, refreshing and clean taste.  This is definitely not your everyday unfiltered beer.

Hmmm... Maybe it's not an everyday unfiltered beer.  At best, I would call it an every other day unfiltered beer.  This brew did not impress me very much.  I could probably be beaten in public for saying this, but rice is what makes Budweiser what it is :) 

This beer is for the SBB crowd (something besides Budweiser).  It's mildly different and those who drink fancy imports like Heineken and Foster's can have this beer and not feel left out when everyone else is drinking home brew and great micro/craft beers.