Samurai

D and I made a trip to Whole Foods, with the intention of getting just a few items, but WF and all of its glory sucked us into about a million dollars worth of purchase.  When dry aged ribeye steaks are 50% off, who can resist buying seven?  There are, after all, seven people to feed tomorrow.  We also picked out a "Brewer's Picks" 12 pack by Great Divide, mostly because I spied Collette through the front of the box, and this is D's favorite beer.  So right now, even though it's only 4pm (it's 5pm somewhere, so goes the cliche), I am sipping a Samurai, by Great Divide.  D needed a beer to  and de-glaze the snossage, so I gladly volunteered my services and agreed to drink the rest of the beer. Yes, you say, it's blashphemy to use a good beer for cooking!  Nay!  We don't keep anything less than greatness in the house, so what choice do we have?!?!?


It's an unfiltered rice ale, which GD says is "an easy drinking ale . . . The addition of rice gives (it) a slightly fruity, crisp, refreshing and clean taste." I agree. It is a light golden yellow, similar to PBR, with almost no head.  It's got lemon to the nose, maybe a little vinegar.  Tastes slightly lemony, fresh, moderate carbonation.  Similar to, but more complex than, a PBR. Decent, drinkable, good on a hot summer day, although today is cool and cloudy.

ABV 5.1-5.5 %, very little bitterness.
Date consumed: June 16th, 2012 (late blog).