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Sampled this on location and I wonder if they will bottle this sometime later. An experiment with a rice beer, the pour is a hazy yellow to golden color. Good head and surprisingly good retention.

The nose was malty and had a noticeable steamed rice aroma. Some lighter hop notes are in the background with some spice and peppery aromas.

The taste was good with an easy drinking feel. A nice malty taste with a generic adjunct taste to it. Sure you can pick out the rice but some other flavors come out like corn, oats and some sugary sweetness. Similar to the nose the hops come out nicely with some earthy undertones and the yeast leaves a smooth taste but some lighter peppery notes as well.

The body light and easy to drink. Overall a good beer and interesting for a rice beer to compare with Japanese Lagers or other such beers. I would like to see this bottled at some point.

Served In: Pint Glass

Old review

Continuing my trek through Great Divide's brews. 12 oz bottle poured into a pint.

A: Poured a straw yellow with a soapy white head. Head receded almost immediately. Bottle says this is unfiltered, but it looks pretty filtered, no debris. Looks very much like a macro.

S: A little bland. You got the malt and hops. Maybe a little sweet rice.

T: Pretty good. Still nothing complex here. There is a sweetness coming from somewhere other than the malt, maybe the rice. Hops have just a touch of bite and there is a slight lemony tast on the finish.

M: It may look like a macro, but it doesn't feel like one. Has a creamy smoothness that finishes clean and crisp. Medium carbonation.

D: I can drink this. Definitely a little light but still has some things going for it. Tasty and interesting, just not too complex but I don't think it is supposed to be.

Served In: Bottle

Dullishly pale and lighter toned lemony whitened yellow. Chill hazed body to start then clears up a bit. Grows an all encompassing bright, starchy white head as its poured. Settles slowly to a decent pinky high crunch of floppy foam. Tons of lacing in thick patches and strings coat the glass like sticky rice.

Mild yet complexingly sweet and breadish aroma of pale malt, grain, and very dull lemon/melon candy-like hints. Nice bready sweetness to it and Munich Helles-like tone.

Taste is quite nice and rounded with a fine and fluffy mildly complex bready sweetness. The taste itself is quite simple really, it’s just got this overwhelming cleanness and a great length of tone and body to it; it’s incredibly hard to put down. I just keep drinking it! It’s not over powering and it’s not light either. Its dead on with a swift, clean kesa cut of pale malt sweetness, a bit pretzely, and grainy fluffed texture. It’s the length of tone and flavor that really stands out for me on this one.

Body is clean and wholesome with a semi fluffy texture of breads and grains. About medium bodied if not a bit more due to its caring and lengthy tone and character. It’s slightly sweet and yet paled down with a terrific profile of high crafted goodness.

Much like a well-forged katana, this stuff will cut right through you.
Damn easy to drink; and as if there ever was a doubt Great Divide could do something like this to a style that always lacks. Solid as the stance of a Samurai and lengthy as a cut from the blade of their wielding katana. This stuff is surprisingly beneficial and honorable. Osu!

Served In: Pint Glass

A - Dirty light yellow colored body with a slight chill haze to it. Head starts off white at standing in at a full inch and a half. Soapy looking from the sides and fluffy from the top. Foam falls slowly and leaves pretty good lacing for the style.

S - Very light and tough to pick up too much here. Light bready pale macro lager smell. Slightly earthy hop notes.

T - Rice becomes very apparent in the taste. Starts off a bit bready with the rice coming in strong. There is sort of a metallic taste in there that is off putting. Hops playing deep in the background. I will give it credit that is has more flavor than your run of the mill macro, it just isn't doing it for me.

M - Light to medium bodied with a crisp feel to it.

D - It's drinkable as most in this style are. The metallic/coin flavor just gets in the way of enjoyment.

Served In: Pint Glass