Rice

I don’t see rice lager-style beer from any craft breweries. That is, until yesterday, when I was at my local Harris Teeter grocery store and spotted Burial Beer’s Silhouette Rice Lager. Rice Lager is a lager brewed with a substantial amount of rice (10% to 30% or more). Rice lagers are usually associated with brands such as Sapporo and Kirin.  This rice lager is malted with Extra Pale Pilsner malt, Eraclea, and rice. They also whirlpool this beer with HBC 1134 and Saaz hops in collaboration with Nation of Language (a Brooklyn-based indie/synthpop band). I find that rice lagers are great with Chinese and Japanese foods. This lager pours a clean golden color with a light white one-finger head. The aroma is clean and crisp with bread notes. The flavor is crisp and clean with sweet floral notes and a bit of sweetness. This has a light-bodied mouthfeel. The finish is clean and crisp with a fading floral note. The aftertaste is crisp and light with a lingering, faded sweet note. Silhouette Rice Lager is a high B+. It has a bit more flavor than the macro rice lager I’ve had. But I do think that if you get halfway through the fourth one, the flavor becomes a little boring, but not bad, and yes, I would recommend Silhouette Rice Lager. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Rice Crispy Boy from Westbrook Brewing Co. (https://westbrookbrewing.com) is a 5% ABV rice lager with marshmallow vanilla, 2-row, and best Pils malts. It has flaked rice, CTZ, and Saaz hops with lager yeast. This beer pours gold with a two-finger white head. The aroma is big on vanilla sweetness. The flavor is sweet with vanilla and crispness. This has a light mouthfeel. The beer finishes sweet and crisp. The aftertaste is vanilla marshmallow that lingers for a while. I bought a four-pack of pints, and the more I drank, the more it grew on me. I give Rice Crispy Boi a B+. This is an interesting take on a rice lager. I recommend this beer, and you can purchase Southern Spirits in South Carolina (https://www.southernspirits.com). Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

I purchased this Japanese Lager from Harland Brewing in Culver City, California. It came from a local Trader Joe’s. This beer is brewed in San Deigo with puffed Jasmine rice and toasted rice flakes. This beer is also fermented with Urkle (which allows for a nice balance between hops and malt) from Imperial Czech Yeast. This beer is 5% ABV. This Japanese Lager pours a golden color with a three-finger bright white head. The head does leave nice lacing behind as it dissipates. The aroma is semi-sweet, lightly bitter, clean, and crisp. The flavor is sweet, bready, light on bitterness, clean, and crips. This is a light-bodied beer. This Lager finishes clean and crips. The aftertaste has a light sweetness that doesn’t really linger. This Harland Brewing Japanese Lager is better than Japanese Lager from Japan. Those from Japan are good. This Japanese Lager is an A+. I recommend this beer to anyone who fancies a nice Lager. There is a perfect amount of sweetness, bitterness, and breaded notes to make this beer delicious. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!