The Forbidden Lager
Ladd & Lass Brewing
- From:
- Ladd & Lass Brewing
- Washington, United States
- Style:
- Japanese Rice Lager
- ABV:
- 5.6%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.99 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 11, 2026
- Added:
- Mar 11, 2026
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To ring in the Year of the Horse, we got together with our friends at Lucky Envelope and Halcyon to bring you a beer worthy of such an auspicious occasion. Brewed with copious amounts of forbidden rice (also known as black rice), the resulting lager is charmingly light and quaffable. With a lovely golden hue, The Forbidden Lager beguiles with its floral and lightly earthy rice notes. We hope you have as much fun drinking this as we did brewing it.
Hops: Czech Saaz & Strisselspalt
Malts: Extra Pale Premium Pilsner & Black Rice
Hops: Czech Saaz & Strisselspalt
Malts: Extra Pale Premium Pilsner & Black Rice
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by flagmantho from Washington
3.99/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.99/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Poured from 16oz can into a dimpled mug. Canned 2/14/26.
Appearance: rich golden hue with a clear body and a light effervescence. head is a finger of golden-ivory foam. That color looks great.
Smell: sweetish malt with a clean aroma; the noble hops are quite nice. I like it.
Taste: moderate sweetness with a richness to the malt. I don't think I would have guessed rice was in the grain bill; it seems to add a unique earthy flavor. The hops are kind of grassy and bitterness is a bit on the high side. It's one of the more richly flavored lagers I've had.
Mouthfeel: medium-light body with a decent carbonation and creaminess.
Overall: this is a very interesting and unique beer; I might not order it every time, but it definitely has its place.
Mar 11, 2026Appearance: rich golden hue with a clear body and a light effervescence. head is a finger of golden-ivory foam. That color looks great.
Smell: sweetish malt with a clean aroma; the noble hops are quite nice. I like it.
Taste: moderate sweetness with a richness to the malt. I don't think I would have guessed rice was in the grain bill; it seems to add a unique earthy flavor. The hops are kind of grassy and bitterness is a bit on the high side. It's one of the more richly flavored lagers I've had.
Mouthfeel: medium-light body with a decent carbonation and creaminess.
Overall: this is a very interesting and unique beer; I might not order it every time, but it definitely has its place.
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