Ayame Sake Ale
Twain's Billiards and Tap

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From:
Twain's Billiards and Tap
 
Georgia, United States
Style:
Japanese Rice Lager
ABV:
6.8%
Score:
+9 ratings needed
Avg:
2.72 | pDev: 0%
Ratings:
1 | reviews: 1
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Oct 18, 2015
Added:
Oct 18, 2015
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Bearded Iris Brewing (TN) and Ryujin Brewery (Japan), helped make this sake-ale hybrid, fusing old world sake brewing traditions with modern craft brewing methods. Ayame was brewed with rice and barley in the mash, a light dose of Japanese Sorachi Ace hops in the kettle, koji (malted rice) in the fermenter, and a blend of ale and sake yeasts, making a unique dry sake-ale.
Recent ratings and reviews.
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Reviewed by chinchill from South Carolina

2.72/5  rDev 0%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5
On tap at the 2015 Decatur Beer Fest.

Very lightly hazed golden body with a small, markedly weak head.

Too much like sake mixed with a cheap blonde ale, with the sake dominating.
Light body with overly light carbonation.

O: never had a sake-ale blend? ... this illustrates why not. Still, worth trying if you like both ale and sake.
Oct 18, 2015