Silver in Specialty Gluten-Free Beer
Otherwise Brewing, San Carlos, CA
Hops
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Tasting Notes
Expect a vibrant, fruit-forward burst of jammy strawberries and sweet desert nectar that will make you want to kiss and tell as soon as you try your first sip.
No hop profile is on record for this beer.
Cactus Kiss is a gluten-free fruit beer made with rice, strawberry and prickly pear by Otherwise Brewing, which brews exclusively with naturally gluten-free ingredients.
| Category | Medal | Entries | Brewery | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28, Specialty Gluten-Free Beer | Silver (2nd place) | 17 | Otherwise Brewing | San Carlos, CA |
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Style | Fruit Beer | Otherwise: Cactus Kiss |
| ABV | 5.4% | Otherwise: Cactus Kiss |
| IBU | 10 | Otherwise: Cactus Kiss |
| Hops | not published (the hop list on the brewery's beer data is empty) | Otherwise: beers |
| Malts and grains | Rice | Otherwise: Cactus Kiss |
| Yeast | Not Found | Not Found |
| Adjuncts, fruit, spices | Strawberry, prickly pear, natural sugars | Otherwise: Cactus Kiss |
| Other | released April 27, 2025 | Otherwise: Cactus Kiss |
Fermented clean and bright with tons of real fruit, Cactus Kiss gives you every reason to pucker up for the dreamy combo of strawberry and prickly pear. Expect a vibrant, fruit-forward burst of jammy strawberries and sweet desert nectar that will make you want to kiss and tell as soon as you try your first sip.
Source: Otherwise: Cactus Kiss
Expect a vibrant, fruit-forward burst of jammy strawberries and sweet desert nectar that will make you want to kiss and tell as soon as you try your first sip.
Source: otherwisebrewing.com
The brewery lists the fermentables as rice, strawberry, prickly pear and natural sugars (Otherwise: Cactus Kiss). No hops or yeast are named; the beer is described as fermented clean.
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| Color (SRM) | Not Found | Not Found |
| Original gravity | Not Found | Not Found |
| Final gravity | Not Found | Not Found |
| Water | Not Found | Not Found |
| Process | Fermented clean and bright with real strawberry and prickly pear; fermentables rice, strawberry, prickly pear and natural sugars | otherwisebrewing.com |
As category context only, the Brewers Association guidelines for Gluten-Free Beer require every ingredient to be free of gluten, exclude barley, wheat, spelt and rye, and let ABV, IBU and color vary with the underlying style, judging entries on their own merits. A rice based fruit beer with real fruit fits the specialty gluten-free category, and its 10 IBU suits a fruit-forward beer.
| Year | Competition | Category | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Great American Beer Festival | Specialty Gluten-Free Beer | Silver |
Generated from the loaded results for this brewery and beer name, not researched separately; years not loaded are not covered.
Otherwise Brewing is in San Carlos, CA.
Links checked 2026-10-14: Website, Instagram.