River Horse Hop Hazard Pale Ale - River Horse Brewing Co.

kranker23

New Jersey

3.05/5  rDev -13.6%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

A - Poured into a chalice. Copper color with 1 finger cream colored head.

S - Not much on the nose. Some evergreen, less citrus.

T - Balanced but underwhelming. Neither the hops nor the malt is able to star. For an APA, this is not quite where it needs to be. Tastes a little seltzery on the finish. The hop taste is fleeting and really ends all too quickly.

M - Good carbonation. Weight is appropriate for an APA.

D - Would make a nice summer session beer because of its lightness.

Overall - I wouldn't search out a sixpack of this, but if it comes in the River Horse sampler I would not hesitate to drink a few of these.

Serving type: bottle

12-06-2010 23:06:21 | More by kranker23

mwz5021

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -0.8%

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BeerForMuscle

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev +6.2%

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sanitarium16

New Jersey

3.5/5  rDev -0.8%

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InspectorBob

New Jersey

3.5/5  rDev -0.8%

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John_Crozier

New Jersey

4/5  rDev +13.3%

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CreightonSM

New Jersey

2.75/5  rDev -22.1%

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vfgccp

New York

2.5/5  rDev -29.2%

05-12-2013 22:12:15 | More by vfgccp

jkane101

New Jersey

3.5/5  rDev -0.8%

05-08-2013 01:53:10 | More by jkane101

schaffer9252

New York

3.75/5  rDev +6.2%

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civicm87

New York

4/5  rDev +13.3%

05-01-2013 23:06:06 | More by civicm87

GFD400

New York

4/5  rDev +13.3%

04-26-2013 22:36:37 | More by GFD400

DS31

New Jersey

2.75/5  rDev -22.1%

04-25-2013 22:49:37 | More by DS31

Norbu

New York

4.5/5  rDev +27.5%

04-21-2013 01:41:40 | More by Norbu

GratefulJack

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +13.3%

04-13-2013 21:29:21 | More by GratefulJack

themind

New Jersey

3.25/5  rDev -7.9%

04-13-2013 03:10:00 | More by themind

Mojoman8561

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -0.8%

04-01-2013 01:44:47 | More by Mojoman8561

lauries444

New Jersey

2.75/5  rDev -22.1%

03-30-2013 00:19:07 | More by lauries444

brheuer

New Jersey

3.5/5  rDev -0.8%

03-24-2013 16:22:09 | More by brheuer

WDJersey

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev +6.2%

03-23-2013 02:25:37 | More by WDJersey

cw13

New Jersey

4.25/5  rDev +20.4%

03-11-2013 20:31:37 | More by cw13

smiga

New Jersey

3.53/5  rDev 0%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25

Bottle poured into .5l cylinder. Fresh in Central NJ!
I am a fan of this style and want to be a fan of this beer, but it falls short.

A: Pours cloudy amber w orange tones, very light amountsof carbonation. Unfiltered for sure as it remains cloudy. The beer has a 2 finger creamy beige head that slowly reduces to a very long lasting quarter thick head covering the majority of the surface of the beer with a thick ring at the edges of the glass. Moderate amounts of lacing.

S: Unusual. Stinky (in a good way). Strong aromas of oily pine hops and wet grass. Not much caramel malts. Alot going on. Good meditation ale.

T: Alot going on indeed. Pepper, wet hay, barnyard, citrus, along with a peppery, oily hop flavor. To me it's over done and not 'fresh enough' like a great fresh APA or IPA (Dales, Titan, Stone). Was enjoyable with sauced scallops and shrimp cocktail, good with seafood.

M: Medium bodied with light carbonation. Slightly oily/sticky, not a super after taste. Not tingly enough, weak on bitter, clean finish, weak on malts.

O: This is an intense, stinky APA. There's 5 hops and I think they are battling. There's a barnyard thread that runs through all River horse - they taste horse stall like! Wet hay and horse order.

Much better regional beers to be found in Doylestown PA (Victory) or Harrisburg (Troegs). As a NJ guy, I'd like River horse to make a more refreshing and simpler ale.

Serving type: bottle

03-10-2013 01:29:51 | More by smiga

bacher468

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -0.8%

03-09-2013 18:29:41 | More by bacher468

beans923

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev +6.2%

03-09-2013 02:54:00 | More by beans923

skriv

New Jersey

4.25/5  rDev +20.4%

02-24-2013 22:18:38 | More by skriv