River Horse Imperial Cherry Amber

Brewed by River Horse Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale
Lambertville, New Jersey USA

Pours copper with a white head. Smells of caramel, cherries, citrussy. Tastes of cherries, caramel, some earthy undertones. Interesting and enjoyable.

Draft at Max’s Taphouse, Baltimore. Filtered brown-red color. Creamy and malty, with the cherries and amber malt balancing each other out quite well. Mild aroma, with mild alcohol notes. Full of malty rich flavor, but a semi-watery finish.

12oz - Perfect Pour. Dark amber, creamy off white head. Toasted cherry aromas ride hints of chocolate earth and grains. Soft chocolate and toasted nutty cereal flavor gains balance with subtle cherry undertones throughout. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Not bad at all...

12oz bottle, looks interesting, amber-red, doesn’t smell much like cherries to me. It tastes like a decent amber ale to me but I really cannot taste the cherries, I guess there is a slight sweetness but no real definitive cherry flavor. overall easy to drink but odd. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 10-26-2008 22:39:05

12 oz bottle courtesy of Thaichile. Pour is hazy orange ruby with a 1/2 inch egg white head. Nice lacing. Aroma of orange citrus hops, cherries and sweet biscuit maltiness. The cherry smell is sweet and ripe, fresh and natural smelling. Taste is cherry sweetness, though it is a bit more herbal and medicinal than the nose suggested. Some nice sour. The orange citrus is present with some bitterness though it is pretty muted. As it warms, the nutty biscuit maltiness comes out nicely. Tasty beer, nice complexities to the flavors. Palate is thin to medium, and a bit slick. Thanks for this one Mark, it was fun to try.

12 oz bottle from a trade but i cant remeber from who (sorry). pours amber with a nice tan head. aromas are malty but not overly deep. no hops or fruit to the nose. flavours are equally fine but unimprssive. nothing really wrong here and props for making a 7% amber with no noticeable alcohol but it a ways off from what the bottle promises. a little cherry pit come through near the end but thats all i get for fruit. fruit and hops would improves this one!

Bottle. Pours deep amber, almost copper. Lots of off-white head with major staying power. Aroma is super hoppy. Taste is dominated by the hops, but has a hint of sour cherry. Suspended yeast.

Pours a clear reddish amber with a medium off white head. Aroma of bitter hops, nuts and malty grains. Taste is slightly bitter with hints of hops, earthy notes and nuts.