River Horse Lager

Brewed by River Horse Brewing Company
Style: Pale Lager
Lambertville, New Jersey USA

Gold beer with a fizzy white head. Very light aroma, mostly of cereal. Sweet beer with some bready malts. Mostly table sugar with some caramel. Something chemical in here. There is some lemon citrus in the end. Not a very good beer. Thanks to Kramer17801 for the bottle.

12 oz bottle. Pours a clear yellow gold body under a quickly fading fizzy white head that vanished to a thin ring within seconds. The nose is more DMS than anything, no note of corn in the commercial description, but I’d be surprised if there wasn’t any used. I can’t smell any hops at all. The flavor is barely there, this is just a small step up from Coors Light. Very watery, light bready malt, minimal to no hops, and a corn laced finish. Mouthfeel is thin and light bodied, with a touch of clingy doughiness on the finish. Moderate fizzy forced carbonation. Not much going on here, clearly made to compete for the BMC drinkers.

Date: 12/22/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

hazy pale gold, fine white head, streaks of lace, sweet malt aroma with a touch of cereal balanced by floral hops, sweet cereal malt flavor, nice balancing floral hops, light lasting bitterness,

Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 8/20
Rating: 2.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *+/4

Pours a transparent deep golden with a small froth of white head. Lightly sweet and pale malty nose has a touch of noble hops and some cashew nutty character. Body starts fully carbonated and foamy with a mild sweetness and earthy bittering noble hoppy character. Finishes mild and quite drinkable. A surprisingly good pale lager and the only thing I’d really change is the amount of carbonation.

12oz bottle from a River Horse Variety 12pk. Cellar Stored - Slow Fermentation. Deep Golden, light orange color. White foamy head. Light aromas of: Dough, pear, and slight coriander/herbs. Flavor is of medium cereal, and a light floral. Light-Medium bodied. Very refreshing + Super easy drinking. Overall: Brewed to perfection.

Explosive Bottles. Slightly hazy and very bubbly gold pour with a foamy/moussy white head. Peculiar aroma like carbonated apple cider or even cheap champagne above sweet light cereal malts. Tart flavors of green apple and lemon. Has some underlying wet grass notes. Too tart to pick up any subtler malts or hops. Fizzy body. Too fizzy. Is this beer?

Very clear looking, light, nice smell that doesn’t pay off. Seriously needs some hops, and otherwise too weak and if anything a bit winey.

Bottle. Lightly sweet aroma of pale malt. Clear golden pour (looks like apple juice) with no head. Taste a savory, slightly fruity malty with a bready finish. No hops noticed. Not particularly effervescent or crisp, but still a fun mf. Medium body. Simple, plain, and boring, but one of the best and most quaffable weeny lagers I’ve had. Very refreshing.