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River Horse Tripel Horse 3.33 271

River Horse Tripel Horse

Percentile
77
overall

bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
2713.34/5.03.33/5.0Winter10%59.1Trappist glass, Tulip
Commercial Description:
Notice a unique aromatic nose with a hint of vanilla esters, which comes from the Belgian ale yeast. Tripel Horse has a big body and rich mouth feel and finishes mostly dry with only a touch of sweetness. If you shy from some of the sweeter Belgian ales, we think you will enjoy this one. The palate improves with age, so keep some on hand and you can ride Tripel Horse down a new path with each opened bottle.
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 JonR888710 (999), Cochabamba, Bolivia
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/516/20
Sep 20, 2005  
Poured this bottle to celebrate the Redskins triumphant victory and 4th quarter comeback over the Cowboys on monday night football. Pours a golden orange with not much of a head. Aroma is sweet apple, cinnamon and freshly cooked krispy kream donuts. Taste is sweet with spice and yeast. Nice tasting beer. Complex finish.


jeckenroth (81), Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/103/515/20
Sep 11, 2005  
Light Brown, small short off white head. Bursting with hops and a touch of sweetness and floral. Medium bodied with a watery text ture and light carbonation. Tastes a little too much of alcohol, but the hops antaste last through the whole drink. Touch of vanillia with a hops finish.


 Maddog (250), Kettering, Ohio, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/52/103/56/20
Aug 29, 2005  
Very disappointed by this thin, lifeless version of the Belgian classic. A beer must have more than a high alcohol content to be good, and it must be a gem to have Belgian on the label. I noticed no big body and certainly no rich mouth feel. Maybe it would have gotten better with age.


 iratherbe (255), Marlton, New Jersey, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/512/20
Aug 22, 2005  
You can discern the Belgian ale yeast on the nose and it permeates a good sense of it’s style. Some subtle hints at vanilla and malty sweetness though not overt. A touch too much alcohol is prevalently and the body is more medium than big. Overall a pretty darm good attempt. Keep geting better RHBC!


 IMtheOptimator (1161), Bethel, Connecticut, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/514/20
Aug 22, 2005  
Poured a golden mildly effervescent amber with a small white head. Aroma is slightly sweet and floral, yeasty as well with a touch of hops. Taste is not nearly as bad as I expected. Very dry with some floral essences and very little sweetness. Not very elegant, but surprisngly drinkable. A tripel you don’t feel bad about drinking out of the bottle. Interesting.


 VAYankee (248), Virginia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 19, 2005  
Gold, orange body with a very small white head. Aroma includes vanilla, hops, and touches of alcohol and honey. Initial taste is not sweet, instead a bit yeasty with some spices present just a tiny hint of vanilla. As claimed in the description nice dry finish with a touch of sweetness.


 Terminus (1955), Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Aug 16, 2005  
bottle-pours golden orange with a small whtie head. sweet, candy sugar, alcoholic, estery, lemon aromas with some hop notes entangled in there as well. sweet flavors wit notes of honey, grassy hops, and a bright yeast character. As big of a beer this is, the alcohol was not that overbearing. Not bad for an american trippel.


 beerbill (1977), Laurel, New York, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/514/20
Aug 16, 2005  
12 oz. bottle. Super floral aroma. Pours a clear amber with a thin whitish head. Citrus and honey come through in the flavor. Although this beer is 10% ABV, there was no alcohol burn to speak of. Very enjoyable.



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