River Horse Tripel Horse

Brewed by River Horse Brewing Company
Style: Abbey Tripel
Lambertville, New Jersey USA

A slightly hazy yellow beer with a thin white head. The aroma is sweet spicy - especially basel (basillikum) is coming thru, and mixes with light notes of yeast. The flavor is very sweet with lots of lemon (a somewhat artificial lemon note), coriander, and basel. The end is dry with light wheaty notes.

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of Kramer17801. Slightly hazy amber golden with an off-white head. Rather fruity nose. Very full body with sweet - very sweet - fruit notes. Rather unclean and unbalanced with a whiff of butter. Basically no bitterness. 080707

From 12 oz bottle. Pours hazy orange with a lacing white head. Sweet malty aroma with a caramel and minor whiff of dried fruit. Sweet, slight fruity and spiced flavour. Vanilla providing some smoothness to the palate. Malty, slight yeasty and very sweet finish.

Date: 08/04/2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Ale Atlanta

dark yellow, sweet malt aroma, thick body, big sweet malt flavor, touch of spices,
-------- /> Date: 02/10/2006
Mode: bottle
Source: trade

clear golden yellow, whispy white head, touch of lace, sweet spicy aroma, big body, lots of spicy flavor, clove, good sweetness, nice and spicy but never develops further

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.8/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4

Golden-bronze colour. Very bright...where’s the yeast at? Gently effervescent. In my Tripel Karmeliet glass this actually looks really good for a yeastless tripel. Aroma of apple liqueur, faint caramel, peach, wood. The body is a mix of creamy thick honey malts and woody/peppery alcohol with peach/pear esters dancing around in the back. The thing I see here is that while it has pretty good flavours and complexity, yeast would improve that. BUT, the mouthfeel is solid and I know you’d screw up the creaminess if you bottle-conditioned this. So you’re left with a decent tripel with areas of weakness that might be tough to fix without messing something else up.

Light amber color; huge head. Very strong aroma, typically Belgian, Belgian yeast, dry malt and a strong spicy character (coriander); sweet; traces of cloves; complex. Medium-weak mouthfeel (not too thick), some malt flavor, some vegetables (tomato), coriander, average bitterness. Pleasant but not impressive.

(12oz bottle) Crystal clear amber body with small, creamy beige head. Aroma is medium sweet, ginger, yeast, sour apple, some cardemom, pepper. Taste is medium sweet, honey, fairly bitter herbal, apple, some pepper, mild alcohol. Medium-full body, alcohol well hidden. Unusual tripel, but no complaint. A pleasant surprise from a brewer I have not rated highly in the past.

Poured a medium amberish color with almost no head. Aromas of yeast, bananas, spices and a little fruity. Tastes of bubblegum, spices, oranges and fruits. Semi-sweet. 10% alcohol well hidden - light alcohol in the finish.