River Horse Belgian Freeze Winter Ale

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

12oz. Bottle: Aroma of malts, cocoa, slight maple syrup, a hint of dark ripe fruit, and light caramel. Poured brown/deep amber in color with a medium,-sized, dense, tan head that diminished but lasted throughout. Cloudy. Lightly sparkling. Full of tiny, small, and HUGE particles throughout. Flavor is light to medium sweet. Tastes of malts, cocoa, slight wood, and light caramel. Where is the Belgian yeast? Medium body. Slick, slightly dry texture. Average carbonation. Malt, cocoa, and slight wood finish. 8%ABV is hidden throughout.

Bottle: Pours a transparent dark copper mahogany with a frothy, spotty-lacing light tan head. Aroma of sweet toasty biscuity Belgian malts and dark candi sugar with some light fruity esters. Starts with good fullness and a doughy dark caramel malty sweetness with some raisin complexity and clove spice before a drier, slightly warming bready finish. A very true to style and enjoyable brew.

From a bottle poured amber with a fair amount of head. Strong malty sweet flavor with a lingering aftertaste.

Pours a dark amber/ chestnut brown color with ruby edges and a thin head that quickly fades. Sweet malty aroma with subtle spiciness and dark fruit. Nice malty character with dark cherry flavor as well as some peppery spice, hazelnu and some other dark fruit. Nicely balanced.

Pours copper with an off white head. Smells of residual candi sugar, some spice, some dryness. Tastes sweet and spicy with some dryness on the finish.

12oz bottle courtesy of mhewes poured into a snifter. Pours a deep brown that shows clear bronze when held up to light. There’s a big creamy off-white head that dissipates slowly and leaves a wispy cap and bits of lacing. The aroma is very sweet with some caramel malts and plenty of dark fruits and some Belgian yeast aromas. There is a hint of spiciness in the nose but the sweetness is prominent. The taste is also extremely sweet, with candi sugar and Belgian yeast dominating. There are some dark fruits and a little bit of spice in the finish. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with low, soft carbonation. It’s sticky sweet on the palate. This is a decent beer but the overwhelming sweetness makes it a little tough to drink the entire bottle.

Bottle. This beer has a dark pour and is great cold. Caramel and alcohol flavors match well. However this beer has been worse each time i try it:-(. (Back logged rating)

Deep reddish brown appearance. Tastes somewhat sweet upfront with dominant flavors of caramel and roasted malt. There is also a touch of spicy yeast flavor mixing with a slightly bitter aftertaste. Has some comforting qualities making for an enjoyable winter brew.