BREWERY: River Horse Brewing Company
STYLE: Tripel
ABV: 10.0%
PURCHASE: Draft (13-oz.), $7.00
SERVING: Tulip glass. Not very heady. From the tap, half an inch at the most. Not much retention.
APPEARANCE: Golden-caramel colored body, with the usual whitish head. Conspicuous bubbling at the outset. Almost no lacing at all.
BOUQUET: On the surface, a seeming hybrid of malt and citrus, namely orange. Spicy undertones, particularly clove, coriander, orange zest, and a seeming touch of pepper.
PALATE: The usual carbonation, and a body that goes down easily for a ten-percenter. Starts malty, remains malty. But midway, the citrus takes hold, and matches the malt through the yeasty finish. Sweet aftertaste. Not much spice discernible, which is surprising given that it was makeable in the aroma. Could stand to be more multi-dimensional.
MUSINGS AND METAPHORS: Another in a long line of good-but-not-great brews from River Horse.
This is brewed with three kinds of hops, but none were particularly noticeable.
As for the name, it was inevitable. River Horse, Tripel Horse; easy enough. There is Triple Horse Studios, in Atlanta; however, the New Jersey brewery predates the film studio by thirteen years.
GRADE: B
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