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RATINGS: 377   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.35   SEASONAL: Winter   EST. CALORIES: 300   ABV: 10%
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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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3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
JStax (1724) - Devola/Marietta, Ohio, USA - MAR 18, 2013
Poured from a 12 ounce bottle thanks to Ramy! Pours a hazy orange copper with a thin white whispered of a head that likes to stay around. The first impression I get from the aroma is banana that moves to a hint at coconut. The taste is a vanilla, banana, bready concoction. Bready and peppery in the finish. Not bad.

3.5
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 16/20
fletched (7) - - MAR 8, 2013 does not count
Very earthy, thick, good, not too sweet. Would get again in winter. Bigger alcohol.

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
ryanscourt (303) - Pennsylvania, USA - FEB 15, 2013
Liked this one a lot. Very strong banana nose and taste. Nice tripel spiciness. Etoh was a little over prevalent. Would be recommendation of choice for river horse beers I’ve tried so far. Beer was a lot more affirmative than their other beers - bolder flavor profile.

4.3
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
vmilaxer29 (365) - New York, USA - JAN 18, 2013
Spicy yeasty aroma with some sweet notes, too. Spicy, cloves, yeast, and some sweet sugars and malts, too. A nice bite of yeast on the finish. Pretty decent beer. Doesn’t feel 10%. One of my favorite strong beers to buy in bulk.

2.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 8/20
Travlr (8186) - Washington, Washington DC, USA - JAN 12, 2013
Bottle. Hazy golden yellow color, tiny white head. Aroma of peppery straw. taste is sweet, boozy caramel with a bitter finish.

1.1
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 1/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 2/20
arojewski (18) - Old Bridge, New Jersey, USA - DEC 26, 2012
I was actually upset by this beer. Now, I’m a huge fan of Belgian style, but the wheat feature in this brew honestly made me want to vomit. I don’t mean to say that it’s not great, it’s just not my style. I don’t drink wheat beers. But this brew masquerading as a delicious dark beer tricked me. I’ve actually even dumped a few of them.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
wlajwl (2984) - Quad Cities, Iowa, USA - DEC 10, 2012
Aroma is spices, bubblegum and a hint of banana. The flavor is spices, grainy malts, hints of citrus and fruit and a mildly tart finish.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
keanex (830) - Atco, New Jersey, USA - DEC 9, 2012
No bottling information.
Appearance: Thin creamy tan head with average retention with a murky pale orange and straw colored body.
Aroma: The aroma is strong of banana laffy taffy, smells artificial, with some sweet vanilla. Not a fan of this, it’s too pungent.
Taste: This is overly sweet of vanilla, caramel and banana. There’s a light floral/perfume hop profile, but it’s shunned to the side from the sweetness.
Palate: Medium body with light carbonation.
Overall: I enjoyed this from the bottle at a bonfire but poured into a glass this is very different, surprisingly for the worst. I’m not a fan at all and don’t even want to finish the 12 ounce bottle. Pass on this one until River Horse learns how to ferment their Belgians, here’s a hint don’t ferment it hot as hell.

5
   AROMA 10/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 10/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 20/20
filogomo (10) - Connecticut, USA - DEC 8, 2012
Oooooooooo helllllll yahhhhh... My new favorite beer.. you can taste the alcohol this one.. stupid drunk laughing at all the tards that think their beer critics.. Haha lmfao

3.7
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Sikash (179) - North Carolina, USA - DEC 3, 2012
Poured from a 12 ounce bottle into a tullip glass. Pours a nice hazy dark golden color woth a strong head. Very strong aroma of yeast, ester, banana, orange,coriander. Flavor is of belgian yeast, dry malt and a strong spicy coriander, sweet, traces of cloves. Medium mouthfeel, some malt flavor, coriander, average bitterness. Pleasant but not impressive.


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