DuClaw Brewing Company (River Horse Brewing Company) Reviews

Ron	3.4 DuClaw Sweet Baby Hazel! Can I brought to Disc golf share. Poured a dark brown with a tan head. Aromas of cocoa, toasted malt, vanilla, graham cracker and caramel. Flavor was much the same plus more graham cracker. Good carbination. Friday, May 3, 2024
jrodooo5	3.5 DuClaw Sweet Baby Banana! Banana adds a nice touch to a traditional porter. Not much bitterness. Aroma is chocolate banana. Flavor is fairly light with banana up front followed by a more traditional porter roast. Not bad. Friday, April 26, 2024
lavaaaron	3.6 DuClaw Duclaw Pastryarchy - S'mores Dessert Stout Can pour, dark brown, thick pour. Sweet Hershey syrup aroma. Fake chocolate notes, syrupy and hints of hazelnut. Sunday, April 14, 2024
siennadean917	4.1 DuClaw Duclaw Pastryarchy - S'mores Dessert Stout Older can but bit flat.Choc base,roasted malt.Not much marshmallow Sunday, April 14, 2024
Ron	3.6 DuClaw Sweet Baby Java Can from Wegmans Pic 6. Pours a dark brown with a tan foam head. Aroma is peanut butter, chocolate, caramel, and some roast. Flavor is sweet chocolate, caramel, roast, and peanut butter. Thursday, April 11, 2024
Ron	3.4 DuClaw Sweet Baby Banana! Can from Wegmans Pic 6. Pours very dark clear brown with hints of copper and a fizzy off white head. Tastes smooth, creamy, chocolatey, with hints of peanut butter, crackers, and banana developing. Very light dry bitterness. Smells like peanut butter, chocolate and banana, Thursday, April 11, 2024
trapped	3.7 DuClaw Sweet Baby Java Draught @ Clinton Hall51st, Manhattan (Feb 2024). Inky black with a foamy dark beige head, sweet coffee aroma, adequate carbonation, sweet coffee taste, caramel-toffee flavor, smooth thin body, long coffee finish. Smooth and tasty. Sunday, April 7, 2024
alexsdad06	3.6 DuClaw Colossus (2006 & 2011) 22 oz. bottle from a trade shared with drsordr and Corey. Pours a caramel color with a small beige head. The aroma and flavor have sweet malts, caramel, dark fruits, a hint of tomato juice on the nose, oxidation, too sweet and old to show any of the abv, I probably had this too long. Wednesday, April 3, 2024
drsordr	3.5 DuClaw Colossus (2006 & 2011) Bottle shared by alexsdad06 pour copper with minimal ecru head. Nose caramel, tomato juice. Taste big sweet, caramel, taste like sugar daddy candy. Vintage so some oxidization. Hides alcohol with the sweetness Wednesday, April 3, 2024
FROTHINGSLOSH	2.9 DuClaw Sour Me; Double Triple Berry Apricot color with a huge foamy white head. Tart and dry with cracker, grain, and faint notes of strawberry and raspberry. Long finish. Medium body. Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Jow	3.3 DuClaw Venom IPA Random grab hoping to up the MD ticks. Amber pour some murk and puffy beige head. Nose is malty and bitter orange hops. Tatses of orange peel, malt, dark bread, pine, grapefruit pith. Bitter finish for sure. Tuesday, March 19, 2024
FROTHINGSLOSH	3.2 DuClaw The Pastryarchy Unicorn Farts After Dark Black with a large foamy tan head that left good lacing. Roasty and dryish with cinnamon and cocoa. Long finish. Moderately full bodied. Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Mr.Spooks	2.2 DuClaw Sweet Baby PB&J! Whole lotta nope. Raspberry dominates, with peanut butter and chocolate adding idd candy notes lacking in any sweetness. So not my cup of tea. Thursday, February 22, 2024
PorterPounder	3.4 DuClaw 31 2/18/24 - Tallahassee, Fl - Beer Stop - 12 oz can. Murky, dark orange-brown pour, very light off-white head. spicy sweet aroma, hints of nutmeg and cinnamon. Full-bodied flavor, solid spicy bent to the flavor with plenty of nutmeg and cinnamon, a bit of ripening vegetables, some brow sugar sweetness, decently thick mouthfeel. Sunday, February 18, 2024
weihenweizen	2.9 DuClaw Low Key Refrigerated 12 oz can poured into a glass. Slightly hazy golden with small white head. Aroma is wheat esters, light body, low carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is wheat esters and pineapple. Sunday, February 11, 2024
PorterPounder	3.1 DuClaw Cerveza Regular 2/11/24 - Tallahassee, FL - Beer Stop - 12 oz can. Slight fogginess to the light orange pour, medium thick snow-white head. Neutral aroma, perhaps a touch of tonic water. Flavor has some malty biscuit-like notes, a hint of pear fruitiiness, some grainy notes in the finish. Crisp mouthfeel. Sunday, February 11, 2024
solar	3.1 DuClaw Sweet Baby Java Pours cola brown into snifter. Moderate tan head that slowly dissipates. Strong nose of malts, dark bread and chocolate. A bit of coffee. Mystery element must be the peanut butter but it doesn’t smell like peanut butter to me. Not that it should. First sip brings in strong coffee taste with a moderate malty backbone with chocolate. The peanut butter lends a unique mellow cast…. not overbearing. Aftermath is more dry than sweet. Reminds me of Founders KBS without the KBS if that makes sense. A surprisingly pleasant brew, especially if you like coffee influenced porters. Tuesday, February 6, 2024
jgb9348	3.2 DuClaw Turn West Perfectly clear deep copper coloured body with some light movement down below, but no real head, as the can seemed to lack pressure after a few weeks (but was more solid when I bought it!). Aroma of light grainy malts, toffee, caramelised sugars with a hint of apricots and peaches here as well, but the malts seem strongest in the nose, with some hops here, too. Medium-bodied; Fairly rich caramelised sugars and light toffee notes show at first with some hop bitterness right behind that's a bit nutty and herbal, all bringing out a kick of the stone fruits and some smoother earthy and rustic malts here, which hit nicely at the end. Aftertaste is crisp, very malt-centric with a good level of both stone fruits and caramel with a rustic quality that also has a lot of bitterness from the hops - nice across the board. Overall, this is a pure older school East Coast (much maltier, grainier) IPA with no signs of anything West Coast at all. Not sure why this seemed to lose carbonation/structure of the can, but good to try - that's it - not worth finding or buying as there are much better options out there! I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from The Sperryville Corner Store in Sperryville, Virginia on 09-July-2022 for US$4,69 sampled at my house here in Washington on 22-August-2022. Sunday, January 28, 2024
Kleg	3.3 DuClaw Sweet Baby Swirl! 12 oz. can from Total Wine. Pours a cloudy orange-gold color with a small off-white head and fair retention. Almost no lacing. Good peanut butter aroma. Light peanut butter flavor with a light vanilla finish. I don’t taste any chocolate or coffee notes. It's a nice sweet stout, but Sweet Baby Jesus is far superior, so this is kinda disappointing. Thin body for a stout. Medium carbonation, which is above average for stouts. Not bitter. Wednesday, January 24, 2024
jgb9348	3 DuClaw Sour Me Gummy Bear s: funky fruits tart berries light biscuits a: clear golden body soapy off-white head t: soured lactose creamy finish p: pineapple light malts easy-drinking o: clean lightly sweet simplistic 16 ounce can Wegman's (grocery): Woodbridge, Virginia 23-December-2023 US$2,33 (part of a mixed six pack) sampled: 12-January-2024 Saturday, January 13, 2024
jgb9348	2.6 DuClaw Regular Beer s: bread caster sugar biscuits a: clear golden body (duh) soft white head t: yeastie crisp hops stone fruits at end p: clean-drinking malty noticeable hop bitterness (not much) o: as-the-name-suggests slightly mushroomy soft throughout 12 ounce can The Brew Shop: Arlington (Clarendon), Virginia 13-December-2023 US$9,99/six pack - from Alex at Hockey - Thanks Alex! Canned: 13-October-2023 (286 julian) sampled: 03-January-2024 Thursday, January 4, 2024
PilsnerTrub65	2.7 DuClaw Hop Tarts Pineapple Milkshake IPA Reminiscent of the imagined flavor of a pineapple milkshake, but who really drinks a pineapple milkshake? Saturday, December 30, 2023
FROTHINGSLOSH	3.2 DuClaw The PastryArchy - Cookies and Cream White Stout Orange with a large foamy head. Sweet, toasty and malty, lightly bitter, with cocoa and vanilla notes. Very long finish. Moderately full bodied. Wednesday, December 27, 2023
mmmbeer	3.4 DuClaw Summertime Seedless 12 oz can poured into a shaker- poured a slightly murky copper with sunfaded brown color for a background, one finger white head formed and laced nicely upon the vessel. Aroma of grapefruit, funk, and watermelon. Hits the mouth with a light body, the malt has watermelon intertwined at the first impression, middle has some funk to it, finish has a slight acidity and notes of plums in the background. Not bad. Tuesday, December 19, 2023
jgb9348	3.3 DuClaw The Pastryarchy - Candy Cane Imperial Stout s: fake peppermint toasted malt cream a: dark brown body thin pure brown head t: rich mint strong brewed coffee rustic grains p: bitter end icing sugar artificial flavours o: strong & pungent good malts too fake for mint 16 ounce can Gettysburg Beer Mart: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 31-January-2023 US$4,49 Canned: 31-October-2022 sampled: 15-December-2023 as Beer #15 of my 2023 Advent Calendar Tuesday, December 19, 2023
ryanhunter_4	3.4 DuClaw Give A Crap 12 oz can poured at home. Pours reddish brown and is very cloudy. Smells like berries and lemon. Taste is slightly sour with a berry flavour. Pretty good. Sunday, December 17, 2023
Tmoney99	3.5 DuClaw Strawberry Letter 23 Draft taster. Poured clear amber color with an average frothy white head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Moderate berry aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture and soft carbonation. Moderate berry sweet flavor with a moderate tart finish of medium duration. This beer met my expectations. Saturday, December 2, 2023
hopdog	3 DuClaw Sour Me Oh Yeah! 16oz can. Poured an amberish color with a reddish tint to it and a small sized head. I found this overall to be a bit thinner and almost watery ... some fruits, but not really picking anything out. Friday, December 1, 2023
Cybercat	3.6 DuClaw Give A Crap Pours hazy reddish cinnamon with a thick though not long-lasting beige head. Aroma offers blueberry, currant, hints of raspberry and vanilla. Flavor supplies tangy blueberry, vanilla, currant, a touch of raspberry. Texture delivers good body and peppy fizz. I give a lot more than a crap about good beer. Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Stuu666	3.2 DuClaw Sour Me Gummy Bear Keg at fattey beer Co. Pours hazy golden, nose is savoury, toffee, citrus, funk, taste is grapefruit, melon, zesty. Monday, November 27, 2023
alobar	4.2 DuClaw Repent 2013 bottle. Pours a murky brown color with aroma of caramel, toffee, and dark fruit. Caramel and toffee sweetness with notes of raisin and fig. Really nice beer. Friday, November 24, 2023
blackflag321	3.5 DuClaw Sweet Baby Java Thursday, November 23, 2023
Mr.Spooks	3.4 DuClaw The Pastryarchy - Super Freak Sweeter than I like, but not cloying, so I can appreciate the direction their going with this pint, even if I’m not crazy about the results. Chocolate and coconut are on the forefront, while a moderate caramel sweetness brings up the rear. Finishes with coconut and caramel and a subtle bitterness. Not bad. Monday, November 20, 2023
trapped	3.5 DuClaw Hopportunity Awaits Draught @ George Keeley, Manhattan (Nov 2022). Cloudy dark yellow with a large foamy off-white head, faint citrus aroma, medium carbonation, mildly bitter citrus peel-mango taste, pineapple flavor, thin body, long finish. Flavorful. Saturday, November 11, 2023
TkmLinus	3.7 DuClaw Dad Bod 12 oz can. Smells of grapefruit and pine. Dark yellow with a murky haze. Tastes like centennial hops to me. Grapefruit and resin with a hint of sweet malts begging for attention. Finishes semi sweet with a bitter kick. Saturday, November 4, 2023
Ron	3.8 DuClaw Duclaw Pastryarchy - S'mores Dessert Stout Can. Poured a dark brown with a tan head. Aromas of chocolate and roasted dark malt. Flavors of the Roasted dark malt, chocolate and marshmallow. Good body. Tuesday, October 31, 2023
ChrisOfstad	3.3 DuClaw Mad Bishop From backlog. Can, from Total Wine, Brentwood, Tn. Straight from The Can. Malts, hops, yeast, Caramel, Malty, some sweetness, and bitterness. Sunday, October 29, 2023
FROTHINGSLOSH	3.2 DuClaw The PastryArchy: Three Scoops Black with a large foamy tan head. Bitter and roasty with cocoa, vanill and artificial strawberry. Long finish. Moderately full bodied. Wednesday, October 25, 2023
shrubber85	3.9 DuClaw Palomania Grapefruit, lime, salt, wheat malt, and straw aroma. Hazy golden yellow with small, short-lasting head. Mildly sweet grapefruit, lime, wheat malt, lightly salty, and mildly bitter straw flavor. Good body. Saturday, October 14, 2023
evergreen0199	3.2 DuClaw Sweet Baby Jesus! Can from Charles Street Liquors, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. A very dark brown/black coloured pour with a thinnish beige head on top. Roasty, malty, peanut, chocolate taste/aroma. Quite savoury and rather artificial flavouring in this one. It's OK. Tuesday, October 10, 2023
glennmastrange	3.7 DuClaw Summertime Seedless Can. Light grain and hay for the malt, moderate dankness and pine for the hops, slight musty for the yeast, with citrus and melon in the background. Head is small, fizzy/bubbly, white with no lacing and is fully diminishing. Color is slightly hazy medium amber. Flavor starts faintly sweet and moderately acidic, then finishes moderately acidic and lightly bitter. Palate is light to medium, watery, with a fizzy carbonation and a lightly tart and dry finish. Pretty damn good Flavored IPA, without and overpowering existence of fruit. Tuesday, October 3, 2023
Poobah	4 DuClaw Sweet Baby Jesus! Black with a tan head and a malty, peanut butter, dark chocolate, espresso nose. Smooth and malty mouthfeel with a dry, mild peanut butter, dark chocolate, espresso, bitter finish. Sunday, October 1, 2023
yann28	3.6 DuClaw The Pastryarchy - Candy Cane Imperial Stout Liquide noir avec mousse légère et brune. Nez menthe, chocolat, café et biscuits sucrés. En bouche, on retrouve l'omniprésence de la menthe puis pointe le café et enfin le cacao amer toujours avec le côté rafraîchissant de la menthe, sympa !!! Tuesday, September 19, 2023
NikkTwist	3.5 DuClaw Regular Jesus Nitro draft at Khyber Pass. Opaque black pour. Creamy khaki head. The Sweet Baby Jesus missing the Peanut Butter Cup. Now quite dry but still a bit roasty. Charcoal burnt marshmallows. Hints of coffee, cocoa, vanilla, and liquorice. Pretty well balanced. Not as spectacular as the original but still substantial, straightforward, and easy drinking. Wednesday, September 13, 2023
goper	3 DuClaw Venom IPA Average pale ale. Not bad not great. Wednesday, September 13, 2023
jsquire	3.4 DuClaw Sour Me Unicorn Farts Out of the can. Amber color with a shimmering galaxy of glitter when you pour it. Once it settles down it just looks hazy. Tart fruit nose. Tart beer with some lemon and under ripe fruit and some white sugar to try to balance. I'm not a big sour beer fan but this is okay. Thursday, September 7, 2023
rdixon77	3.1 DuClaw Sour Me Unicorn Farts Friday, September 1, 2023
ironprog	4.2 DuClaw Sweet Baby Java 12 oz. can, 6.2% ABV, CANNED ON: 11/15/22 AROMA: I'm first hit with strong scents of peanut butter, moderate scents of chocolate, and lastly, mild scents of coffee . The aroma is very inviting and makes me want to dive right in! It should be noted that I have also tried the brewer's Sweet Baby Jesus! beer. In comparison, I find that this beer (Sweet Baby Java) has much stronger scents of peanut butter. APPEARANCE: Pours an opaque black with a medium-tall, dirty tan head, that dissipates slowly and has moderate lacing. This is your classic porter look. TASTE: Moderately sweet with predominant flavors of peanut butter and chocolate, with a touch of coffee on the backend. I find the sweetness level to be perfect for this type of beer. It really helps to play up the peanut butter flavor, yet there's enough bitterness to remind you that you're drinking a beer and not a soft drink. MOUTHFEEL: Full bodied with a somewhat creamy texture, and average carbonation. The mouthfeel is definitely heavenly! OVERALL: The aroma, flavor, and texture are all outstanding! However, for a beer with "Java" in its name, I was expecting the coffee flavor to be a bit more prominent. Don't get me wrong, you don't have to hunt for the coffee, but you do have to wait for the stronger flavors to abate a bit before you can taste it. And while I "think" I would like more coffee flavor, I'm pretty sure if it were increased it would throw off the otherwise, quite delicious flavor profile. So I will keep my mouth shut. Well, not completely shut, because I have another one chillin' in the fridge just begging to be consumed. :) Friday, September 1, 2023
zoucrew102	3.9 DuClaw The Pastryarchy Unicorn Farts After Dark Pint can. Roasted malt aroma with notes of milk chocolate, lactose sugar, syrup, vanilla and cinnamon. Pours deep brown flecked with gold with a finger of mocha brown head that has excellent retention and decent lacing. Starts with roasted malt, milk chocolate and syrup flavors as well as having a rich, full body and silky smooth mouthfeel. Finishes smooth and creamy with lactose sugar, vanilla and cinnamon flavors. Quite sweet but good. Saturday, August 19, 2023
gripweed57	3.2 DuClaw Sour Me Unicorn Farts On tap at River Hose brewery in Ewing, NJ. Hazy orange gold pour. No head. Sour fruit nose. Flavor is tart citrus and sweet cereal. Thin bodied. Sourness is subdued. Lemony notes on backend. Friday, August 18, 2023