Brewer's Reserve Berliner Weisse
River Horse Brewing Co.

Brewer's Reserve Berliner WeisseBrewer's Reserve Berliner Weisse
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From:
River Horse Brewing Co.
 
New Jersey, United States
Style:
Berliner Weisse
ABV:
4%
Score:
80
Avg:
3.43 | pDev: 17.78%
Reviews:
4
Ratings:
44
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Dec 11, 2018
Added:
Jun 01, 2014
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  7
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Ratings by justincourts:
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Rated by justincourts from Pennsylvania

1.5/5  rDev -56.3%

Aug 04, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3 by djrn2 from New Jersey

Dec 11, 2018
 
Rated: 4.12 by KingPurple from New Jersey

Sep 13, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by StonewallSipper from Pennsylvania

Aug 19, 2015
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Reviewed by Antg8989 from New Jersey

4.24/5  rDev +23.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
One of the easiest drinking beers I've had. A light straw appearance with a thin White head. Aroma is floral with hints of cough medicine. Tastes and feels crisp and lightm Again, nothing spectacular but kudos to the drinkabilty of this one.
Aug 03, 2015
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Rated by SmashAdams from New Jersey

1/5  rDev -70.8%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
Not sure if it is intentional but this beer tasted straight up sour and funky. Didn't like it at all. nb
Apr 01, 2015
 
Rated: 3.38 by BuxMontBeerLover from Pennsylvania

Mar 01, 2015
 
Rated: 3.44 by MKrauss from Pennsylvania

Feb 22, 2015
 
Rated: 3.52 by InspectorBob from New Jersey

Jan 24, 2015
 
Rated: 3.31 by BanditoJunkie from New Jersey

Jan 05, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by Vylo from New Jersey

Jan 03, 2015
 
Rated: 3.95 by baconfromwalmart from Pennsylvania

Dec 23, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by SteveB3014 from Pennsylvania

Dec 11, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by malfunxion from New York

Nov 14, 2014
 
Rated: 3.94 by Wiffler27 from South Carolina

Oct 14, 2014
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Reviewed by Act25 from New Jersey

2.62/5  rDev -23.6%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Riverhorse consistently disappoints when it shows up in my WFM craft packs.

L: Clouded, shrouded yellow-gold... not much going on. Flat. Inert.

S: fermenting yeast, cider, old cider, and bread dough, sourdough, lemon zest...More than a bit stale.

T: As someone else wrote..." their yeast must be tainted by something growing in the firehouse"... funky, cidery, chalky, almost undrinkable. Used it to cook my sausages and peppers, then mixed it with piss and water to fertilize my flowers.

F: Cidery, thin flat hefeweizen. Unrecognizable.

O: Would not try again.

I got stuck with another of these in a craft pack. It's cider, not beer. Pass.
Sep 28, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by ShemRahBoo from New Jersey

Sep 25, 2014
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Reviewed by Bouleboubier from New Jersey

3.37/5  rDev -1.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
(batch 016 on neck label - poured into a tulip pint)

L: dried-dandelion yellow-gold... only the slightest haze... keeps a scummy white collar

S: fermenting bread dough, sourdough pancakes, lemon zest... has more of a blonde ale type of malt smell to it that a developed lacto presence

T: wow... their yeast must be tainted by something growing in the firehouse... old stone masonry and decaying dust leave a thin, but snuffing blanket over what could be a more vibrant tartness... granted, the lacto does outweigh the malt character... getting a creamy, floury starch thing in the middle... bit of a pedio(?) funk on the finish? - not supposed to be there, no?... this is a good bit on the heavy side for what it should be - just not delicate and spritzy

F: medium-light roundness to the body... dry enough finish... take away the mellow lacto tang/bite, and this flows like a flat hefeweizen

O: in a perfect world, these domestic breweries all in a tizzy over Berliner Weisse would have them as draft-only taproom/brewpub exclusives, brewing them over and over again, tweaking and tweaking them until their just right... has any of these people actually had an authentic German example of this style? or have they only read about it?
Sep 25, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by NYR_Rob from Pennsylvania

Sep 21, 2014
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Reviewed by KTCamm from New Jersey

4.06/5  rDev +18.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
9/3...picked up this sixer at the brewery in Ewing NJ. Pours light clear gold, very little foam. Wheaty nose, yeast too. Slightt sour lemon citrus taste, holds, and then closes as a smooth citrus wheat. Tartness throughout. Perfect blend of a sour and a wheat. Quite good.
Sep 20, 2014
Brewer's Reserve Berliner Weisse from River Horse Brewing Co.
Beer rating: 80 out of 100 with 44 ratings