India Pale Ale
River Horse Brewing Co.
- From:
- River Horse Brewing Co.
- New Jersey, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #4,590 - ABV:
- 5.7%
- Score:
- 82
Ranked #35,178 - Avg:
- 3.59 | pDev: 11.7%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 31
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 10, 2025
- Added:
- Sep 20, 2014
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 48
SCORE
82
Good
82
Good
An American style IPA, brewed with American and New Zealand hops added continuously throughout the boil giving an aroma with notes of tropical fruit and citrus. The balance of hops and malt body make this the ideal year-round IPA.
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Reviewed by mikeg67 from New Jersey
3.68/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.68/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
12 oz can. Pours hazy orange with tall, long lasting, fluffy white head. Aroma is of citrusy hops, bready malt and tropical fruit. Body is medium and slightly crisp. Herbal, piney hops dominate the palate with bready malt and tropical fruit in the background. Finish is long and dry. OK brew.
Jan 17, 2022
Reviewed by vette2006c5r from Minnesota
4.24/5 rDev +18.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev +18.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
India Pale Ale pours a darker, cloudy copper color, with a large, long lasting, lacing head. Aroma is spicy, floral, vegetable hop notes. Flavor is spicy, big, bitter, lots of floral hop flavors. Good body and feel. Overall, a big tasty IPA, lots of flavors with a nice bite.
Oct 26, 2021
Reviewed by BFCarr from New Jersey
3.65/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.65/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours hazy amber with a thick white head that lasts. Aroma is mild hop floral and some earthy notes. Taste is decent, hop bitterness with that earthy malt versus a sweet malt. Feel is good, pretty thick and rich. Overall, it's decent and drinkable, but not as bright as I would hope for a year round IPA.
May 29, 2021
Rated by markwmcbride from New Jersey
3.5/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
170 calories / IBU=51
Dec 02, 2020
Reviewed by mvanaskie13 from Pennsylvania
3.52/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured into a narrow pint glass: color is opaque gold, slight haze, off white head presents 2 fingers thick, dissipates to thick top with mixed bubble sizes.
Smell is light malt, earthy malt and hop character, light grass and pine, neutral citrus rind, maybe some biscuit.
Taste is similar - pale malt with an earthy malt/hop character, then more mixed hop flavors of grass, light pine, citrus rind, back ended by some biscuit like malt and hint of caramel.
Mouthfeel is low/moderate carbonation, low bitterness, moderate sweetness, light drying.
Overall fuller feeling ipa from low strength and moderate sweetness with a hint of biscuit like malt character.
Sep 09, 2020Smell is light malt, earthy malt and hop character, light grass and pine, neutral citrus rind, maybe some biscuit.
Taste is similar - pale malt with an earthy malt/hop character, then more mixed hop flavors of grass, light pine, citrus rind, back ended by some biscuit like malt and hint of caramel.
Mouthfeel is low/moderate carbonation, low bitterness, moderate sweetness, light drying.
Overall fuller feeling ipa from low strength and moderate sweetness with a hint of biscuit like malt character.
Reviewed by Eamonn-Cummings3 from New York
3.9/5 rDev +8.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.9/5 rDev +8.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from a 12oz can into a high sided pilsner glass.
Look is a dark hazy orange with a foamy off white head.
Aroma is biscuit malt with strong herbal hops.
Taste is classic herbal hop IPA, with a hint of orange candy. Backbone is a strong biscuit malt.
Aug 07, 2020Look is a dark hazy orange with a foamy off white head.
Aroma is biscuit malt with strong herbal hops.
Taste is classic herbal hop IPA, with a hint of orange candy. Backbone is a strong biscuit malt.
Reviewed by jmdrpi from Pennsylvania
3.85/5 rDev +7.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.85/5 rDev +7.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
12 oz bottle
appears orange golden in color, white head. nice well rounded hop aroma. taste is similar, balanced with a touch of caramel malt. medium bitterness. thin to medium bodied.
Nov 03, 2019appears orange golden in color, white head. nice well rounded hop aroma. taste is similar, balanced with a touch of caramel malt. medium bitterness. thin to medium bodied.
Reviewed by maulmann from Pennsylvania
3.11/5 rDev -13.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.11/5 rDev -13.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
TLDR: Decent IPA
L: Great Hazy Orangish Gold
S: Decent smell, slight hop
T: Decent taste, Citrus-Pine Start followed by a bitter end. Somewhat lacking in fullness
F: Decent feel, somewhat thin.
Overall: Decent IPA, somewhat lacking in a full range of flavor, Nice start and finish by lacking in the middle.
Jan 22, 2019L: Great Hazy Orangish Gold
S: Decent smell, slight hop
T: Decent taste, Citrus-Pine Start followed by a bitter end. Somewhat lacking in fullness
F: Decent feel, somewhat thin.
Overall: Decent IPA, somewhat lacking in a full range of flavor, Nice start and finish by lacking in the middle.
Reviewed by 2beerdogs from California
3.37/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.37/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
A perfectly adequate IPA. Nose hints at the flavor. Flavor is citrus forward, orange blossoms, with a mild honey sweetness, followed by a subtle pine bitterness on the end. Mouthfeel is lite to medium, carbonation is mild but drops off.
Overall, a decent beer, but not an exciting one.
Dec 24, 2018Overall, a decent beer, but not an exciting one.
Reviewed by neug from New York
2.84/5 rDev -20.9%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.84/5 rDev -20.9%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
L: Dark orange brown. Pours nicely with a solid thick head. Heavy lacing.
S: Bitter smell. Piney with citrus notes. Not very complex.
T: Strong hops flavor. Very one note.
F: Pleasant mouthfeel.
O: Pretty middling IPA. Nothing special to see here.
Nov 28, 2018S: Bitter smell. Piney with citrus notes. Not very complex.
T: Strong hops flavor. Very one note.
F: Pleasant mouthfeel.
O: Pretty middling IPA. Nothing special to see here.
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