Hop Hazard Pale Ale
River Horse Brewing Company in Ewing, New Jersey, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.34
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Brewing the perfect ale is truly a balancing act ... Hazardous work you might say. With Hop Hazard our challenge was to hand craft a malt rich base that could counterbalance a combustible five-hop blend and still leave your taste buds with enough room to enjoy a unique, dry-hopped finish.
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6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Deveney’s, Dublin. Darkish amber pour with a fast fading head. Sweetish aroma with some hop, but not really leaping out at you. Grapefruit , sweet malt and hop in the flavour, with a slight metallic tang towards the finish, which was dryish and moderately bitter. Tolerable, but nothing special.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2010
at 02:15
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
2010-06-19, bottle, 6-4-6-3-13=32
Hazy amber color; the bottle is a gusher; in the glass there is first of all just 100% frothy foam. Not much hop in the aroma (unfortunately the bottle is not fresh anymore), but some vegetables. Quite good caramel flavor, some residual sweetness; quite strong bitterness, but with no soul.
2009-10-17, draught at Barcade, New York, 7-4-6-2-12=31
Amber color. The aroma is slightly hoppy and resiny, as expected, but not impressive. And indeed the flavor is too roasted: roasted nuts and roasted malt. Strong bitterness. It doesn’t go in the direction that I like.
Hazy amber color; the bottle is a gusher; in the glass there is first of all just 100% frothy foam. Not much hop in the aroma (unfortunately the bottle is not fresh anymore), but some vegetables. Quite good caramel flavor, some residual sweetness; quite strong bitterness, but with no soul.
2009-10-17, draught at Barcade, New York, 7-4-6-2-12=31
Amber color. The aroma is slightly hoppy and resiny, as expected, but not impressive. And indeed the flavor is too roasted: roasted nuts and roasted malt. Strong bitterness. It doesn’t go in the direction that I like.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2009
at 12:00
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Cask at Chelsea Cask Festival) Amber and lightly hazy. Small white head. Molasses and hops in aroma. Medium bodied palate with little carbonation. Malts, hops, sweetness, fruitiness, bitterness and grass in taste. Hops and bitterness in afertaste. Too sweet aroma but otherwise ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Oct 2009
at 08:15
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
August 2008 Beer of the Month Club
Overall Impression: Pretty hoppy for a Pale. Nice taste to it. Enjoyed it more then the other River Horse Beer in my August 2008 Beer of the Month package.
Overall Impression: Pretty hoppy for a Pale. Nice taste to it. Enjoyed it more then the other River Horse Beer in my August 2008 Beer of the Month package.
Tried
on 18 Mar 2009
at 21:49
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle on 04/18/2011. Clear copper amber body with a small creamy tan head. Sweet caramel and floral hop aroma. Sweet caramel flavor, some floral hops and a bit of bready malt. Medium body with moderate carbonation. 7/3/7/3/12 - 3.2 Bottle on 12/13/2008. Very slightly hazy copper amber body with a small creamy off-white head. Sweet caramel, cheerios aroma with and floral and and earthy hops. Dry caramel flavor, more cheerios, some floral and citrusy hop notes and mild lingering bitterness. Medium body with moderate carbonation. 6/3/6/3/12 - 3.0
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2009
at 18:28
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours a light orange color with a off-white head. Smells pretty fruity and sweet. The taste is smooth and sweet. Really drinkable, even though I drank it in a pretty bad mood. Some hops mostly fruitiness though. A good example of an APA.
Tried
on 25 Apr 2008
at 13:12
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12oz. Poured a dark-coper color. Hop flavor was alright, but not as much as I figured with it being called "Hop Hazard."
Tried
on 28 Mar 2007
at 22:06
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Poured a transparent murky gold with yellowish green tints and a clump white head. Herby and slightly citrus aroma. Flavor was of fresh cut grass. Palate was very watery. Average at best.
Tried
on 23 Mar 2007
at 19:59
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a mahogany color with a small tan head. The aroma is sweet nutty malts with spicy and floral hops. The flavor is tangy and nutty malts with floral and spicy hops. The hops dominate and linger.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2006
at 21:48
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Golden amber ale with a thin white head. Caramel malt aroma with very faint hops. In mouth, a rather light bodied APA with light malts and the faint floral hops. Too light, and dissapointing. No Hop Hazard here, whycall it that??? August 26,2006 at McGregor’s, Henrietta, NY.
Tried
on 27 Aug 2006
at 20:55