2.4
AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20I poured a 12oz bottle into a tulip glass. There was no freshness date and it cost $3.39 ($0.28 per ounce).
Appearance: Surprisingly dark rusty orange/light brown. So cloudy with sediment that it’s opaque. Pours to a small, off-white, foamy head that mostly dissipates and leaves a little lacing.
Smell: Some kind of spoiled, bacterial aroma. Malty notes can be found lurking in the background, but are not enough to salvage the nose.
Taste: There isn’t much to say about this beer because there isn’t much here. The malt base has held in rather well and creates for a peanut brittle and toffee flavor along with lemon lollipops (oxidation). Hops are pretty much gone except for light piney flavor up front and a touch of earthy resiny on the finish. Otherwise, it’s mostly a sharp, dry astringent flavor and a tangy sourness on the finish and aftertaste. I can’t imagine this is how the beer was supposed to taste.
Drinkability: Weighing in at 8.5% ABV and 93 IBUs, River Horse Hopalotamus is definitely a big beer. Though not flavorful, it’s at least drinkable. The mouthfeel is still well carbonated with noticeably viscosity. The malty sweetness lingers on the tongue for a moment, but fades and leaves a lingering starchy after flavor. This kind of mouthfeel would be fine if the palette had held up.
Score: 2/10
No comments:
Post a Comment