Spicy hops sit on front of tongue as toasted cereal grain indifference and sour orange murk drag down amber-hued red ale. Spongy nut finish fades quick.
(RJ BRASSEURS) BELLE GUEULE PILSNER
Blonde Czech-styled light body gathers straw wheat husk, grassy hop pep, and yellow fruit sweetness, leaving fleshy lace along glass. Sugar water finish gains trite, but polite, herbal touch. Could pass as soapy German weiss.
(RJ BRASSEURS) BELLE GUEULE ORIGINALE LAGER
Translucent copper lager disappoints as cracked wheat pettiness, caramel malt weariness, and toasted barley elusiveness hit by ascending acidity at mellow grassy hop finish, leveling off effectiveness.
(RJ BRASSEURS) BELLE GUEULE LAGER
Not a typical Canadian brew due to its roasted chocolate overtones and assertive malt richness. Sweet yeast essence maintains well-balanced nature.
RIVERSIDE VICTORIA AVENUE AMBER ALE
Light mocha aroma, sweet chocolate palate, and strong roasted hop finish saturate affable medium body. Never too rich, heavy, and strong to scare away amateurs.
RIVERSIDE 7TH STREET STOUT
RIVERSIDE RAINCROSS CREAM ALE
Toasted almond nuttiness, brazen barley roast, and cracked wheat spine thin out to diffuse buttery finish of middling light body. Somewhat flat, acidic, and oily when warmed.
RIVERSIDE PULLMAN PALE ALE
Faint fruited sourness and dry hop bitterness pace full-bodied pale ale, gaining strength as grainy persistence lingers to bold finish. Nothing fancy or pretentious, just pleasant and easy to imbibe.
RIVERSIDE GOLDEN SPIKE PILSNER
Straightforward light-bodied frothy-headed russet-clouded pilsner applies wheat-cracked barley biscuit overtones and mineral-grained mildness to frisky lemony-hopped seltzer fizz, procuring amber ale-like evanescence. A fine middle of the road brew.
RIVER HORSE TRIPEL HORSE
Abstruse puffy-headed gold-hazed Belgian-styled medium body belies sweet-tart summer ale fruiting with wintry pine hop peppering. Initial dry white grape souring supplements banana breaded lemon pie illusions. Ensued candi-sugared vanilla midst preps tropical pineapple-papaya-peach latency and gaunt apricot-orange misting. On tap, white-peppered citric fruiting secured top spot above funky Belgian candied yeast and creamy caramelized crystal malting.
RIVER HORSE SUMMER BLONDE ALE
Initial sourdough promise nicely enhances honeyed Graham cracker sweetness, mild yellow fruit tang, and clove-spiced remnant, settling into demure butterscotch linger.
RIVER HORSE SPECIAL ALE
Though never as ‘thick-skinned’ as hippo its named after, this astringent maple-malted brown ale fortifies bittersweet powdered chocolate assertion with creamy caramel-butterscotch-molasses link, wood-smoked barley thread, and herbal spices. Prickly hops carbonate sour prune dryness leading to candied yeast finish.