Thomas Creek Appalachian Amber Ale

Brewed by Thomas Creek Brewery
Style: Amber Ale
Greenville, South Carolina USA

Bottle. Cooked vegetable and caramel malt aroma. Dark amber with small head. Sour milk and caramlel malt flavor - high acidity. Mild hops finish. Drinkable but not by much - beats most of their other beers.

12oz bottle-pours a foamy white head and amber color with effervescence. Aroma is malt-caramel. Taste is light medium fruit, malt-caramel. Infected??? They seem to be aware that some product doesn’t go out at optimal/acceptable to the beer drinker condition and are working on it. Seems to affect their bottled product more than kegs. 1.8 *070421- rerate-on tap @HopfestNC-pours a thin off white head and amber color. Aroma is mild medium malt-caramel, secondary English hops. Taste is medium malt-caramel, secondary English hops-bitter. Occasional. OK carbonation. 3.0 I can’t feel right about eliminating the first score, so average=2.4

A bottle that has the word "ARGH!" on the side of the label, like all their other beers. If they only knew the accuracy of that interjection. It was my reaction to consuming the slightly sour beer with flavors of wet hay, caramel, grass, and legumes. When I think of generic mass produced beer, I think of a flavor that is very predominant in this ale.

Looking at my tasting notes, the one word that jumps out at me is "blecch". I just didn’t like this beer at all. Too fruity in the nose, an over-carbonated mouthfeel (I was thinkin’ seltzer water) and a wet cardboard taste, with a hint of sweet caramel to it. So far, the Thomas Creek stuff has failed to deliver anything that I found intriguing.

Pours a cloudy red/orange, decent head which diispates quickly. A faint citrus/flowery aroma. Some malty, fruity taste, but not as much as their Red Ale. The side of the bottle said "ARGH!!"..No shit, Captain!! More hops than the Red Ale, not as much flavor, slighlty watery mouthfeel (always try to work "mouthfeel" in a review when I can).

This seems to be the hoppier version of the red. It’s definitely better and more interesting. Relatively clear amber body. Ok head. A bit of tingling hops in the aroma keep the malt from being too dull.

Sampled from bottle, a gift from Dansting. Pours relatively clear orange-amber with a creamy tan head. Aroma is dominated by toasted malts with some ripe fruit notes. Flavor is clean and malty with a hint of citrus. Balance leans towards sweet. Medium-ligh body and light carbonation. An all-around good beer.

Old notes from Decatur Beerfest 05. Ambery color, decent heard. Caramel malty aroma, a touch of nuts and some hop. More caramel malt flavors, somewhat sweet, with some moderately balanced hop flavors. Thin and a bit watery unfortunately.