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Thomas Creek Class Five IPA

Thomas Creek Class Five IPA - India Pale Ale (IPA)

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 Percentile 
70
overall
Brewed by Thomas Creek Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)

Greenville, South Carolina USA

bottled
common

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
863.28/5.03.25/5.05.5%38.4Shaker, Tulip
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Commercial Description:
A rich, fully-hopped India Paled Ale brewed for the true hop head. Light Copper in color. Malts used to make this beer include: 2 Row Pale Malt, Carapils Malt, Caramel 20 Malt, Caramel 60 Malt, hops are Cascade, Centennial, Fuggles.
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 brentfeesh (1030), Gadsden, Alabama, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Nov 6, 2009  
12 oz bottle. Small carbonation in an amber pour with a medium white head. Quite a malty aroma with a touch of citrus. Pine like flavors with a touch of spice. Malt is there just to make the hops less bracing. Fairly good. Medium body dry finish.


 ksurkin (354), Norfolk, Virginia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/513/20
Nov 4, 2009  
12oz bottle from total wine in greeville. pours a medium, orange-copper with a thin, white head and solid lacing. aroma is nice with orange citrus, herbal, and slightly floral hop notes and sweet, toasted caramel malts. flavor is solid as well, not overly hoppy like most IPAs but has a nice balance of grassy, earthy, herbal hops, some mild orange citrus, and woody pine with toasted, brown sugary malts on the finish. palate is medium bodied, well carbonated, and nicely bitter. overall, a solid IPA.


 maltdog (509), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/517/20
Oct 7, 2009  
Bottle. The blushing gold beer leans towards copper. Short soapsud head. Intruiging hop aromas of orange and chamomille, piney grapefruit, and… cocoa? Unmistakable musty Fuggles leap out but don’t overpower. Crackery malt flavor abounds with sharply citric lupulin goodness. A bit of toffee. Light-bodied. Crisp finish and lingering bitter resiny/earthy aftertaste. A straightforward American IPA. Thomas Creek joins the short list of craft brewers that aren’t afraid of hops. Well done!


 bubbleflubber (885), Collinsville, Virginia, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Sep 6, 2009  
On draught at the High Country Beer Fest, it pours orange-amber into the glass, with a nice head that leaves cascading lace. Floral aromas mix with some nice cutting citrus. The flavors are a touch drier than expected, with some toasted malt, pepper and pine dominating overtop some muddy citrus and light caramel notes. The dry woody pine finish closes the pull. Active carbonation resides inside a smooth texture and medium-light body. All-in-all, not a bad IPA. There isn’t one particular aspect of the brew that really shines through to draw my attention past "run of the mill", though.


 brewski519 (395), Morrisville, North Carolina, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Aug 24, 2009  
Pours an amber color with a foamy tan head with plenty of lacing. Aroma of hops, malt, caramel and faint citrus. Nice balance of malt and hops with some grapefruit, pine and sweetness. Solid IPA from this SC brewer.


 wcampbell (572), Central, South Carolina, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
Aug 9, 2009  
Decent, but more fizzy and peppery than an IPA should be. Hoppy, lightly bitter, with some earthy malts. Too much grainy and toasty malts with out enough hops for the style. Reasonably drinkable, but certainly not great.


 alexsdad06 (1056), Ohio, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Jul 31, 2009  
12 oz. bottle from SSJuly09. Pours a clear deep amber color with a medium creamy beige head. The aroma has some caramel malt with mild sweetness and a blend of herbal and earthy hop bitterness. The flavor has more toasted malt than the nose, light caramel, earthy, citrus, grainy, with a fair amount of bitterness in the finish. I could see drinking this if it were local, but nothing to seek out. Rating #80 for this beer.


 jvmiller (532), Bel Air, Maryland, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/515/20
Jul 29, 2009  
pretty strong harsh bitterness, definetly cascade. resinous, grapefruit. deep bitterness. not a whole lot of complexity or hop flavor. lots of bitterness.



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