Thomas Creek Dockside Pilsner

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

A good beer as pilsners go, clean and crisp with that satisfying pilsner flavor. Nice malt nose and a fair hop spicy bite.

On tap at Stone Soup, Landrum, SC I tend to favor local beers whenever I get the chance; TC definitely qualifies as a local brewery for me. This one is solid, for sure. It does sit there looking a bit ho-hum in the glass (nervous glance around at neighboring tables -- might they think I’m drinking macro US watery stuff???), but once it hits the nose there’s no doubt that we’re talking a real pilsner here. Great balance of malt and bitterness. Not at all over the top, but solidly holds its own. Try with creamy pasta dishes or shellfish. Nice one.

12 oz. Clear, deep gold with a large and lasting head of meringue. Nice soapy lacing. Aroma is honey, sweet dry grass, and slight banana popsicle! Flavor is smooth and balanced mixture of the same, with some buttery toffee apple as well!. Light-medium body is mostly smooth, with some nice hop tingle on the crisp finish. Don’t think the British ale flavors were intentional, but makes this Pilsener surprisingly flavorful; the best from this brewery I have sampled. Rerate with evidently a fresher bottle (with a different label as well!) Appearance: same. Aroma: Clean spicy grass and slight grain, bumped from 6 to 7. Flavor: much more like a pilsener, crisp spicy grain and grassy-lemon hop, well balanced, no fruit flavors this time. Bumped palate from 3 to 4, and overall from 13 to 14. This is one of the best pils I have had.

Overall, a decent beer (especially considering its from my hometown). Not extraordinarily tasty for a pils, but the flavor that’s there is extremely crisp and smooth with traces of hoppiness. I’ll have to consider dropping by the brewery sometime and ordering this one.

Yellow gold with little sediment, and white foam. Malty, spicy aroma. Light bubbly mouthfeel. Balanced taste, with alcohol well hidden, and a clean, subdued aftertaste.

Sampled at the 12th Annual Knoxville Brewer’s Jam. Clear straw yellow, nice lacing of white head leaves a nice simple thin cover. Dry malt body and grassy Czech hops. Thin but not really watery body. More pale malt and a bite of crisp hops.

Yellow with a rushing cascade of carbonation feeding a tall white spongy head. Light pilsner malt aroma, fairly dry. Light bodied, clean, dry finish, refreshing and tasty. Kind of faded all over, but without flaw or any concrete faults.

Bottled, thanks SpringsLicker! Hazy golden, rich head. Spicy nose. Dry, crisp and hoppy with medium bitter finish. Well made, and well balanced.