Thomas Creek Class Five IPA - Thomas Creek Brewery

drumdude73

Iowa

2.5/5  rDev -26%

05-12-2012 12:55:25 | More by drumdude73

adamwn

South Carolina

2.75/5  rDev -18.6%

05-19-2013 19:24:32 | More by adamwn

ninaturner

Florida

3.25/5  rDev -3.8%

05-18-2013 03:14:25 | More by ninaturner

jaswilson2

South Carolina

2.75/5  rDev -18.6%

05-10-2013 00:53:48 | More by jaswilson2

horshack7

Massachusetts

3.06/5  rDev -9.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Appearance: On top is a thick rocky head off white in color beneath that is a clear amber colored beer with brown hues.

Aroma: Tropical fruit, simple syrup, peach, pear, grapefruit, piney, light breadiness.

Taste: Dry in the front. Tropical fruit sweetness with light rye notes. Piney, bready, grapefruit. The mouthfeel is smooth but it has a bready dry finish.

Notes: A decent beer not too bad for a warm day and decently drinkable. Cheers.

Serving type: bottle

05-06-2013 01:04:39 | More by horshack7

jeffthepony

Georgia

3.5/5  rDev +3.6%

05-05-2013 03:56:41 | More by jeffthepony

Sipchue

Pennsylvania

2.6/5  rDev -23.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5

Nice clean pour, beautiful color, nice carbonation and attractive lacing.
Smelled fragrant with a nice citrus aroma.
Taste was unbalanced. Malt flavors were masked by the bittering hops. Those added for flavor were low key for the style, IMHO.

So you have a pretty pour, with a beer that smells great but doesn't deliver on the palate because it was too bitter. If this beer tasted a little more like it smelled and was balanced, I would have rated it higher.

Serving type: bottle

04-26-2013 03:33:07 | More by Sipchue

BeerLover99

New Jersey

2.75/5  rDev -18.6%

04-25-2013 16:44:26 | More by BeerLover99

xShoWTeKx

South Carolina

4.25/5  rDev +25.7%

04-23-2013 21:33:29 | More by xShoWTeKx

jopezu

Georgia

3.75/5  rDev +10.9%

04-21-2013 01:33:35 | More by jopezu

yankeepride

New Jersey

2.45/5  rDev -27.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.25

Pours out nicely and looks really good, but this one is all hops with no real malt presence to balance it out. This is exactly what I don't like in an IPA - one that is so bitter that it isn't refreshing to me at all. Has a lingering aftertaste that just won't go away.

Serving type: bottle

04-10-2013 22:58:37 | More by yankeepride

methtlcai

Florida

3/5  rDev -11.2%

03-31-2013 21:28:40 | More by methtlcai

StJamesGate

New York

3.51/5  rDev +3.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Clean amber with off white head that has trailers.
Orange blossom, resin and honey on the nose but some stewy grain, too.
Nutty granola with stewed orange and pine sap.
Skunky finish and oily linger.
Medium, clingy, sticky.

Big toasty Victory malts and Fuggles hops character make this heavier (and more English) than it should be, especially at 5.5%. No citrus or fruit to lighten the dank. Just a bit of hard work.

Serving type: bottle

03-30-2013 00:35:39 | More by StJamesGate

Thedrizzle

Florida

3/5  rDev -11.2%

03-03-2013 00:17:25 | More by Thedrizzle

jrohrbacher

North Carolina

3.25/5  rDev -3.8%

02-27-2013 02:08:11 | More by jrohrbacher

WreckingBrew

Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev +3.6%

02-24-2013 20:44:20 | More by WreckingBrew

Gerred

Florida

4/5  rDev +18.3%

02-24-2013 01:31:15 | More by Gerred

Gu3mom

Georgia

3.36/5  rDev -0.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

At our house, we use a 10-point scale. For this particular beer our ratings are as follows:

Her - 7.5 Warm. Heady. Carbonated. A little "brown" but good!
Him - ?

(Not sure why He didn't make any comments/notes about this brew. With no mention of piney-hoppiness from her, chances are he didn't hate it.) Cheers!

Serving type: growler

02-07-2013 19:53:05 | More by Gu3mom

ESeab

New Jersey

3.5/5  rDev +3.6%

02-04-2013 15:51:16 | More by ESeab

teamwiggum

Wisconsin

3.25/5  rDev -3.8%

01-22-2013 04:25:59 | More by teamwiggum

Damian74Shensky

South Carolina

3.23/5  rDev -4.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

bottle poured into mug.
A-Golden color with 1 inch head, some lacing.
S-Floral, some banana,caramel and bread
T-Citrus,caramel, malts, light pine
M-Medium body, good carbonation, nice hoppy finish.
O-A easy drinking beer. Not bad at all. Not the best of the style, also has a bit more malt than some other IPAs. Would still get again. Nice S.C. beer.

Serving type: bottle

01-18-2013 23:19:33 | More by Damian74Shensky

JerzDevl2000

New Jersey

3.25/5  rDev -3.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25

Picked this up at Buy Rite in Jersey City recently, having never tried any of the Thomas Creek beers before. I thought this might pack a punch since this had "Class Five" written on it but as it turned out, this was a poor man's Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. Not a lot of alcohol to speak of here but that accompanied a mouthfeel and taste that was underwhelming as well. This may pass for an IPA in Dixie but for most other parts of America, this would leave a lot to be desired.

This poured a light copper with a minimal amount of head that didn't last long. The same could be said for the lacing that slide down the sides of my pint glass after every sip. The aroma was that of citrus and mango hops and the taste repeated those, without any warming effect or feelings of booze. Some resin here too like the beer that I mentioned above but without the buttery texture or lingering bitterness in the end. This never felt like an IPA from start to finish and there needed to be more earthiness or a metallic tinge to this for me to even consider this as one.

Even tough this was an IPA categorically, this felt like a session beer. I could have had a few in a sitting if there wasn't anything else lying around but as it turned out, I only bought one of these. While this wasn't watered down or not crafted well, this didn't hold up well in a very competitive style. It's only worth a go if you love IPA's and just can't get enough - not that this would satisfy the cravings of a hophead.

Serving type: bottle

01-13-2013 09:08:22 | More by JerzDevl2000

ummswimmin

New Jersey

3.35/5  rDev -0.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

I've rafted on three class five rapids in my life. Each one is an unbelievable experience. To name a beer after the second highest rapid rating is a pretty lofty expectation.

I poured this beer into a tulip glass and immediately had about a finger of foam. The foam dies down pretty quickly into a ring around the outside. The coloring on the Class Five is a brownish-orange.

Off the top I get a little bit of orange from the hops. There is also a little bit of flowery presence to this one. I would expect a much higher hop forward presence than I am getting on this one.

The flavor is surprisingly unbalanced. The malt and hops are not playing off each other very well.

I was not really happy with this one. I was hoping for something more than this. I don't think I will buy another bottle/draft of this beer.

Serving type: bottle

01-12-2013 20:20:22 | More by ummswimmin

cburns48

Vermont

3.5/5  rDev +3.6%

01-11-2013 22:28:45 | More by cburns48

NWCraftman

Minnesota

2.5/5  rDev -26%

01-09-2013 23:30:13 | More by NWCraftman