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Trifecta IPA
Thomas Creek Brewery
- From:
- Thomas Creek Brewery
- South Carolina, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #1,795 - ABV:
- 6.9%
- Score:
- 88
Ranked #15,072 - Avg:
- 3.91 | pDev: 11%
- Reviews:
- 23
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 21, 2024
- Added:
- Feb 28, 2011
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 38
Brewed exclusively for The Community Tap.
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Ratings by PDXHops:
Reviewed by PDXHops from South Carolina
4.42/5 rDev +13%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.42/5 rDev +13%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Growler poured into a Duvel tulip. This is batch # 2. I never had batch # 1, but I understand that the recipe got tweaked this time around. The Trifecta in question is Thomas Creek, All Good Brands and my excellent neighborhood bottle shop, The Community Tap.
Slightly hazy caramel amber with a nice thick cap of off-white head. Good retention and lacing. Citric and catty nose, exceedingly potent. It’s rather full-bodied for the style, but the matching full carbonation lends a certain fluffiness to the mouthfeel. Rather than swimming in caramel (my #1 pet peeve about east coast IPAs), it’s very bready with a dry, toasty, and sticky finish. I’ll admit I was pleasantly surprised by the hop character of this beer; there’s a mean, almost angry bitter streak running through it and the hop flavor is an explosive combo of pungent, earthy and grapefruit goodness. The touch of heat is a minor complaint (make that very minor; I killed the growler with alarming ease). A great choice for local hop junkies.
Overall impression: Trifecta joins Sweetwater as the second representative in my top tier of east-coast IPAs. Well done, guys.
May 04, 2011Slightly hazy caramel amber with a nice thick cap of off-white head. Good retention and lacing. Citric and catty nose, exceedingly potent. It’s rather full-bodied for the style, but the matching full carbonation lends a certain fluffiness to the mouthfeel. Rather than swimming in caramel (my #1 pet peeve about east coast IPAs), it’s very bready with a dry, toasty, and sticky finish. I’ll admit I was pleasantly surprised by the hop character of this beer; there’s a mean, almost angry bitter streak running through it and the hop flavor is an explosive combo of pungent, earthy and grapefruit goodness. The touch of heat is a minor complaint (make that very minor; I killed the growler with alarming ease). A great choice for local hop junkies.
Overall impression: Trifecta joins Sweetwater as the second representative in my top tier of east-coast IPAs. Well done, guys.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Peach63 from New York
4.12/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.12/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Pours amber with a 2.5" ivory head, which lasts. Heavy lacing.
Aroma is floral, pine, grapefruit, caramel.
Taste is malty, grapefruit, caramel, pine, slightly sweet, resinous.
Medium body, vigorous carbonation. Dry, resinous finish.
Very heavy carbonation, cost it a bit, Overall, a very tasty IPA.
Sep 30, 2021Aroma is floral, pine, grapefruit, caramel.
Taste is malty, grapefruit, caramel, pine, slightly sweet, resinous.
Medium body, vigorous carbonation. Dry, resinous finish.
Very heavy carbonation, cost it a bit, Overall, a very tasty IPA.
Reviewed by fastpat from South Carolina
4.87/5 rDev +24.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
4.87/5 rDev +24.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
I gave this a try at my wife's birthday diner at Limoncello in Greenville where it's brewed. Knocked me out with it's excellence. It may become my IPA of choice.
Mar 01, 2021
Trifecta IPA from Thomas Creek Brewery
Beer rating:
88 out of
100 with
135 ratings
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