Thunderhead IPA
Thunder Canyon Brewery in Tucson, Arizona, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.86
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The Granddaddy of Pale Ales, this style got its start as a special brew for English soldiers living in India. Our IPA is a medium bodied ale, with a light copper color characterized by an intense hop flavor, with a full flowery hop aroma and high alcohol content.
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5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
On tap at Real, Wild & Woody Beer Festival, pours a clear golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma brings out considerable piney hops and biscuity malt in good balance. Flavour is infected with diacetyl, along with piney hops and biscuity malt. Shame about the infection. Could be good, but not as is.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jul 2016
at 12:55
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft - Orange citrus malts with a caramel backbone. Cooper with a decent white head. Pine and resin with a sweet malt backbone. Light orange and spices are also present. Decent and well balanced IPA.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Feb 2014
at 12:24
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
An orange amber ipa with a thin lacing off white head. In aroma, biscuit malt over classic smooth floral hops, grapefruit notes, nice. In mouth, a nice biscuit malt with smooth floral hops, grapefruit pulp, very classic and quaffable. On tap at Broadway location.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Dec 2013
at 19:06
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at the brewpub 21 Feb 11 pours deep gold to light Orange with a medium white head, nice rings of lace. Aroma is thin but full of nice citrus notes. Flavor is more malt forward to me with toast and crackers upfront ending with light pine and grassy hop bitterness.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Feb 2011
at 10:39
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Handbottled courtesy of cbjschubert - sampled 1 week later. Poured with a fresh lemony sweaty hop aroma (amarillo and centennial?) A touch of fresh bread in the background. Copper color with a medium tight creamy head. Well built palate, with a nice creamy bready malt profile, with just a tingle of spicy, floral hops, leading to a balanced finish that lingers on with a medium bitterness. This is exactly my kind of IPA, characterized by balance yet with fresh hop aromatics and a nice palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Apr 2007
at 22:14
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Handbottled from a growler by cbkschubert! Thanks Craig! Nose of citrus and piney hops; beautiful clear copper with a small straw colored head; flavor of medium hop bitterness from the medium body with a nice mild hop finish! Pretty good IPA!
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Apr 2007
at 20:26
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft. Straightforward and solidly crafted, this IPA was a pleasure to drink. Light copper body below an inviting white head. Aromas of orange peel, citrus with floral notes and a hint of pine. Starts slightly sweet, but turns nicely bitter. Could have had a bit more malt presence in the backbone. Medium body and medium carbonation. Moderately long finish. Nicely done.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Mar 2007
at 21:36