Class Five IPA

Thomas Creek Brewery in Greenville, South Carolina, United States 🇺🇸

IPA Regular Out of Production

Score

6.24

ABV: 5.5%

IBU: -

Ticks: 40

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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5.2

tnkw01 (4059) reviewed Class Five IPA from Thomas Creek Brewery 11 months ago

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Not my favorite Thomas Creek. Others much better. Light gold color. Taste was hoppy, but in a pleasant way. Not real bitter. Get for a time or two.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Mar 2025 at 05:17

7.4

malvrich (986) reviewed Class Five IPA from Thomas Creek Brewery 4 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Undated can A: Poured a thick rocky tan head atop a mostly clear deep dark orange body. Excellent retention and patchy lacing. S: Pithy and zesty orange or grapefruit citrus with significant toffee sweetness beneath. T: Bracingly bitter orange zest with citrus pith joining and lingering into a puckering biscuity finish. M: Medium body with heavy fine carbonation. Smooth, thick oatsy texture and a dry lightly sticky finish. O: Simple but interesting and tasty old school bitter bomb. Worth a try.

Tried from Can on 19 Apr 2021 at 23:01

7.4

superspak (10160) reviewed Class Five IPA from Thomas Creek Brewery 7 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, no bottle dating. Pours slightly hazy deep orang amber/light copper color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pineapple, mango, citrus peel/rind, mint, wood, pepper, pine, caramel, toasted biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and dark/bready malt notes; with good strength. A bit muddy aromas. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pineapple, mango, citrus peel/rind, mint, wood, pepper, pine, caramel, toasted biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pineapple, mango, citrus peel/rind, mint, wood, pepper, pine, caramel, toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and dark/bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium-high carbonation and medium body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy/sticky, and slightly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol for 5.5%. Overall this is a nice IPA. All around good complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and dark/bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the modestly bitter/drying finish, not aggressive. Classic tasting IPA. Centennial, Cascade, Fuggles. Nice juicy, dank, and earthy balanced hop complexity; nice dark/bready malt backing, with minimal residual sweetness from lingering dryness. A nicely enjoyable offering.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Aug 2018 at 23:34

VastActiv (16429) reviewed Class Five IPA from Thomas Creek Brewery 9 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Tap at Thomas Creek Brewery, Greenville. Colour is clear orange with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, pine, hops and malts.

Tried from Draft on 21 Feb 2017 at 06:57

Martin Lindström (24380) ticked Class Five IPA from Thomas Creek Brewery 10 years ago

Tried on 07 Sep 2015 at 14:22

6.1

AndySnow (19631) reviewed Class Five IPA from Thomas Creek Brewery 11 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

How: Bottle.
Where: NK Bar, Stockholm.
Appearance: Amber colour with a white head.
Aroma: Hops, floral, some perfume, fruit.
Body: Light body, medium carbonation.
Flavour: Hops, perfume, grapefruit, grass, fruit.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Apr 2014 at 05:53