Thirst Class Ale
Microbrewery in Reddish, Greater Manchester, England 🏴
Established in 2014
Closed in 2023
Contact
Unit 16 Station Road Industrial Estate, Reddish, SK5 6ND, England
Description
Welcome to Thirst Class Ale, a Stockport based micro-brewery creating exciting hand crafted beers. We make our beers with the finest ingredients available and maintain a painstaking dedication to quality ensuring all our beers are truly Thirst Class. Established in 2014 we have a loose core range we brew regularly as well as a constant stream of specials and collaborations ensuring we always have something new and exciting available.
Closed June 2023 due to economic pressure.
Closed June 2023 due to economic pressure.
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ NBF 2017 [ The 42th. Nottingham Beer Festival (The 10th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival) ], Nottingham Castle, Friar Lane, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EB.
[ As Thirst Class Any Porter In A Storm ].
ABV: 4.8%. Clear dark dark red brown colour with a average, frothy - fizzy and open, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, burnt, dark roasted, dark malt. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, malt bitter, roasted, dark malt, sweet malt, roasted bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20171014]
7-3-7-3-14
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Oct 2017
at 23:36
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap @ IMBC '17. Pours black with a thin pale tan ring. Chocolatey malt aroma. Smooth on the palate, not overly rich or full-bodied, but with a good balanced stout character, roast turned down with choc turned up, black forest cherry influence is subtle but there and perhaps more noticeable if warmed a little. Decent introduction to this brewery.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Oct 2017
at 09:16
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask (gravity) @ 33th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2016, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England. [ As Thirst Class Stocky Oatmeal Stout ].Clear dark black brtown colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, oat, chocolate, sweet malt. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, sweet malt, dark malt, ash, chocolate, roasted. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20161202] 8-3-7-3-15
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Sep 2017
at 04:03
6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Turner’s, Sheffield. Pours thick as a bag, dirty brown. Looks well removed from any NE IPA I’ve ever had. Thin and sticky, off white head. Nose has sweet, jammy hop. Some orange pulp. I don’t know why I’m bothering with this. It’s clearly not as intended. It’s well oxidised. Shame. There’s a good beer in here. Somewhere.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2017
at 13:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Hazy pale amber colour, good frothy off-white head, half-way lasting, heavy lacing. Aroma pale malts, tropical fruits, orange, light pine, grass. Mild taste, medium sweet and bitter, malty, oats, grassy hops, fruity. Sweetbitter finish, light spicy notes, malty, medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation, quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Aug 2017
at 14:25
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Beer Central, Sheffield. Opens with a fair old hiss. Pours dark gold. Quite hazy. Lots of fast rising, fine bubbles keep a healthy, off white, lacing head. Nose has grilled pineapple. Ripe mandarin. Notes of guava and papaya. Vanilla malts in the background. Smells great. Taste is ripe fruit sweet, with some soft, sappy bitterness. Light body with lively carbonation that doesn’t sit quite right. Light, sappy, citrus bitterness to finish. Decent. Maybe not enough bitterness, and a bit too fizzy, but it disappeared quickly enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Aug 2017
at 12:23
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at golden amber... Small white head.. Dry floral lemon fruit nose.. Big dry herbal lemon.. Big bitter fruits finish
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Jul 2017
at 08:09
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Keg @ Drink? Hebden Bridge. Amber with a head. Mildly stewed tropical fruits with a hoppy base.
Tried
on 23 Jul 2017
at 08:55
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (gravity) @ 33th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2016, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England. [ As Thirst Class Kiss My Ace ].Light unclear medium yellow colour with a small to small average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, fruity malt, moderate hoppy, citrus, cat piss, fruity hops. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, fruity hops, pale malt, earthy hop notes. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20161201] 7-3-6-3-12
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Jun 2017
at 04:04
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ 33th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2016, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England. [ As Thirst Class / North Riding War of the Raspberries ].Clear dark brown colour with a small, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, dark malt, raspberry. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration, raspberry sweet, dark malt, chocolate. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20161130] 6-3-7-3-14
Tried
from Cask
on 31 May 2017
at 10:37