Thomas Creek Stillwater Vanilla Cream Ale

Brewed by Thomas Creek Brewery
Style: Cream Ale
Greenville, South Carolina USA

Serve in Footed Pilsner, Lager glass, Shaker

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pours a cloudy dark gold with a small white head. sweet aroma of vanilla and pineapple. flavor has some vanilla and something citrusy and sour. all the thomas creeks beers i’ve tried have this same sourness. there is a pretty good beer underneath here but unfortunately the sour infection, or whatever it is, damages the flavor. light bodied. drinkable i suppose.

Supprisingly not bad. Very light in color and body. A ton of vanilla in the aroma and flavor. Kinda like a cream soda. Nice.

Date: 12/30/2003
Mode: Draft
Source: Summits - Cumming

hazy yellow, thin white head, lots of vanilla aroma, light malt, strong vanilla flavor, dry bitter finish, drinkable to the end

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Score: *4
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Bottle courtesy Jmichael. Pours a cloudy amber with thick and lacy white head. Noble hop aroma with just a touch of vanilla sweetness behind it? Medium body and medium-full carbonation. The taste starts and finishes with a somewhat acidic edge to it. The taste is also a bit thin with just a little honey and bread in there. The finish is problematic. Kind of a bitter cardboard sensation, if that makes any sense.

poured into tall tulip. pours a clear bronze with high frothy white head that stays, does not look that bad, actually looks pretty good, this bubbly copper with a white full frothy head. has a light malty aroma. creamy full mouthfeel for such a light looking beer, vanilla front with slight bitter finish. vanilla is present but does not overwhelm. very frothy and creamy. not as bad as I thought it was going to be, pretty good actually.

Poured yellow with white head. Aroma of vanilla and hops. Wasn’t much to the flavor. Tasted like a light beer with vanilla hints. Weak.

This beer pours in a mess of fizzy, carbonated bubbles. Eventually it settles to a clear golden color with a head I don’t think will ever go away. Sour aroma with corn and vanilla. Hugely carbonated, grainy and sour vanilla middle. Tart finish. Not horrible but it’s really just cheap beer with some vanilla flavoring added.

this was pretty much vanilla skunked lager water. thin and overly carbonated with some sour end notes. some light malt but no hops in this.

Bottle from Capone’s. Hazy dark straw pour with 1-finger whitish heas, and some floaties (this one is bottle conditioned). The aroma was a fairly pleasant corn flakey malt, coupled with citrus, hops, and vanilla beans. The flavor was sour malty, citric, with a decent vanilla hit, and some creaminess in the finish. A bit too tart for my taste, and not vanilla enough. I’d actually prefer a more cream soda flavor to the rather tart, mellow vanilla I got here. Not horrible, but probably not one I’d buy again.

Bottle. Light creamy malt aroma. Light golden yellow color wtih small head. Sour malt and flat cream soda flavor. Watery. Bland and what taste is there isn’t all that good.