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Thunder Canyon Sandstone Cream Ale


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22
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A Cream Ale brewed by
Thunder Canyon Brewery

Tucson, Arizona USA

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102.64/5.02.66/5.0-30 Footed Pilsner, Lager glass P  Stats

Commercial Description:
TCB's Cream Ale, light in flavor, color and aroma. Cream Ales are mild and light bodied with no hop aroma and very little hop flavor. The BRONZE award winner in the Cream Ale Category at the 1998 World Beer Cup.

 eaglefan538 (2039), Wilmington, Delaware, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/58/20

Jun 10, 2008  
On draft at Flagstaff Brewing. The pour was pale golden, lots of steady rising carbonation bubbles, looked higher gravity than most cream ales. The aroma was grains, corn, herbal notes. The flavor followed suit, no hop presence at all, a touch of honey in there too. Fruity esters seem to emerge with higher temperatures. This brew left a little to be desired, a flavorful pale lager.

 hellbilly (837), scottsdale über alles, Arizona, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/513/20
Dec 17, 2007  
on tap @ the brewery. golden color bordering orange with a ring of white. coppery malt aroma is very mild. flavor is mostly pale malt with light lager yeastiness and metals. light to medium body. the carbonation creates a creaminess as it squeezes in my mouth. very bland


 RCL (999), Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Feb 24, 2007  
Like many of TCB’s offerings, it’s on the light side. This one is supposed to be so, though. Also, like most TCBs, this one is nice and clean. Very good for a cream ale.


 cbkschubert (1555), Skyline, Arizona, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/104/511/20
May 28, 2006  
On tap at TCB - Pours a clear yellow color with a light head. Nice lacing on the way down. Has a faint grain aroma. Flavor has a light grain finish. This beer is smooth, light and easy to drink. Not bad.


 FlacoAlto (2074), Tucson, Arizona, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/510/20
Nov 5, 2005  
This beer sits a lightly hazy straw-gold color in my glass, it is topped by a thin, wispy pale head. The aroma is quite faint, but definitely beery; it is lightly herbal, and has a bit of thin malt to it (hops are most dominant in this ephemeral aroma). The taste has notes of sweet grain up front with a light herbal / spicy hop note in the middle through to the finish, which has a light bitterness to it. Overall this is thin, though slightly beery, and is spot on to style with a bit of fruitiness, but it is certainly not something that I will try again.




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