American Pale Ale
Thomas Hooker Brewing Company in Bloomfield, Connecticut, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.40
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Liked the look of this, hazy copper/orange with a foamy slightly off white head. Very solid and balanced aroma, spicy, citrus, piney but not overwhelming. Nice flavor, sweet and bitter, malty and citrus. Only slightly astringent finish but well balanced.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle poured into a small goblet. Pours with no head and just some lacing. Color is orangish amber. Its kind of just there, definitely an APA. Hops are present but not overwhelming. Malt flavors are subdued. Some hop bitterness. A water empty aftertaste. Not bad and fine, actually crazyvin says it best, its "only okay."
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Clear dark copper body with a small creamy tan head. Sweet caramel and floral hop aroma. Sweet floral hop flavor, some caramel hints.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle At least 3 years old. No BB. Courtesy Niels Jørgen at Wintercoat. Creamy white mostly lasting head. Light amber colour. Powerfull citrus hoppy aroma. (cascade?) Oki flavor, average finish. watery palate, maybe because its old.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at GBBF 2005. Amber brown colour. Fairly typical US IPA with goodish hops that were slightly more floral than most. Some malt, not bad but needs more depth. Amazing hop finish (according to my notes)
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
TH Pale has a big creamy light tan head over a deep light amber beer. Light malt aroma. Just a touch of sweet malt before the hops come on. They swell and roll all the way to anicely dry finish. A good one.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
2004 bottle. Golden-pale-white-yellow body belies more caramel and toasted malt than one would expect. Small white head is moderately well retained. Smells lightly flowery and with a bit of honey and grain. Flavor is dry, nutty, smooth and slightly alcoholic. Not heavy or burning, but the light hops bitterness combined with the malty body adds a good strength to the body. Finishes with light fruity pears and tangerines. Thins out a good deal, and gets too dry, but there is an interesting enough flavor up front, just never highly malty.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
(Cask)Orange-amber, clear; no head. Citrussy hops, peppery, nutmeg aromas. Very hoppy taste, USA hops, sharpish at the end. Impression of gingerbread flavour. Light bodied. Long hard bitter aftertaste. Not bad, but a tad too harsh, not clean-tasting enough.