Thomas Hooker Brewing Company Hop Meadow IPA

Hop Meadow IPA

 

Thomas Hooker Brewing Company in Bloomfield, Connecticut, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - West Coast Regular
Score
6.71
ABV: 6.4% IBU: - Ticks: 44
Cascade, Centennial, Simcoe
A blend of cascade, centennial and simcoe hops give this beer a citrus aroma and piney finish. Balanced but complex, this beer is a refreshing brew.
 

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6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Draught from david copperfield. Bright bronze. Very sweet and floral. Strong grapefruit taste.

Tried on 20 May 2025 at 01:09


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Pours hazy golden with a frothy white head. Aroma of hops. Taste has a light fruit note on top of a malty base. Resinous hop palate. Good beer.

Tried on 29 Mar 2019 at 23:28


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

12 oz can poured into a stemless glass. Thanks Mike J. Aromas of malt, citrus, floral. Tastes of citrus, malt, floral, pine. Medium body with a dry finish. Solid IPA on the maltier side.

Tried from Can on 04 Jan 2018 at 15:27


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at GBBF ’15, day 3, 13/08/15. Clear golden copper with a decent off white covering. Nose is juicy hops, orange squash, light pine, straw. Taste comprises juicy orange peel, tangerine, melon, bread dough. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Decent enough IPA.

Tried from Cask on 21 Oct 2015 at 15:28



6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

I just found my notes on this one. Sweet, here goes.
I had this in May 2013 and this was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a hazy golden amber color with a nice two finger-ed head with a nice foamy fairly thick lacing.
The smell had a floral, citrus and herbal earthy bitter hoppiness.
The taste took all of these previously mentioned aromas and combined them into the flavoring and it sat fairly earthy altogether with an invading earthy bitter aftertaste that ends up leaving a dry finish.
On the palate, it sits about a medium on the body with a decent sessionable quality to it. The carbonation is fairly mediocre as there’s nothing harsh nor is there anything that causes me to think that its a bad beer at all.
Overall, I say this is a good English IPA worthy of coming back to if I’m ever able to have it again.

Tried on 14 May 2014 at 15:24


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Poured a pretty clear golden color with a small white head. Aroma was notes of hops, citrus, with a touch of pine. Flavor was some nice citrus notes, pine. Pretty tasty.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Sep 2013 at 18:05


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle courtesy of Adam of Somalia, thanks! Hazy yellow color, white head. Aroma of lemon and straw. Taste is bitter lemongrass.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Sep 2013 at 16:57


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

10th August 2012
GBBF. Hazy amber beer, little pale cream coloured head. Smooth palate, fairly silky. Sweet hops - a little pine, trace of mint. Sweet pineapple and tangerine with lesser notes of mango and orange. Finishes semi dry. Just a sweet and tasty IPA, easy drinking.

Tried on 27 Oct 2012 at 08:58


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

12 ounce bottle from Whole Foods Market Darien. Pours a clear copper color with a medium sized tan frothy head. Decent head retention. Aroma of floral hops with strong caramel malts. The taste is caramel malts, bitter resin and citrus hops. Medium bodied. Decent.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Sep 2012 at 13:40