Thomas Hooker Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in Bloomfield,
Connecticut,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Thomas Hooker Brewery
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Pours dark amber with a thin white head. Heavy carbonation. Toasted malt notes. Taste is oak and earth notes. Palate contains toasted malt and light spice notes. Good marzen.
superspak (10163) reviewed #nofilter from Thomas Hooker Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Got in a trade with brutalfarce. 16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 11/23/2018. Pours very deep golden/amber color with a 1 finger fairly dense and rocky off white head with awesome retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big tangerine, orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/zest, light peppercorn/pine, wheat, biscuit dough, light honey/toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical hops and bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of huge tangerine, orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/zest, light peppercorn/pine, wheat, biscuit dough, light honey/toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Mild pine, citrus peel/zest, herbal, floral, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/zest, light peppercorn/pine, wheat, biscuit dough, light honey/toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical hops and bready malt flavors; with a solid malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/bready/grainy, lightly sticky mouthfeel that is fantastic. Slight lingering resins. Minimal warming alcohol for 7%. Overall this is an incredible NEIPA. All around fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mildly bitter/drying finish; amazingly soft feel. Amazing Citra/Mosaic profile. Extremely juicy, vibrant, and lightly dank/earthy hops; with a perfectly balanced wheat/oat/malt backbone. Light residual sweetness with lingering dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and amazingly spot on style example. Loved the hop profile as expected. I would buy this often if they were available to me.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Got in a trade with brutalfarce. 16 ounce can into snifter, canned on 12/14/2018. Pours opaque dark brown/black color with a 1 finger fairly foamy and fluffy tan head with poor retention, that reduces to nothing pretty quickly. Minimal spotty lingering head, no lacing, light streaming carbonation. Good appearance. Aromas of big peanut butter, milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, cream, roasted nuts, and toasted dark bread; with light notes of molasses, dark fruit, smoke, char, wood, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malts, lactose, peanut butter, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big peanut butter, milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, cream, roasted nuts, and toasted dark bread; with light notes of molasses, dark fruit, smoke, char, wood, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Mild herbal, floral, woody, grassy hop; and roast/char bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of peanut butter, milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, cream, roasted nuts, toasted dark bread, light molasses/dark fruit/smoke, wood, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, lactose, peanut butter, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; with a solid malt/hop/roasted bitter/sweet balance; and no cloying/acrid flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering hop/roast bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/bready, and lightly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is great. A touch thinner than expected. Minimal warming alcohol for 8.5%. Overall this is a great flavored imperial milk stout. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, lactose, peanut butter, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV, with the mildly bitter/drying finish; great soft feel. Awesome balance of rich malts, lactose, and PB flavors; with mild fruity yeast, and earthy hops against sweetness. A very enjoyable offering, and well made style example.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
16 ounce bottle thanks to Eugene. Pours a hazy orange color with a small to medium white head. A big sweet tropical nose. Big soft tropical flavors, peaches, mango, a soft husky malt base. Quite nice. Fresh.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Pours clear yellow with a thin white head. Aroma of grain. Tastes like sweet malt with a decent hop note on the back of the tongue. Palate is fairly unremarkable with not many distinguishable notes. Drinkable but not very notable.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
12 oz can courtesy of a friend, thanks Mike J! Hazy amber with off-white head. Aromas of citrus, floral, malt. Tastes of citrus, malt, floral, toasty grains. Medium body with a dry finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On tap at The Tavern, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out resinous hops, candied sugar and caramel malt. Flavour is along the same lines, with rich resinous hops, some pine and stone fruits. Creamy and clean, with a piney and resinous body. Excellent.
CLW (16720) reviewed Ode to Blumpy from Thomas Hooker Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
16 oz.can purchased in Vernon, CT. (Random liquor-store) can date was mis-stamped. Ok aroma of mild dried fruits, tropical like, pale grain.
Flavor shows me light tropical fruit, mild malt and very low bitterness. Almost herbal. Average
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Talboy can into keg shaped glass. There is no date on this but it just recently hit PA distro in my area. I had the previous 12oz can batch and this is my first in 16oz, so I think its fresh. Pours a nice version of hazy, pale color. I think Hooker does a good version of this substyle. Its not grassy or green hops, which is great. Nice soft mouthfeel and lighter carbonation. Juice, tangerine hops but can be a bit more juicy and a bit of mineral character getting in the way of the juiciness. But I like it.
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