Thomas Hooker Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in Bloomfield,
Connecticut,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Thomas Hooker Brewery
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask gravity @ GBBF 2007, London. Unclear medium amber color with virtually none, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate hoppy, pine, grapefruit. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is creamy, carbonation is flat to soft.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
(Bottle 50 cl) Courtesy of Kramer17801. Hazy, orangey brown with a small, rough, off-white head. Aroma of burned caramel. Rather full body with plenty of roasted malt, burned caramel, lots of fruit and a fairly bitter finish - a lot more bitter than a German Doppelbock. 310807
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
RB# 1400: 50 cL bottle. Pours dark brown with a lacing light brown head. Malty nose with a minor but distinct apple/citrus fruitiness. Heavy flavour of roasted malt and a slight herbal note, clearly lifted by alcohol without becoming dominant at all. Bitter and still malty in the finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Dark brown color. Some sweet caramel aroma and flavor; good body strength; too much alcoholic, too simple.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask@GBBF2007. Hazy orange colour, not much head. Aroma is hops, alcohol, sweey nectar and some grapefruits. Really lovely. Flavour is grassy, fruity and caramelly along with some slight alcohol. A really nicely pleasant US IPA for once.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Cask-GBBF. Cloudy orange with a small white head. Grapefruit, peach and some alcohol. Bitter and fruity with a nice fresh hop flavour. Lasting hoppy aftertaste.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask gravity at GBBF 2007. Hazy amber, lasting beige head. It’s one of the maltier IPAs I’ve had today and it’s interesting, got some cereal character. Good grapefruit, a little thin somewhere. Very hoppy and actually a decent IPA if a tad unbalanced.
cheap (9479) reviewed Blonde Ale from Thomas Hooker Brewing Company 18 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
This bottle courtesy of John jjpm74, thanks and appreciation go his way! 12 oz brown bottle that pours like a ubiquitous pale yellow american lager. Aroma is rather candy sweet and attractive, makes my mouth water. Head is thin and creamy and it never fades, it’s like the head you see on stronger ales. Interesting first taste bud sensations, Mild and mannered, very low bitterness in this brew. Carbonation is medium low and creamy. You’d never know this was a 5% beer, the alky is well hidden, seems more like a 3% brew. IMHO this stuff is much more enjoyable than Oskar Blues Money Shot Cream Ale! Taste and etiquette is better than Genesee Cream Ale. There is a very slight refined malt bitterness that builds throughout the session on this brew but it never even gets close to the offensive level. Nice unique personality that makes this beer easy to enjoy and repeatable, probably a good session brew. Overall, one of the better cream ales I’ve tasted and it approaches the level of Anderson Valley Summer Solstice Cerveza Crema, the best cream ale I have ever tasted. Finish is mild and fine, what you would expect from a very good brewed lager, no problems whatsoever.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
From 50 cL bottle. Pours dark brown with a light brown head. Roasted malty aroma. Creamy mouthfeel. Chocolate, slight liqourice an slight sweet bitter flavour. Dry and bitter chocolate finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. [ Courtesy of madsberg ] Dark brown color with a virtually none head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, roasted, dark chocolate, port, vanilla, smoke / soy sauce ?, alcohol. Initial flavor is moderate to heavy sweet, finish flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with long duration. Long dry finish with a good balance. Body is medium to full, texture is oily / syrupy, carbonation is flat, finish feel is light alcoholic.
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| Score | 6.78 |
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