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Thomas Hooker American Pale Ale 3.12 125

Thomas Hooker American Pale Ale

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58
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bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
1253.14/5.03.12/5.0-47.1Lager glass, Shaker
Commercial Description:
Truly the local favorite: Our American Pale Ale is a consistent First Place winner of the annual Hartford Advocate Best of Hartford Reader's Poll award for Best Micro Brew Beer. This extremely vivid ale stresses a crisp hop bitterness, lingering flavor and the aroma of distinctive West Coast ales. A caramel sweetness in the malt balances out the chock-full-of-hops flavor to yield a complex but quite refreshing, medium-bodied brew.
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 Hildigöltur (5109), København, Denmark
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/516/20
Nov 5, 2003  
[Cask conditioned] Orange coloured. Very nice hoppy, flowery and fruity aroma. Bitter and refreshing flavour.


Cottrell (72), Connecticut, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/516/20
Jan 21, 2005  
This is a amber colored beer, with a sticky white foam on top of the body. Fruity, floral hops invade the nose. This smells juicy and reminds me of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. This brew starts off with a caramel flavor, then moves into bitter juicy hops. Fruity flavors prevail, grapefruit, and citrussy orange rind. This is a well balanced brew, and the hops never take the whole brew over at any point. From what I hear, this is still a work in progress. Paul Davis is still refining it, and he’s doing a great job. An excellent brew worth seeking out if in the CT area.


 Walt (2289), Chicago, Illinois, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/518/20
Oct 18, 2004  
Ruby amber with rich tan head...floral and piney aroma...sweet thick malty body...creamy mouthfeel...I am surprised by the lack of hops in the initial mouthfeel...finish is where they came out, mildly...beautifully balanced and quite complex for an APA...Thanks Nuffield, this was a surprising treat!!


 beermatrix (1497), Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Aug 2, 2003  
Color is a pale hazy coppery orange with a one finger high head of off-white-yellowy creamy fluff, faded slowly and sticks around for a long time, lace in small spotty sheets. Smell is a perfect moderate blend of roasty malts and floral/citric hops. Taste follows the smell with nicely balanced lightly roasty fresh malts and a floral, herb-like hop that lends very light citrus and a well balanced incredibly mild bitterness. All in all, very smooth and mellow. Solid medium body with just a hint of sharpness and quick little crisp dry finish with a bit of lingering hop in the back of the mouth. One very nice little brew, put together well and pleasingly drinkable


 gwfrankpsu (231), McKinleyville, California, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/517/20
Oct 12, 2002  
The firt beer tasted at the 2002 GABF, nice flavor a good beer to start the adventure.


 dirtymike (2018), Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Aug 20, 2002  
The East Coast version of Sierra Nevada,what’s the difference you ask? about 3000 miles.


 nearbeer (1874), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Sep 18, 2009  
12 oz at lithy’s March tasting. Clear, orange-amber with a nice lasting ring of foam. Nose of toasted bread and spiced caramel. Flavor is toasted nut, caramel and light resin. Smooth medium body finishes crisp. Nice session APA.


 Volgon (2490), Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Nov 3, 2007  
Bottle: Hazy orange with a thin white head, flowers grass and rich grains in the aroma, smooth bodied with mellow carbonation, starts lightly sweet and ends lightly bitter, with a caramel aftertaste.



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