Thomas Hooker Blonde Ale

Brewed by Thomas Hooker Brewing Company
Style: Cream Ale
Bloomfield, Connecticut USA

Poured from 12 oz. bottle, cloudy golden in color with tight white head. Aroma of wheat and hay with some light fruity undertones. Taste is somewhat sweet with a tight tartness at the end. Extremely carbonated. Definitely not one of my favorites in this category of beers and will not likely revisit this one.

Pours a slightly fogged gold. Nose is a very faint fruit tone with a faint odd metallic edge on the backside. Flavor is slightly sweet and smooth with that metallic peeking out on the back end of the flavor character as well. Feel is good on the liquid and has a nice level of bubble. Overall pretty drinkable. Smooth and even, it doesn’t carry a lot of body, but hey...it’s a cream ale.

12 ounce bottle from jjpm74
Pours hazy straw yellow with a pure white head. Lots of carbonation
There’s quite a bit of sweet malt in the nose, with a pretty good dose of hops character.
Very clean malt with a smidge of citrus, and a clean crisp finish.
Medium body, with quite a bit of fizz. Balanced finish.
It is what it is. A good cream ale.

12 oz bottle-pours a foamy dissipating white head and yellow gold color. Aroma is grain/corn sweetness, musty/husky. Taste is grain/corn sweetness, musty/husky, secondary light hops bite. A decent macro style. OK carbonation.

(Bottle) A hint of hops, a little sweet, golden in colour. Almost tastes wheaty...a tiny bit sour. Decent, not too strong. A somewhat complex fruity taste emerges, like grapes. This was a light, enjoyable beer that still had flavor, and that had uniqueness and novelty as well. I enjoyed it greatly.

Date: 09/07/2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

yellow with a chill haze, scant head, sweet sugary aroma with a hint of floral hops, nice sweet malt flavor, just a touch of bitterness, everyone enjoys a blond hooker

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.7/5.0
Score: *4
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Pours a pale yellow colour with a small fizzy white head that disapates quickly. Very active carbonation. Aroma of grassy hops and mild malts. Initial taste is lightly yeasty, sweet malts, hints of grassy hops. Taste is simple and palate is very short. Has a vegetable like finish. I hope to drink better from hooker.

12 oz bottle. Pale golden beer, thin white head. Very faint aroma with a soft pale maltiness and little else. Light toast and a hint of lemon. Light wheat and a very subtle earthy/herbal hop flavour. Meh... these guys can do so much better.