Thomas Hooker Hop Meadow IPA

Brewed by Thomas Hooker Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Bloomfield, Connecticut USA

Bottle from joshuahfl. Pours a clear ruddy copper with a foamy off-white head. Aroma of light roast caramel and some floral hop. Medium body with near chewy carbonation. It’s roast caramel and mostly floral hop. Could be ESB. Bitter is there but not huge. Quite a nice beer.

From a 12oz bottle. Pours a cloudy amber with small white head which lingers. Pretty assertive floral nose. Strangely enough, I also get a little bit of the smell of steamed broccoli (thank you, suggestions in the blue column). Maybe citrus as well? For an IPA there’s a pretty sweet note that carries through this. The border between Pale Ale and IPA is pretty gray -- this, to me, tastes more Pale Ale than a Sierra Nevada. It’s fairly heavy with quite a smooth finish that blends hops and malt well. This is a great beer that you can enjoy as a single, or as a great session beer. What’s particularly nice about this is just how well it embraces this middle area between the over-assertive american IPA style and the often far too passive Pale Ale type. This IPA should appeal to a broad audience.

I love the IPAs but this stuff has a nasty aftertaste, like dirt clogs. I know I am in the minority here, but this stuff is not good.

12 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy dark brown with a small off-white head. Aroma is dry malty. Sweet caramelish and light pinewood hoppy flavoured. Dry roasted malty and bitter hoppy into the far finish.

cloudy orange, smooth small white head. bitter aroma, hoppy. flavor is bitter hoppy malty, flowery hoppy.

Bottled. Amber coloured. Hazy. Small dense beige head. Aroma of grass, sweetness, herbs, light flowers. Flavour of flowers, pine, sweetness, grass and light grape. Medium to full bodied. Dry. Dense bitter end. Quite easy to drink.

Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of oh6gdx. Pours amber with a slight haze and an off-white head. A little citrusy hops in the nose. Medium body, sweet caramel and roasted malts. Rather hoppy finish. 161209

The color is a super dark orange, almost red. Bubbly light brown head; disappears quickly. Beer sits still and stagnant. Looks hefty. Malty first sniff, with roasted caramel smells like a mild, sweetish amber. A flowery hop, hints of pine. Decent, more an English than an American IPA. More malty than hoppy, but nice. A nice complex taste. Roasted caramel and toffee in the malt. The hops are an accent only, but a bitter one. The flavors are strong, but balanced. Unlike many IPAs, due to its balance. Like an amber with hops almost. The hops do kick up a notch as it warms up. The feel is thick and creamy, almost like a porter. Feels substantial and "English." It’s a very nice one-off. Big and strong-flavored.