American Pale Ale
Thomas Hooker Brewing Company

American Pale AleAmerican Pale Ale
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From:
Thomas Hooker Brewing Company
 
Connecticut, United States
Style:
American Pale Ale
ABV:
5.3%
Score:
78
Avg:
3.37 | pDev: 16.02%
Reviews:
105
Ratings:
129
Status:
Active
Rated:
Sep 21, 2018
Added:
Nov 27, 2001
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  6
Thomas Hooker American Pale Ale is an extremely vivid, medium-bodied brew. Hooker Pale Ale stresses the crisp bitterness, lingering resin flavor, and aroma of American hops which are characteristic of the most distinctive West Coast Ales. The caramel sweetness of the malt balances the chock-full-of-hops flavor to yield a complex but quite refreshing brew.

35 IBU
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Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont

3.52/5  rDev +4.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured into a becher pint glass.
The appearance was a mild copper color with a fair finger's worth of white foamy head softly dissolving. Some messy lace, here and there.
The aroma had some grassy to resinous hops. Light citrus rind. Bready to biscuity malt.
The flavor mildly leads with some sweet hops. Moderate aftertaste of sweet and bitter citrusy hops and bready malts.
The mouthfeel was almost medium bodied, good sessionability. Carbonation felt good. ABV felt on par. Crisp yet smooth malty to hoppy finish.
Overall, it's mostly easy drinking and not bad.
Sep 21, 2018
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Rated by BEER88 from North Carolina

3/5  rDev -11%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Nope
Sep 26, 2017
 
Rated: 3.34 by jaxon53 from Connecticut

Jul 31, 2016
 
Rated: 3 by crossfit_lunatic from Massachusetts

Feb 15, 2016
 
Rated: 3.25 by spycow from Illinois

Nov 30, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by zestar from California

Aug 13, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by tkdchampxi from New Jersey

Aug 04, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by NJBeer265 from New Jersey

Jun 01, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by SkinniePost from Wisconsin

Apr 17, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by YieldToNothing from New York

Oct 25, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by oriolesfan4 from Maryland

Oct 05, 2013
 
Rated: 2.75 by N1Nkasi from Connecticut

Jun 28, 2013
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Reviewed by tone77 from Pennsylvania

3.41/5  rDev +1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a brown 12 oz. bottle. Has a deep golden color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is very mild, a touch of hops. Taste is well balanced hops and malts, a touch of pine, very easy drinking. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall is a nice thirst quenching beer on a hot day.
Jun 05, 2013
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Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania

2.95/5  rDev -12.5%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
I recently found this in the singles section at Country Garden Six Pack here in Lancaster, PA and I was curious to try it despite the "Born On" date being a smeary mess that reveals nothing. Given its low scores, it may not matter. As always, I will try to be as fair as possible.

From the bottle: "Troutbrook Brewing Company"; "Crisp Hop Flavor"; "Our True American Pale Ale"; "Connecticut's Beer".

My pour netted me just over a finger of tawny head with poor retention, falling quicker than I could type. Color was a slightly hazy deep-amber. Nose had a pleasant grassiness, which was reasonable for the style. Mouthfeel was on the thin side, not quite watery, but not much above it, either. The taste was of grassy hops, albeit muted. Finish was semi-dry with the malt negating the hops on the finish. It was not that it was bad, per se, but it was really lacking for the style. I have had MUCH better APAs and would steer others away from this punchless example.
May 14, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by PoppyParthenonE from Connecticut

May 04, 2013
 
Rated: 3.25 by neil2me from Connecticut

Jan 03, 2013
 
Rated: 2 by Damian74 from South Carolina

Dec 08, 2012
 
Rated: 3.5 by mdebonee from Connecticut

May 31, 2012
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Reviewed by ChrisPratz from Pennsylvania

2.68/5  rDev -20.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
A: Nice cloudy light amber coloring with about a fingers worth of head dissipates to very minimal patches scattered across the top and around the rim.

S: Not very aromatic, but catching some bready biscuit malts with some grain and a floral hop scent.

T: Some of that biscuit malt right up front, leading right into a piney citrus hops flavor and bitterness. Not alot going on here just biscuit and hops bitterness with some citrus. kind of expected more.

M: Moderate carbonation works with the bitterness but left with a dry, almost puckered feeling on the tongue and roof of my mouth. Not a fan.

O: Was kind of expecting more with the APA style. Lacked on all fronts with exception to the appearance, however they even lacked a decent amount of head.
May 23, 2012
 
Rated: 2.5 by griffey123 from Connecticut

May 06, 2012
American Pale Ale from Thomas Hooker Brewing Company
Beer rating: 78 out of 100 with 129 ratings