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Munich-Style Lager
Thomas Hooker Brewing Company
- From:
- Thomas Hooker Brewing Company
- Connecticut, United States
- Style:
- Helles
Ranked #71 - ABV:
- 4.8%
- Score:
- 88
Ranked #14,545 - Avg:
- 3.92 | pDev: 11.73%
- Reviews:
- 118
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 05, 2023
- Added:
- Sep 27, 2003
- Wants:
- 44
- Gots:
- 20
A true Helles style, our lager is golden in color with a pleasant, malty aroma balanced by a rich, smooth flavor. Using only the finest Bavarian malts and finished with Saaz hops, one sip will make you feel like you're in one of Germany's finest beer gardens.
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Ratings by alexwag:
Reviewed by alexwag from New York
4.48/5 rDev +14.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
4.48/5 rDev +14.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
A: Clear and bright copper color (befitting the style), light foamy head, lots of bubbles. I'm almost refreshed just looking at it.
S: Smell is similarly crisp, hints of spice and fruit, faint malts.
T: Very nice! Light malts and spices swirl on the middle of the tongue, then the bubbles make their appearance known and it all fades pleasantly and with fruity notes. A dynamic and pleasing symphony.
M: In keeping with character, light and refreshing; never boring.
D: One of the best beers I've had -- probably the best for summer.
I might have given more 5s where I put 4.5s, but it's sort of against my principles. But it merits at least one. Hooker does damn fine work. Big ups to CT.
Aug 15, 2005S: Smell is similarly crisp, hints of spice and fruit, faint malts.
T: Very nice! Light malts and spices swirl on the middle of the tongue, then the bubbles make their appearance known and it all fades pleasantly and with fruity notes. A dynamic and pleasing symphony.
M: In keeping with character, light and refreshing; never boring.
D: One of the best beers I've had -- probably the best for summer.
I might have given more 5s where I put 4.5s, but it's sort of against my principles. But it merits at least one. Hooker does damn fine work. Big ups to CT.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by metter98 from New York
3.66/5 rDev -6.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.66/5 rDev -6.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A: The beer is hazy yellow in color and has a light to moderate amount of visible carbonation along with a few specks of particles floating in suspension. It poured with a short white head that quickly died down, leaving some lacing on the surface and a thin collar around the edge of the glass.
S: Moderate aromas of bready hops and fruity esters are present in the nose.
T: The taste has flavors of fruity esters along with notes of bready and biscuit malts. Hints of malty sweetness are perceptible.
M: It feels light- to medium-bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: The fruity ester aromas and flavors in this beer seem to be "off" for the style and something you would expect to find in an English Pale Ale.
Serving type: bottle
Dec 11, 2015S: Moderate aromas of bready hops and fruity esters are present in the nose.
T: The taste has flavors of fruity esters along with notes of bready and biscuit malts. Hints of malty sweetness are perceptible.
M: It feels light- to medium-bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: The fruity ester aromas and flavors in this beer seem to be "off" for the style and something you would expect to find in an English Pale Ale.
Serving type: bottle
Reviewed by petec9686 from Connecticut
4.6/5 rDev +17.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5
4.6/5 rDev +17.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5
Won't bother with all the fancy beer snob adjectives. Simply put, Hooker Munich-Style Lager, on tap at a bar in Blueback Square, West Hartford, is the best tasting beer I have ever experienced. I have had it out of the bottle as well and while it was still very good, I was a little dissapointed by it compared to the on tap ones I had.
Sep 25, 2015
Munich-Style Lager from Thomas Hooker Brewing Company
Beer rating:
88 out of
100 with
184 ratings
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