Good variety of beer and good tasting beer. Food menu looked good; I settled on chicken tenders, which were made there and not pulled from a food service box in the freezer.
Jerome Burns
Thomas Hooker Brewery in Bloomfield, CT sneakily created TWO food challenges last November that have eluded my radar. They were only brought to my attention when the one and only Randy Santel and Katina Eats Kilos added it to their NE tour. Not only this, but Randy even invited me out to try of them alongside him!
The two challenges offered at Thomas Hooker are either a giant burger and tot platter (which Katina annihilated) or a decked out 5lb pizza (which Randy and I each ate). Both of these each have a brief time limit of 25 minutes in order to win the meal free, t shirt, gift card, as well as a free drink. Failure results in public mockery (aka $40 bill).
This 5lb pizza challenge consists of one pound of dough, one pound of sauce, one pound of cheese, one pound of pepperoni/sausage/bacon, and one pound of peppers and onions. Yummy. On top of being able to eat an entire pizza in 25 minutes, you must be at least 21 years old because the challenge also includes a glass of one of their craft beers or CBD infused seltzers. I went with their raspberry flavored seltzer.
The pizza hit the table SIZZLING hot. It had a crispy and thin crust that somehow still supported the weight of all the added sausage, peppers, and onions when picking it up. I can’t begin to describe how delicious this pizza tasted. The sweetness from the sauce and veggies paired perfectly with the strong seasoning in its cornopia of meats.
After a flavorfully quick 8:36, this 5lb pizza and seltzer completed their way into my stomach earning me all the challenge prizes along with bragging rights for the setting the new record time!
Thank you Thomas Hooker Brewery for hosting such fun challenges and for cooking up one INSANELY delicious pizza! I will definitely be back to try your burger challenge soon!
Tc
It was ok, interesting beer choices and at least here you could get flights unlike back east. Best beer I had was the sour apple which was barely above average. Service was lacking a little where the server didn’t know what he had on the menu compared to the tap but he did make up for it by give me a taste of the sample I thought I was getting. Nobody really was there as well at 730 on a Saturday night, that was good
Richard Wimble
Beer is great. Ordered a pizza which was meh, wife had a chicken Caesar wrap with tots that was meh. Atmosphere was…meh. Fine place to stop for a quick beer, but there are better options.
Lynda Houghtaling
Beer is great. Food is not. As others have noted, the food here used to be really great but lately, not so much. Ordered a pizza and the crust was completely burnt and as thin and crispy as a cracker. The pizza was supposed to have caramelized onions, roasted peppers, etc. The onions were barely cooked before they were added to the pizza and the peppers, same thing. Staff seems bored there. I always feel like I'm bothering them. No greeting, no smile. Just blah. I used to love the whole experience of going here but lately it's just lost its appeal.
Dennis Li
Having been to almost all the breweries in the radius of 40 miles, I attest that TH produces top notch beers, plus the staff there are great! We always have a good time there.
Aleksander Meterko
This review is a part of my quest of visiting all CT breweries. I visited Thomas Hooker Brewery before and decided to give it another go for a review.
The place is big. It has two indoor spaces and a patio. Indoor spaces offer different seating options including couches. They also serve food. I ordered a Harvest wrap during last visit and loved the combination of chicken and pecans.
The beers here are great. I was not impressed during my first visit, but during the last one I saw many beers requiring a lot of effort to produce - Imperial stouts, porters, barleywine and so on. Most of the beers on tap were new, so they are rotated. You can order beer flights to of 4 to try. I loved their Double Truffle (Imperial stout) and Imperial Baltic Porter, both were great representatives of their respective styles.
One of the benefits of this brewery is that it's open on Mondays which is rare on this part of CT. Overall, I do recommend this brewery for any craft beer enthusiast.
Dan Savage
I used to love this place because it was the only place in town you could get simple food that wasn't "fast food" for a reasonable price. The problem is the food has consistently been declining over the last two years. I still think they make solid beer, and I still go there, but the food used to be really good and it just isn't anymore. They seem to have a lot of turnover in the kitchen staff and I wonder if they've simplified things to account for that. I wish them the best but it won't be a regular spot for me anymore, for food at least.
John Cerullo Jr
Bartender was very knowledgeable and accommodating, but the beer & the brewery atmosphere are nothing more than ordinary. Unless you’re local, it’s not worth the trip.
J Hanley
Sat outside. Pizza, salads, club sandwich... Everything was good. As was the beer
We ordered a chicken sandwich and wings. Both of which were so charred they just crumbled to dust, we had to ask for another chicken sandwich because the first one wasn't'teven edible. I ordered a beer that was only available in cans, and then I find out I have to buy a 4 or a 6 pack. Ok. I said I'll take the 4 pack. I paid for my beers only to then find out they are not refrigerated and sitting on the floor. The patio was so overgrown, and everything was kind of disheveled and felt like an afterthought. What a disappointment.
Christopher Weldon
Check out the #nofilter IPA. Best beer produced in CT!
Michael Johnson
Brewery closing at 9pm on weekends just seems silly to me
Amit Patel
Great spot to have a beer. Many quality offerings. No Filter IPA is consistently excellent. Have a number of different options for lower abv offerings, sours, lagers, and other varietals. The manager at the Bloomfield location is knowledgeable and friendly. The food is quite good as well! A must for happy hour or a meet-up occasion with colleagues or friends.
Shawn Schembri
Delicious beer, awesome atmosphere, incredible happy hour, with a delicious menu! This place needs to be your first choice!
Good variety of beer and good tasting beer. Food menu looked good; I settled on chicken tenders, which were made there and not pulled from a food service box in the freezer.
Thomas Hooker Brewery in Bloomfield, CT sneakily created TWO food challenges last November that have eluded my radar. They were only brought to my attention when the one and only Randy Santel and Katina Eats Kilos added it to their NE tour. Not only this, but Randy even invited me out to try of them alongside him!
The two challenges offered at Thomas Hooker are either a giant burger and tot platter (which Katina annihilated) or a decked out 5lb pizza (which Randy and I each ate). Both of these each have a brief time limit of 25 minutes in order to win the meal free, t shirt, gift card, as well as a free drink. Failure results in public mockery (aka $40 bill).
This 5lb pizza challenge consists of one pound of dough, one pound of sauce, one pound of cheese, one pound of pepperoni/sausage/bacon, and one pound of peppers and onions. Yummy. On top of being able to eat an entire pizza in 25 minutes, you must be at least 21 years old because the challenge also includes a glass of one of their craft beers or CBD infused seltzers. I went with their raspberry flavored seltzer.
The pizza hit the table SIZZLING hot. It had a crispy and thin crust that somehow still supported the weight of all the added sausage, peppers, and onions when picking it up. I can’t begin to describe how delicious this pizza tasted. The sweetness from the sauce and veggies paired perfectly with the strong seasoning in its cornopia of meats.
After a flavorfully quick 8:36, this 5lb pizza and seltzer completed their way into my stomach earning me all the challenge prizes along with bragging rights for the setting the new record time!
Thank you Thomas Hooker Brewery for hosting such fun challenges and for cooking up one INSANELY delicious pizza! I will definitely be back to try your burger challenge soon!
It was ok, interesting beer choices and at least here you could get flights unlike back east. Best beer I had was the sour apple which was barely above average. Service was lacking a little where the server didn’t know what he had on the menu compared to the tap but he did make up for it by give me a taste of the sample I thought I was getting. Nobody really was there as well at 730 on a Saturday night, that was good
Beer is great. Ordered a pizza which was meh, wife had a chicken Caesar wrap with tots that was meh. Atmosphere was…meh. Fine place to stop for a quick beer, but there are better options.
Beer is great. Food is not. As others have noted, the food here used to be really great but lately, not so much. Ordered a pizza and the crust was completely burnt and as thin and crispy as a cracker. The pizza was supposed to have caramelized onions, roasted peppers, etc. The onions were barely cooked before they were added to the pizza and the peppers, same thing. Staff seems bored there. I always feel like I'm bothering them. No greeting, no smile. Just blah. I used to love the whole experience of going here but lately it's just lost its appeal.
Having been to almost all the breweries in the radius of 40 miles, I attest that TH produces top notch beers, plus the staff there are great! We always have a good time there.
This review is a part of my quest of visiting all CT breweries. I visited Thomas Hooker Brewery before and decided to give it another go for a review.
The place is big. It has two indoor spaces and a patio. Indoor spaces offer different seating options including couches. They also serve food. I ordered a Harvest wrap during last visit and loved the combination of chicken and pecans.
The beers here are great. I was not impressed during my first visit, but during the last one I saw many beers requiring a lot of effort to produce - Imperial stouts, porters, barleywine and so on. Most of the beers on tap were new, so they are rotated. You can order beer flights to of 4 to try. I loved their Double Truffle (Imperial stout) and Imperial Baltic Porter, both were great representatives of their respective styles.
One of the benefits of this brewery is that it's open on Mondays which is rare on this part of CT. Overall, I do recommend this brewery for any craft beer enthusiast.
I used to love this place because it was the only place in town you could get simple food that wasn't "fast food" for a reasonable price. The problem is the food has consistently been declining over the last two years. I still think they make solid beer, and I still go there, but the food used to be really good and it just isn't anymore. They seem to have a lot of turnover in the kitchen staff and I wonder if they've simplified things to account for that. I wish them the best but it won't be a regular spot for me anymore, for food at least.
Bartender was very knowledgeable and accommodating, but the beer & the brewery atmosphere are nothing more than ordinary. Unless you’re local, it’s not worth the trip.
Sat outside. Pizza, salads, club sandwich... Everything was good. As was the beer
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We ordered a chicken sandwich and wings. Both of which were so charred they just crumbled to dust, we had to ask for another chicken sandwich because the first one wasn't'teven edible. I ordered a beer that was only available in cans, and then I find out I have to buy a 4 or a 6 pack. Ok. I said I'll take the 4 pack. I paid for my beers only to then find out they are not refrigerated and sitting on the floor. The patio was so overgrown, and everything was kind of disheveled and felt like an afterthought. What a disappointment.
Check out the #nofilter IPA. Best beer produced in CT!
Brewery closing at 9pm on weekends just seems silly to me
Great spot to have a beer. Many quality offerings. No Filter IPA is consistently excellent. Have a number of different options for lower abv offerings, sours, lagers, and other varietals. The manager at the Bloomfield location is knowledgeable and friendly. The food is quite good as well! A must for happy hour or a meet-up occasion with colleagues or friends.
Delicious beer, awesome atmosphere, incredible happy hour, with a delicious menu! This place needs to be your first choice!
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