Thomas Hooker Brewery

Had an hour to kill, and this was the only place open on a Monday afternoon. A handful of other customers were there . Prompt, friendly service I ordered the pretzel bites, fresh baked, amazing. Beer was hit and miss. The Tom lager was my favorite

Nice place just outside of Hartford. They had about 15 or so of their own beers on tap. I tried 3 flights with 4 each. Each flight was 10$. I arrived Monday around 3 pm and I was the only customer. I assume there would be more later.

Good selection of quality beer and a huge selection of shirts and other swag for sale including cans available for several of their beers. No food available but the beer is worth coming for.

Tour was fun and informative. The staff is very friendly and helpful, also free samples to try before you buy! A good selection of their brews on tap most days. Store has good pricing on items like t-shirts, etc... Very glad they are 10 mins from my home!

Descent place. They need someone to add thier beers to ratebrew. I would, but ibu, caloriea and abv are not readily available. Bad thing for them is the better beers are not available to rate. I enjoyed the stop. I rated the ambiance high, but it is a working brewery.

A cool little brewery to go to for happy hour or a tour. Doesn’t make the best beer but has a couple standouts such as their Doppelbock.

Visited to find a tidy little retail space and tasting area. Didn’t sample any brews but have had some in the past. The staff was friendly and the retails goodies were fairly priced. Wish I could’ve hit a tasting. (Brewery #594)

The brewery has tours every Saturday. For $5 you get a Hooker logo glass, and tastings of 4 different of their beers on tap. At times they will also give you samples right off the bright beer tank. Samples are generous, as they will give you additional ones after the initial one of each. Growler fills are also available from the taps as well as the beer tank. They also host an open house the first and third Friday evening of each month. That only costs $10, you get a glass, and the proceeds go to a local charity.

I have been there on a few occasions. Every Saturday they have a tour of their brewey. The best part about this brewery for me is the friendly staff, specifically the owner, who is quick to answer a question and very passionate about his work. The brewery also has tastings the first and last friday of every monthy and the proceeds, go to charity. The only thing that they do not offer is there premium beers like there porter, barley wine and doppell during the tasting, which is understable, because they are expensive.

I went to their open house last night and it was a friendly event. They offered glasses for a $5 donation or keg cups for those who didn’t want to make a donation to charity. The owner and employees were all there and were very friendly. The owner was pouring samples of the newest batch of Liberator which tasted great. Ambiance is typical of a small brewery. They will fill growlers for $7 and will start offering their own growlers by the next open house for any locals reading this.