Capital Trail Pale Ale
Hardywood Park Craft Brewery in Richmond, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.96
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Brewed with Falconer’s Flight, Willamette and Mandarina Bavaria hops, Capital Trail Pale Ale invigorates the palate with refreshing notes of citrus and offers a pleasantly dry finish. Your purchase of this beer supports the Virginia Capital Trail Foundation and the ongoing maintenance, promotion and enhancement of the 52 mile walking and biking path that links the current and historic state capitals of Richmond and Jamestown. We raise a can in honor of the hard work of the Virginia Capital Trail Foundation and its volunteers, and your next adventure along one of America’s most bucolic and historically significant byways.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Location: 12 oz can from Hardywood, 5/3/14
Aroma: The nose has some grapefruit, floral hops, grass, and some caramel
Appearance: Pours a caramel-orange color with a small off-white head and mild lace
Flavor: The flavor is dry and hoppy, not too much residual sweetness, finishes dry too
Palate: It has a medium body, a fizzy mouthfeel, and a pretty dry finish
Overall Impression: I thought this was a solid APA. Pretty tasty, even if it wasn't one of my favorite things I've had from Hardywood, I still enjoyed it.
Aroma: The nose has some grapefruit, floral hops, grass, and some caramel
Appearance: Pours a caramel-orange color with a small off-white head and mild lace
Flavor: The flavor is dry and hoppy, not too much residual sweetness, finishes dry too
Palate: It has a medium body, a fizzy mouthfeel, and a pretty dry finish
Overall Impression: I thought this was a solid APA. Pretty tasty, even if it wasn't one of my favorite things I've had from Hardywood, I still enjoyed it.
Tried
from Can
on 03 May 2014
at 20:17
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12oz can pours a murky burnt orange with some lacing, white head. Nose is heavy on the concentrated apple juice, orange peel, some malt, some honey, mild soap, lightly floral. Flavor is similar, there is a very distinct apple concentrate flavor, almost like a Froot Roll Up, some orange, some soap, a little pine needle, malt, a little candy. Mostly clean, albeit lightly fruity, finish.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Apr 2014
at 17:22
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 oz. can courtesy of Adam Jackson. Golden color with a thin cap of white head. Nose is nice. Grassy and citrus hops. Flavor has bread dough malts, fresh wet hops and floral notes with just a kiss of pine. This taste is lightly sweet malt with a crisp bitterness showing the citrus and pine again after the sip. This is a really nice pale ale. This is a great 1st impression of this brewery for me.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jun 2013
at 19:17
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce can from the brewery. Pours a hazy orange color with a medium sized fizzy tan head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of herbal, pine and floral hops with pale malts. The taste is tropical, pine and citrus hops and pale malts. Medium bodied, decent balance and quite drinkable. Nice beer.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jun 2013
at 19:05