3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Capitol City Tart Cherry Ale/Christmas Cherry on Draft. Pours a pretty pale, generic golden color, head is white but disappears quickly. Aroma of cherry. Flavor is a mild tart cherry, but does not hold my interest for very long. Not bad but I wouldn’t say it’s anything to call home about.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap at Capitol City Brewing Company in D.C. Pours clear medium red with very small off-white head. No lacing, medium body, and low carbonation. Taste is floral malt, cherry, and a hint of hops. Waitress said it was sweet; not that sweet and refreshing.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
"Tart Cherry Ale" made with 250 pounds of pureed cherries per batch per December 2007’s menu. Pours your basic "beer color" golden straw. Fluffy white head. Aromas of cherry juice and artificial cherry candy. Flavors of tart sour cherry dance on the tongue, along with a bready malt feel. Little hop notice. Tart and sour with a subtle cheek puckering. Ordered this with dessert. One and done.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
2007 version, maybe it’s a different beer but it doesn’t matter much. It was called Capitol City Tart Cherry Ale on the menu. Has a light straw color, completely clear. Not red at all, but light straw brown. Nose of candied cherries, some sort of jelly candy, and a flavor of some sort of base biscuity malt, a slight tart cherry candy flavor, with a light bitterness and dryness in the finish. It’s actually not loose on the palate like every other Cap City brew.
2.8 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Setting: Served in a pint glass from the tap.
Appearance: Hazy reddish peach colored liquid topped by a nice sized thick white head. Dissipates to a film pretty quickly and leaves small blobs of foam on the glass.
Aroma: Faint whiffs of cherries and not much else. Some cooked veggie and skunky notes when agitated.
Flavor: An initial light caress of sweet cherries followed by a mildly hoppy pale malt taste. Sour woody pits on the aftertaste.
Palate: Very crisp and clean. Quite the palate cleanser with it’s tartness. I suspect one of their salads would go great with this.
Overall: Just barely an average beer, if that. Not much to like or dislike. There’s not much of a nose and not much character in the taste to interest me. Still, it went down pretty easily.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
A very nice blonde ale. Light cherry flavors added a nice tought. Light and sweet while still having some consistency. Nice
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