Capitol City El Gigante Barleywine

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Formerly brewed at Capitol City Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Arlington, Virginia USA

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RATINGS: 2 MEAN: 3.4/5.0 WEIGHTED AVG: 3.11 SEASONAL: Winter EST. CALORIES: 315 ABV: 10.5%

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By the Baltimore Capitol City

3.4

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20

argo0 (9224) - USA - FEB 10, 2006

Murky brown body with off-white head. Aroma is moderately sweet, grapefruit, plum/raisin, caramel. Taste is moderately sweet, grapefruit, some raisin, caramel. Medium body. Solid American-style BW, nothing special, but a nice offering.

3.4

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20

blank (997) - Washington, Washington DC, USA - FEB 15, 2006

RFD Strong Ale Tasting. Standard Barleywine. Pleasent but not exceptional. It was too late in the evening and I got tired of taking notes.

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