Capital Trail Pale Ale
Hardywood Park Craft Brewery

Capital Trail Pale AleCapital Trail Pale Ale
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From:
Hardywood Park Craft Brewery
 
Virginia, United States
Style:
American Pale Ale
ABV:
5.6%
Score:
86
Avg:
3.83 | pDev: 10.7%
Reviews:
29
Ratings:
189
Status:
Active
Rated:
Oct 27, 2021
Added:
May 26, 2013
Wants:
  7
Gots:
  21
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Reviewed by ramseye4 from Virginia

3.19/5  rDev -16.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 3
Pours a hazy golden color with tons of head. Very sharp.

Aroma is of a grassy field, earthy pine. Very organic smelling, reminds me of a forest.

Taste is okay. Grassy taste, a little bit of piney hops, with some bitterness at the end.

Mouthfeel is weak. Consistency of water.

Not bad, but I won’t go out of my way to drink it again
Oct 27, 2021
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Reviewed by daliandragon from Maryland

3.74/5  rDev -2.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
This was he first time I saw this brewer available this far north in Virginia and pulled the trigger on a couple of choices. Big piney flavor above a cloudy amber body. Nice medium bitterness throughout the sip, with a juicy, flavorful aftertaste. Not a ton of complexity, but that is not why beers like this are made. This is for consumptuion of multiples in summer heat.
Jun 09, 2019
 
Rated: 3.93 by dafla67 from Pennsylvania

Apr 04, 2019
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Reviewed by captaincoffee from Virginia

3.87/5  rDev +1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Easy drinking and tasty beer. Pours brass colored with a medium head. Some lace clinging to the side of the glass as well. Nose could be bigger with some light earthy/piney hops. Flavor is bigger/fuller with some caramel and grassy notes and a nice bitter finish that lingers. Doesn't smack you in the face, but I wanted another one after the first, so that's a good sign.
Sep 03, 2018
 
Rated: 3.87 by Jason_cs from Florida

Jul 24, 2018
 
Rated: 4.57 by Mjf5744 from Pennsylvania

Jan 28, 2018
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Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania

3.91/5  rDev +2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Hardywood Park Craft Brewery "Capital Trail Pale Ale"
12 fl. oz. can coded "05/03/2017" and sampled on 07/24/2017
$2 @ Weis Market, Conshohocken, PA

Notes via stream of consciousness: "Dry Hopped Pale Ale"... I figured I'd better get to this one now! Ahhh, it's still there. OK, fairly hazy (which is OK because it's dry-hopped) golden-amber colored body beneath a short head of creamy white. Aroma is earthy, grassy, floral, piney, herbal and fruity with a bready maltiness. Not surprisingly the flavor follows. There's more fruitiness with some orange, and perhaps a hint of grapefruit. In both the flavor and the aroma the malt and hops are tightly connected. It's not that bitter although the can reads 55 IBUs. It seems more like 45 but maybe I'm off. It does have a nice dry finish with some residual pine, earth, and grass to it. Ahh, a hint of citrus as well. Medium bodied with a smooth, moderate carbonation. Pretty nice all around.

3.75/4/4/3.75/3.75 = 3.91
Jul 24, 2017
 
Rated: 3.63 by epyon396 from Pennsylvania

Jun 16, 2017
 
Rated: 3.25 by duvel1979 from District of Columbia

Feb 08, 2017
 
Rated: 3.75 by BEER88 from North Carolina

Dec 13, 2016
 
Rated: 3.8 by Brian15 from Virginia

Aug 09, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by baconfromwalmart from Pennsylvania

Jul 27, 2016
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Reviewed by tbryan5 from Louisiana

3.5/5  rDev -8.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
A- Nice golden orange with a fluffy white head.
S- Earthy hops and semisweet malt.
T- The hops over power the malt too much here. Needs a little more sweetness to balance it out.
M- Light to medium carbonation. Slightly drying
D- Maybe I got an older can but this kind of missed the mark. Drinkable, just not great.
May 16, 2016
 
Rated: 3.33 by Cpmitchno1 from Virginia

May 08, 2016
 
Rated: 3.49 by brocktune from Virginia

May 08, 2016
 
Rated: 4.13 by Spiral517 from Maryland

May 02, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by BPMeyer27 from Ohio

Apr 29, 2016
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Reviewed by vabeerguy from Virginia

3.73/5  rDev -2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Poured from a can into an IPA glass. It has a dark orange color and a lot of bubbling as well as lacing. Taste seems closer to an IPA in that it has a lingering, but tasty, bitterness. This is definitely on my "to buy again" list.
Apr 19, 2016
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Reviewed by AndrewMichael from Virginia

3.75/5  rDev -2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
12 oz can poured into a tulip style glass.
Hardywood does great beers, so I've been meaning to try this one for some time now.
It doesn't disappoint, as it's a real nice dry hopped, bitter pale ale.
Apr 03, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by Iamjeff6 from Virginia

Mar 28, 2016
Capital Trail Pale Ale from Hardywood Park Craft Brewery
Beer rating: 86 out of 100 with 189 ratings