Sammy's Barleywine
Capitol City Brewing Company
- From:
- Capitol City Brewing Company
- District of Columbia, United States
- Style:
- American Barleywine
- ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.76 | pDev: 6.38%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 07, 2011
- Added:
- Mar 12, 2004
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by 99bottles from Pennsylvania
3.53/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Tried this at the brewpub this week after a meal. The barleywine is served in a small goblet, and has a deep reddish brown appearance. The inital smells are of sweet banana and pear. The mouthfeel is good, not too thin, but had a rather annoying pucker at first. I suppose thats overdone hops turned grapefruitjuice. There is plenty of sweetness, and rich carmel taste from the malts. Overall, its not a bad barleywine, but just average. The alcohol is there in a big way too and seems to push too much esteric sweetness across the palate. Almost cloying, but not heavy enough. Hopfeel was very lacking. A world apart from something like SN Bigfoot. Wish the abv was listed. I'd guess > 10%.
Mar 12, 2004
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