Capital Autumnal Fire

Brewed by Capital Brewery
Style: Doppelbock
Middleton, Wisconsin USA

12 ounce bottle. Poured a hazy amber color with a .5 finger width tan head. The aroma consisted of a lot of caramel and apricot with other sugary fruit in the barkground. The taste was about the same as the smell with a lot of caramel coming through as the beer warmed. This was a very tasty beer, but was almost too sweet for my taste.

Mar. 2007 - Beer poured dark amber color, cloudy with one finger head which dissipated quickly. No lacing. Flavor was caramel, fruits and tons of candied sugar. Beer lacks the earthiness of the really good dopplebocks. Enjoyable, but not great for a doppelbock.

Bottle. Reddish amber colour with a white head. Aroma of caramel and toffee. Nice smooth flavour of caramel, very tasty and nice., but nothing overwelming.

The aroma on this brew is great. It has a strong malty scent. The great thing about the aroma on this beer is that it smells almost exactly like that smell that permeates the air as you walk up to any brewery.... with notes of caramel (respectively). The beer pours clear with a pretty dark red color, I’ve seen many hues of amber, oranges, and reds in beers, but this has a different hue than I have ever seen, very nice. Pours with a generous white head that diminishes but for a small head that sticks around. Taste is fantastic. Very malty, just very lightly fruity some good cherry flavors, it is however predominantly dry with some bitterness on the sides of the tongue. This glass is served a little cold, so the alcohol does show itself; this is pleasant enough as it is in no way overpowering. However when served at room temperature (as I have in the past) the alcohol is very much hidden. The palate is smooth with good carbonation feel in the mouth. Overall a nice beer, recommended if you can find it.

(Bottle) Pours a dark amber color with little head. Thick, malty aroma. Sweet caramel and solid toffee notes. Also some nutty undertones. Carbonation is on the low side, with a very good palate. Only slight alcoholic warming. A very good beer.

Bouteille 12oz, courtoisie de Hogtownharry. De couleur ambrée-cuivrée et légèrement voilée. Nez fruité (moyen de prunes et de dates, notes de raisins), malté de caramel légèrement rôti et terreux, de pain et de biscuits, léger de houblon floral et aux notes herbeuses ainsi que des notes épicées (poivre), d’alcool doux et de noix. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture riche et sirupeuse. Goût de levures fruitées (prunes, léger de dates et de raisins vineux, traces d’agrumes) avec un léger goût épicé (cannelle, traces de réglisse noire) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût malté sucré de caramel moyennement rôti et aux notes terreuses (traces fumées), léger de biscuits et de pain ainsi que des notes de chocolat et de sucre brun parallèlement à un léger goût d’alcool doux et réchauffant puis en finale l’on retrouve un goût moyen-léger amer de houblon floral aux notes herbeuses, un moyen goût de noix asséchantes et de petites notes épicées (poivre). Post-goût moyen-long et sec, moyennement amer de rôti, de houblon floral-herbeux avec un léger goût de noix et de fruits (moût de raisins, pelures de prunes) ainsi que des notes d’alcool.

Bottle. Pours a light amber with a small white head. The aroma is mostly malts and grains. The taste is also quite malty and grainy, with some hops and light fruit flavors. Overall, a good beer.

[724-20071001] 12floz (w/ jerc, Radek Kliber). Hint of fruity floral hops aroma. Hazy, brown red body with a medium-lasting foamy off-white head. Belgian yeast flavour is not too heavy, has some grainy dough. Medium-full body. Quite nice.