Capital Blonde Doppelbock

Brewed by Capital Brewery
Style: Doppelbock
Middleton, Wisconsin USA

amber in color with nice head that never stops with fizzing like a tornado coming from bottom of glass, very clean filtered aromas of malts and hops malts are not roasted i guess to keep this a blonde tasteis of malts and alcohol a very nice american brew

Rich roasted malt flavor with hints of spice. An interesting style. Didnt realize it was almost 9% ABV.

Nice amber color. Slightly sweet caramel aroma. Easy drinking, but not a lot of flavor.

12 oz. bottle. Strong, floral, fruity aroma features lemon as well as berry scents. Tart, borderline sour smell. Noble hops and German-style malts make their presence felt in the nose. Pours a translucent, sparkling, deep, bright gold with a moderate amount of short-lasting white head. Produces extensive lacing. Practically glistens in the light. Looks great. Almost worthy of a full 5 for appearance. Malts dominate the sweet flavor, as one would expect in the doppelbock style. Some subdued dunkel lager-like flavors, which is surprising since this is appropriately called a blonde beer. Minor but unfortunate presence of the "beery" taste endemic to many pale lagers. Fruity flavors, especially raspberry and strawberry. Those flavors combine with the thick, full, oily body to produce a berry yogurt effect. Long, subtle, tasty, hops-dominated finish. Soft yet lively in the palate. Easy to drink for a beer so high in alcohol content. Capital Blonde Doppelbock is a high quality and memorable brew. Presently, I am being very tough in my ratings, so the 3.5 that I am giving this beer is quite a compliment. This is a fine product from a superb brewery that doesn’t get enough attention from the ratebeer community because it specializes in German styles that tend to be less popular on this site. Well worth trying if you can find it.

On tap at The Map Room. Medium copper in color with a small white head. Caramel malts up front that soon become overpowered by a cloying sweetness. OK, but a bit one dimensional.

TAP: gold pour, nose of sweet malts. Taste is malty, sweet/sour, and butterscotch.

Bottle. Rich hazy orange-yellow brew with a golden head that thins to white and creamy. Faint malt aroma, smells like mash day at the brewery. Buttscotch and dicetyl and really rich. Not an everyday beer. Good attempt at balance with bittering hops, but no hops are evident in taste or aroma. Butter....beer..butter...beer, hmm, ymmmm

whoa! Very sticky texture and warm, alcohol laden taste. Very ’middle of the road’ to me.