Capital Blonde Doppelbock

Brewed by Capital Brewery
Style: Doppelbock
Middleton, Wisconsin USA

Sweet malty aroma. Gold body witha small white head. The sweet malty flavor gave this one balance. Smooth easy drinking beer.

Very, very malty brew, with intense caramel malt sweetness, but not cloyingly so. Interesting heavy doppel-type sweetness but light golden color. I found this very easy to drink, despite it’s 8% ABV and I would defenitely classify this as a spring seasonal session-type beer.

Pours to a hazy copper colored body with a thin oily looking white head. I sampled this in a snifter to get full aroma effect. This beer is decently strong. There are sweet malts, grassy hops, spicy hops. The flavor is where this beer excels. Caramel, pine hops, lots of pepper. The palate is a little light. Overall, this is a good beer but I want more aroma and palate.

Vintage 2000

This poured a light-hazed copper with a scummy film atop. Cooked cabbage and tomato over caramel in aroma, this didn’t seem to hold up in the 5+ years since brewing. Despite those adversities, there is still something intriguing about it, drawing me in. A very sweet start over a smooth caramel base, a doppel is the only category I can see this classed as, but due to it’s lightness of color it plays tricks on my mind and palate. A strong, light Bock... intriguing to say the least.

<font size=-4>Sampled at <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/Events-Detail.asp?Eve Vintage Beer Fest 2006<font size=-1>

Poured an amber-red with a thin off-white head. Aromas of flowers, caramel and then apple. Flavor is fruity caramel and toffee with noticable alcohol. Initially sweet but it finishes somewhat bitter. Medium body with a slightly oily texture. Good and kind of funky.

This poured a darker blonde color with a large white head. Aroma was sweet german malt, grassy hops, and some alcohol. Flavor was somewhat harsch alcoholic doppelbock, with no roastedness, reminded more of a european strong.

12 oz bottle, via Styles. Pours a hazy gold/light copper with a minimal white head that faded quickly. Caramel malt aroma with some graininess and light alcohol. Rather sweet flavor with caramel and toffee characteristics, long sweet finish with some alcohol warmth. Medium to full bodied, syrupy and sticky with moderate carbonation. Decent beer, but a little too sweet and cloying for me. Gets a little tiring on the palate by the end of the bottle.

12 oz bottle. Pours a copper-tinged gold with white head. The aroma is very grainy with an interesting sweet floral wisp, some caramel, and flat grassy hops. The flavor is much maltier than I expected from the appearance, a pleasant surprise, really. There is a prominent sugary sweetness in the grainy malts, underneath which is lawn-clippings. The finish is earthy with caramel, alcohol, and a faint spiciness that reminds me of sage. The aftertaste is dry and alcoholic. It gets a little acidic as I make my way down the glass, but is still rather drinkable.