Capital Dark Doppelbock

Formerly brewed at Capital Brewery
Style: Doppelbock
Middleton, Wisconsin USA

Bottle. More thanks to joeybgood for this! Dark copper body. Small tan head. Nose is rich malts, light caramel, dark, ripened fruits, and sweet, creamy malts. Light brown sugar as well. Taste is sweet malts, caramel, brown sugar, light toasted biscuits, and dark fruit. Some alcohol coming through at times, as well. Body is creamy and smooth with light alcohol warmth. Mild carbonation feel as well. Finish is more carmael, sweet malts, brown sugar, dark fruit, and pumpernickel bread notes. Another great beer!

Bottle pours a viscous deep dark amber, bordering on brown, medium fizzly off-white head, with spotty lacing.   Bready, malty & biscuity on the nose, with notes of subtle dark pitted fruit & cheese.   Smooth rich bready flavor up front, rather malty, with a good heaping of dark pitted fruit.   Fairly sweet, but not cloying.   Good body, with an almost velvety mouthfeel.   Smooth finish, lingering sweetness, malts, and dark pitted fruit.   Good stuff!   8% ABV isn’t noticable at all.   Thanks goes out to TAR for the trade!

Rusty orange. Broken foam with a tall, creamy fringe. Muted grape jam aroma with roast, root, molasses, and fruitcake suggestions. Tight, but semi-fuzzy carbonation. Soft, slick body, along with the rich breadiness, quickly caress the gentle alcoholic push. Delectably sweet with lengthy notes of candied, grapey malts. Drastically improves with each sip, especially as it warms, as the body thickens to reveal an artful contrast of dry, grainy roastiness and slick fruitiness over a cakey malt base. Perceptible tannic acidity tingles the palate and deepens the subtle bready richness. Finishes crisply malt-defined, yet, simultaneously jammy-thick and fruity with black licorice hints. This demands patience, as it was initially quite dull at just-below cellar temp. But with patience, the everchanging flavors that come about are totally worth the wait.

A bit darker than their Munich Dark. Alcohol is totally hidden, despite the thinness of the beer. Average doppel, not sticky, fruity, or chewy enough.

My expectation were high on this beer but it failed to deliver. Nice chestnut brown color with a foamy beige head. Malt dominates the aroma and the flavor. Some caramel and vanilla notes. Medium body and fairly nice in the mouth. Flavor was just average doppelbock.

Nothing will ever come close to Celebrator in the Doppelbock category but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t some other good ones out there. This is a fine example of that fact. Pours a dark brown color with a reddish halo. Thin, dense beige head and thin lacing. The aroma is sweet roasted malt, nuts and dark fruit. Medium-bodied and smooth with a well-rounded array of flavors, from malt, caramel and vanilla to nuts and hops. The only downside is the flavor disappears quickly. The upside is taking that next drink to refresh the flavor isn’t hard at all. The finish is mostly sweet malt with a touch of raisins. Good work on this one by Capital.

Dark brown-red. Nose malty, woody, and a bit nutty. Great initial flavor, rich malts, raisins, loads of sweet roasted malts. Flavor drops off a bit too much after the initial swallow, but still a solid dopplebock.

Another solid lager beer from Capital. Dark ruby garnet with a minimal head of fine bubbles. Big nutty nose. Notably drinkable with a powerful malty flavor. Not an incredibly complex beer but tasty enough that you don’t miss it.