Capital Eisphyre

Brewed by Capital Brewery
Style: Eisbock
Middleton, Wisconsin USA

Picked this up for Duane while I was in Milwaukee a few weeks ago and he let me have one. Pours a great copper color with a fading tannish head. This one is all about the malts. Great sweet, dried fruit taste, as well as some warmth from the booze. My first of the style, and a very good one.

Thanks to JPDIPSO for this one. The pour is deep ruby with 2-finger khaki head. Aroma of big roasty malt, brown sugar, almonds, caramel, cabernet. The taste is caramel malty, with a lot of cabernet notes, plus brown sugar, berries, plums, and slight spicy notes. Wonderfully rich and complex palate, with well hideen alcohol. Finishes rich, chewy, fruity, malty, and complex. John, thanks for this gem.

Bottle poured a dark copper with nice creamy head. Sweet malty fruity aroma. Flavor is Sweet malt, caramel and lightly metalic. Smooth sweet finish.

12 oz. bottle. another great Wisconsin lager. tarnished copper in color with a nice looking tan head. wonderful malty aroma with a flavor of toasty malt and some spice. just a bit of an alcohol noticed and this is slightly warming as well. really enjoyed this one and wish I had more.

Bottle. Courtesy 1FastSti. Aroma light toasty bready malt light perfume. Poured a copperish ruby and thin creamed head. Flavor was nice and crisply bitter, toasted malts and fruit. Palate was suprisingly fast drying and clean. It’s damn tasty so I’ll finish it. Thanks again 1Fast!!

Bottle into Olympia stemmed glass, bought at Riley’s. Large ecru head over a hazy deep copper-colored beer that was somewhat sparkling. Nice racing; lacing is a somewhat sticky, glittering sheet that crumbles after a slight pause. Smells like fermenting sourdough bread with La Chouffe-ish yeast qualities (some creamy banana and a bit of melony fruits), but this is mostly bready. Very malty in the mouth, maibock-ish corn flavors with dark burnt grains hiding a little bit of fruit. Also, I was reminded of butternut squash, although I haven’t had it in a while; the impression was sweet in a wholesome, non-sugary way. Alcohol burn late in the finish, which was mealy and tangy with hops before transitioning into the alcohol and hops dry bitterness. At first, it seemed unbalanced and harsh, but it becomes smoother and more integrated as it warms and the carbonation dies a bit. Good beer.

recieved via secret santa huge thank you! pours a light red with a medium sized head. little lacing. aroma is alcoholic sweet and grainy or bready. taste is light caramel, toasted malt and alcohol. thick mouthfeel and a dry ending.

Clear, dark red, small off-white head. Very light aroma, just gives off some toasted malt, caramel. Surprisingly bitter--a dry, uncomplicated bitterness that leaves an unpleasant thirst. There are still some of the melanoidy malt notes from Autumnal Fire in here, but I find that a much superior brew.