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Capital Fest

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1373.43/5.03.42/5.0Summer5.5%94.6Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein
Commercial Description:
This wonderful beer has a deep golden hue and a smooth malty flavor with a clean pleasant finish. Imported German malts are used to create the flavor of this festive beer. Available May through July.
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 Juelze (905), Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/515/20
Jun 15, 2005  
Pours a golden color. Smells of sweet malt and straw. Tastes of sweet caramelly malt. Pretty smooth and tasty.


 Oakes (8093), gone rambling, Vietnam
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Jun 10, 2005  
Light amber colour. Light bready aroma with a hint of sulphur. A gentle but crisp hoppiness, shot of alcohol and clean-if-light, well-extracted bready malt triumvirate. Well-structured, clean, simple...a fine version of the modern-day Oktoberfest style. Would that they make them this well in Munich.


 Gmku (254), Asheville, North Carolina, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/105/516/20
Jun 7, 2005  
More robust than Cap’s oktoberfest. Smooth and malty. Shirt and shoes are required at all times.


 5000 (2409), Hardened Liver, Washington, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jun 1, 2005  
Bottle: Golden, translucent, medium white foamy head, spotty lacing, light carbonation.   Malty/grassy nose, hints of cereal.   Mild malty start, slight astringent bitterness emerges towards the finish.   Moderate body and mouthfeel.   Fairly clean finish.   This one seems to me to be somewhat light, not very robust, but its fairly clean and easy to kick back.


 StewardofGondor (1934), Washington Heights - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
May 31, 2005  
Aroma is nutty, pepper and vanilla with some caramel and maple accents. Flavor is smooth almonds and caramel malts with a slight spicy Oktoberfest tingle. Some oak cask qualities. Hint of chocolate malts paired with the crisp reflex of pilsner malts. Heads above Capital’s other Oktoberfest offering. Very pleasing.


 hezron (603), Viroqua, Wisconsin, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
May 27, 2005  
Aroma has sweet caramel and toffee with a lot of fruityness. Clear copper-orange color with a white head that fades. Nice caramel flavor, slightly sweet but just a hint of bitterness in the finish...not sure if I would call it bitterness, just not-sweetness. Medium body with a water-smooth texture and slightly metalic finish.


 Gurst (338), Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/102/513/20
May 26, 2005    Updated: Jun 28, 2005
A festive beer that is a jumble of tastes, textures, and tinges of an assortment of different styles. Nose is swampy and fruity, and this translates in taste to flavors of cantaloupe, yeast, roasted corn, and apricot, all with a buttery mouthfel. These flavors fade to a general spiciness, which in turn gives way to a creamy, caramel malt. The malt isn’t quite sweet... candy-sour and funky are the best words, I suppose. The aftertaste is light, but lingering, a watery swill-brew taste.


jkane (21), USA
1.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/51/101/55/20
May 19, 2005  
Tastes just like all the other Capitol beers. No hop flavor, not hop bitterness, and no beer body! Sorry, I don’t care to drink this beer at all.



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