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Capital Special Pilsner 3.01 152

Capital Special Pilsner

Percentile
47
overall

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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1523.03/5.03.01/5.04.8%83.3Flute, Footed Pilsner
Commercial Description:
An authentic German style pilsner, this is Capital's largest selling beer. A superbly balanced beer, with a firm maltiness alongside hearty hop bittering and flavor notes.
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 kseecs16 (907), Naperville, Illinois, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
May 26, 2009  
Bottle. Pale golden with a moderate sized creamy white head that leaves a signicant amount of lacing all around the glass. Aroma is grasyy and slightly sweet. Flavor is light upfront, developong a mildly sweet malt body and finishing with a crisp noble hop bite that is spicy in character. Light bodied with a clean lingering bitterness.


 thegreenrooster (1842), St.louis, Missouri, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Feb 21, 2009  
Pour is a clear blonde with a huge white head. Aroma is lots of grains and malts with some breadyness. Flavor is equal with some heavy malts and grain. A very nice almost liquid bread to this beer. Very good for the style and prob the better ones from this brewer.


 noncaloric (625), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Jan 29, 2009  
Clear straw-gold pour with a modest white head. Effervescent, leaves ring after ring of lace. Aroma of cereals and grass, but somewhat faint. Smooth cereal flavor, slightly sweet, slightly bitter. A little bit soapy. Sharp, lively mouthfeel. Drinkable and refreshing.


 HopheadHans (755), Bay Area, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/514/20
Dec 13, 2008  
Bottle. A nice example of the style. Pours with the proper straw color, nice grainy nose of hops. More grainy hops flavors, without it being hars. medium body, nice.


 drewbeerme (2299), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Oct 20, 2008  
12oz bottle. pours clear straw, small white head. nose is grassy, peppery. flavor is grassy, mineral, herbal. thin body. this would be really enjoyable on a hot sumemr day.


aschafer324 (7), , Wisconsin, USA
does not count click to see why this rating of Capital Special Pilsner does not count
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/56/104/514/20
Oct 19, 2008  
Milld, barely perceptible aroma, slightly sweet. Straw yellow in color, poured with a very thin head. Very dry with a bitter, mildly astringent taste that hits the right side of your tongue. Finishes with pleasant grainy flavor.


 holdenn (1443), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/56/103/513/20
Oct 13, 2008  
12 oz bottle. Pours a slightly hazed yellow with a thin white head that fades away. Nose of sweet pale malts and a touch of hops. Sweet lemony malts touch of grain and a slightly grassy finish. Decent but far from anything special.


 Strykzone (1485), Wood River, Illinois, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/102/511/20
Sep 7, 2008  
Straw colored with a big white head that has good retention. Foam sticks to the side of the glass. Well carbonated. Has a tart citrus aroma with some funk and lemon. Musty. Heavy dry bitterness. Not one of the better Pilsners.



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