Capitol City Amber Waves Ale

Brewed by Capitol City Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
Washington, Washington DC USA

Location: Draft Postal Building Location - From the sampler glass 3/7/09.

Aroma: Slightly sweet
Appearance: Orange/Red
Flavor: Thinly flavored amber style beer
Palate: Full body, dry
Overall Impression: Pretty standard Amber style beer, relatively unexciting. Not bad, just doesn’t offer a ton.

Draught at the downtown location. Copper with a small head. Toasty malt, and citrucy hop aroma. The main flavor impression that i get is of sweet, toasted bagel with a bitter, hoppy finish. Light in body. Pretty balanced, but a bit different

On tap at brewpub *Summary* - A nice opening on the sampler tray this is a solid amber ale. I do not usually go for lighter styles but after walking around DC for a few hours this hit the spot. Check it out when you are in the area. *Aroma / Appearance* - A huge thick head graces an amber coppery fluid that smells of rye bread and pretzels. Smooth and balanced it is about what you would expect from an amber ale. *Flavor / Palate* - Full bodied for the style it was like someone had taken a bag of pretzels and converted them into a liquid. Fading dry it leaves a moist trail as it peters out. Very sessionable I would not mind killing an afternoon drinking this at Happy Hour.

Poured a nice amber color, but other than that had no discerning characteristics. Boring aroma with maybe a hint of hops. A little more hop forward on the palate, but still pretty underwhelming. Not good, not bad, just unexciting. A diet coke would have had more flavor.

Dark amber ale with scotch orange hues and a thin white head. Nice caramel malt with light British hops and light butterscotch. In mouth, classy hopped amber with light wooded noted. Medium bodied. Tasted at Downtown location, April 14 2008.

A very attractive beer and it gets points for being brewed right at the location near Union Station, having said that i found it simple and decent maybe a bit too hoppy or as the description says "aggressive" a solid ale middle of the road very nice amber color ... this place lost points they were out of the free pint glass with order of an entree foods overpriced but thats DC for ya

this is good beer! quite fragrant of mainly pine hops and citrus. so well balanced with a low malt character and a nice full hop flavor that is substantial and not overpowering. i really liked the medium of this beer and it is not easy to describe. slick soapy and satisfying like half diluted nectar it held the slightly sweet and fruity caramel right there in line with everything else going on in this beer. nice lengthy finish and fine carbonation. what a treat! happy b’day Union Station D.C.

On tap. Half pint. Downtown District of Columbia location. I really wanted to drink and eat at Capitol City Brewing when we visited Washington DC this summer. Our friends indulged us, recommending the downtown location over the Shirlington location in Virginia. We took their advice and six of us enjoyed beer and pub food in a great setting with excellent service. Amber Waves arrived at the table with a nicely tanned body—somewhere between amber and copper-red. Her head was white. She was clear, had lively carbonation, and left behind excellent lacing. Her perfume was of caramel and canned peaches. It was perhaps slightly too sweet, but enticing nonetheless. She tasted wonderful. Caramel malts met apricot, pear, and grain. She started sweet, became slightly bitter, and sweetened again for a long finish. I think I’m in love. Just don’t tell the wife!