Capitol City Double Amber

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

Name: Double D
Date: 10/12/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, GABF

muddy burnt orange, strong dark caramel malt aroma with heavy earthy and citrus hops, big dark caramel flavor, lots of hop flavor, nice sweetness is balanced by the hops,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

(Downtown) Lightly hazed red body with beige head. Aroma is medium sweet, grapefruit, caramel. Taste is moderately sweet, grapefruit, caramel, chocolate. Medium-full body, some resin. Alcohol well hidden.

@Pilsner Petes East Coast Gathering-growler–pours a light tan head that bubbles and hazy amber color. Aroma is pine/orange hops. Taste is pine/orange hops with some bite, secondary medium malt-sweet caramel. Thanks argo0 for sharing.

Growler at PilsnerPeter’s Spring Gathering. Deep amber pour with a fairly creamy white head. Aroma is pretty nice. Bright fresh grapefruit and a light touch of pine over a big sweet cookie dough malt base. Cascadey with a bit of iced tea character, that a lot of people hate, but I actually enjoy. Soft spice behind the citrus with a light earthy malt finish. It gets a little bit astringent, but it still tastes pretty good.

Listed as Double D at the downtown location. It appears as a murky and bready brown colored body with a tan head. The first taste is rough, heavy on toast and bread flavors, and it’s chewy and thick, with plum and walnut and bread crust. Very nutty and toasty, actually, and heavy on the palate, with some toasty and dry hops as well. The nose smells strongly of bread crust as well, with some alcohol and husky grains noticed as well, along with a rather large dose of a chewy, cherry flavored malty body, reminding me of the same flavors found in Stone Double Bastard. Overall it’s big a sticky and chewy, and that’s about all it has going for it.

Draught at Downtown location during RBSG DC 06 Weekend Pegged as "Double D" when I went here. Hazy amber, light head and lacing. Nose of fresh dry hops, amber malt and a nice creamy malt-ness. The flavor is balanced, citrusy, grassy, herbal, caramelly, moderate alcohol. The finish is rich and chewy. Nice double red or amber, or whatever.

PPRBSG09. Growler. Pours a brune body with a tan head. Chewy pine and nut with a floral caramel malt. Peanuts and pine with a earthy Almost metallic bitter hoppiness.

Had this in a sampler from Capitol City Downtown on September 5th, 2005 and later had a full pint with argo0. The best beer I had by them. Dark amber bodied and minimally clouded. Splashes of ruby around the edges. Nose is rich malts, juicy hops, caramel, hints of brown sugar and fruits. Taste is chewy and malty with lots of controlled hoppiness and caramel. Alcohol is there but well hidden. Moderate sweetness throughout this as well. Body is medium-full with a light bitterness remaining.Finishes with toasty and sweet malts, caramel, citrus fruits, resinous hops, and light alcohol. Good stuff!