Vintage Ale
Capital Brewery in Middleton, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.56
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JK (8140) reviewed Vintage Ale from Capital Brewery 16 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
This is a little infected but I haven’t had the bottle that long. Sweet malt aroma and flavor. Moderate hops, creamy mouthfeel. The foundation of a good beer, in spite of the infection. Low carbonation.
Ungstrup (52101) reviewed Vintage Ale from Capital Brewery 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottled. A hazy golden beer with a lazing off-white hear. The aroma is sweet with notes of malt and caramel, while the flavor is sweet malty with notes of both fruit and caramel. Thanks Papsoe for sharing.
CloakedDagger (37038) reviewed Vintage Ale from Capital Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of Skyview. Hazy, amber golden with a yellowish head. Fat, caramellish aroma with some aroma hops. Rather full-bodied with sweetish caramel and fruit - some overripe fruit even. Also has some burned caramel. Rather bitter finish. Neat. 040408
KimLundJohansen (10465) reviewed Vintage Ale from Capital Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Hazy amber with tiny short lasting head. Sweet fruity aroma with caramel notes. Flavor likewise. Ends sweet.
theisti (5524) reviewed Vintage Ale from Capital Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 oz. bottle generously shared by Gregis. Pour is slightly hazed cheddar cheese orange [TM] with an off white head that falls really fast. Visible carbonation bubbles. Aroma of sweet biscuit maltiness. Some peaty earthiness in the back of the nose. Nice aroma. Taste is peaty and scotchy, with the biscuit malt sweetness. All is really well melded and integrated, nicely done. Thanks for sharing Greg!
yespr (55607) reviewed Vintage Ale from Capital Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
12 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy orange with a fully diminished white head. Woody and dry fruity aroma. Sweet flavour with a light fruity and woody note into the finish. Somewhat flat in flavour and almost towards oxidised.
Viper666-Qc (10200) reviewed Vintage Ale from Capital Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bouteille 12 oz, courtoisie de Hogtownharry. De couleur ambrée et semi-voilée. Nez malté de caramel sucré, fruité (abricots, moyen d’agrumes), léger d’alcool et de houblon herbeux, légèrement floral et aux notes terreuses. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture légèrement sirupeuse. Goût fruité (abricots sucrés, moyen d’agrumes sucrés, notes de poires, traces de figues) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût malté de caramel assez sucré (notes de toffee) accompagné de notes de pain parallèlement à un goût moyen-amer de houblon herbeux, moyennement terreux et aux notes florales ainsi qu’un léger goût d’alcool réchauffant (notes liquoreuses) jusqu’en finale où l’on retrouve également des traces d’épices (poivre). Post-goût long, moyennement amer d’alcool doux, de houblon herbeux, légèrement terreux et floral ainsi qu’un goût fruité (pelures d’abricots et notes de zest d’agrumes).
Silphium (4310) reviewed Vintage Ale from Capital Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Murky orange body, thin off-white head. Grassy nose, bready, a little bit soapy. Sweet, bready body with a distinct alcohol bite. Candied fruits, including fig and plum. Lots of earthy spice cuts the sweet malt, and the finish is leafy and firmly hopped. I had no idea when I picked this up it was so potent. Fairly simple, decent but not great.
Sloefmans (15338) reviewed Vintage Ale from Capital Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Small off-white rim, despite continuous fine bubbling rising up from red-shot, pale amber beer. Sharp initial nose of cookies, solvent and caramel, a bit vegetal. Sweet, alcoholic, syrup-covered cake: the alcohol however dissolving the cloying, is not making it disappear. I can’t find much fruit (maybe dried figs), let alone hops. Toasted edges of a rumcake. Warming up, it becomes very almondy, as cheap brandy. Very sharp, burning MF, but ending surprisingly empty. A shakey solution to a style problem? How not to get too sweet without a truckload of hops. It can make for an interesting sipping ale... once.