Location: Bottle at Max and Andy's Fantasy Tasting, 5/1/10

Aroma: The nose is sweet and malty, some fruits, caramel, and a little booze
Appearance: The pour is fairly clear, dark reddish-orange in color, and an off-white head
Flavor: The taste is a combination of sweet malts, fruits, and booze, that's a bit strange
Palate: This one has a medium-full body, a somewhat smooth mouthfeel, and a bit of heat
Overall Impression: My notes from this one seem to center on one theme: This stuff was pretty strange. I like that they tried this style, I haven't seen a whole lot of American breweries making Eisbocks, but I'm just not sure it worked 100%. Anyway, it isn't bad, but it isn't great either.

12oz bottle. Amber brown color, filtered. Smooth and creamy, considering the strength. Rich body, slight vanilla warmth in the aftertaste. Lots of caramel flavor, some very light orange citrus in the background. Relatively drinkable, one of the more enjoyable Capital products.

12 oz twist off bottle courtesy of my 2009 winter Secret Santa. Served in a tulip at about 55 degrees. Pour is clear ruby copper brown with a well formed 2 inch tan head. Head is quite lasting. When it eventually falls, it leaves behind some patchy lacing which lasts the duration of the beer. Aroma of big straw sweet malt with a touch of roast and floral grassiness. Also a dark nut - walnut sort of element in back. Rich and full nose. Taste is big right away, just a malt bomb. Big grain cereal caramel malt and nutty sweetness, followed by banana yeast esters, along with the drying grass and straw to the finish. The booziness is evident, though more in a chest warming rather than alcohol hotness sort of way. Palate is medium, not as heavy as expected. Lowish carbonation and an oily mouth feel makes this both a touch syrupy and drying at the same time. As this beer reached full room temperature and opened up, the flavors really came together nicely. Nice beer on a freezing cold night in KC. Thanks Santa.

Bottle from Archer Liquor. Pours ruddy copper with a multi-finger off-white head. Strong roast caramel aroma. Very thick body with mild carbonation. Smooth. Malty. Somewhat hoppy. Very clean. Who needs wine? Tasty stuff.

Hazy amber with a medium beige head. Sweet flavour toasted malt, ripe fruits, caramel, grains and hoppy notes. Flavour was sweet with ripe fruits, caramel, toasted malt and hoppy notes. Finished biiter.

12 fl oz bottle, courtesy of CaptainCougar. Pours hazy to murky brown with a small off-white head. Aroma is solid malty, overripe fruity to wineous. Bitter and slight fruity, light hoppy flavoured. Smooth overripe fruity impression throughout. Dry and fruity lingering finish.

Another from Skyview. Good, caramel-malt aroma. Dark, muddy brown and lightly carbonated. Flavor is all sweet malt, some caramel. No taste or aroma of alcohol.

Bottle from CaptainCougar. Clearish orange body, medium to thin buff head. Heavy toast aroma with prickly alcohol, medicinal, with notes of butterscotch. Alcohol is also potent in the body, adding heat to the caramely, toasty body. Chalky, bready finish. Average complexity. Solid but not spectacular.

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of JCapriotti. Pours a clear, dark amber with a creamy, off-white head. Aroma of caramel and alcohol. Very solid body, sherry-like flavours and some overripe fruit. Very distinct alcohol in there. Some bitterness in the finish. 291206

An amber beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma is sweet malty with lots of caramel, but also some straw. The flavor is sweet malty eith notes fo caramel and straw, as well as light notes of alcohol.