Special Pilsner
Capital Brewery in Middleton, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Pilsener Regular|
Score
6.26
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A German-style brewed with malts and hops imported from Europe. The slight sweetness of pilsner malt is perfectly balanced by the clean, dry bitterness of noble hops. One of our original Garten Brau beers, Capital Pilsner has truly stood the test of time.
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4.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottled at Monk’s Café Wallingatan, Stockholm. Clear golden, small head. Grassy nose with paper underneath. Mid-sweet and a bit fruity. Light-medium bodied with rounded mouthfeel. The hops are there, but it’s way too sweet, too rounded and too simplistic to be a German pilsener, loosing all sense of drinkability. Feels dead dull. If anything it’s more akin to German supermarket beers like Becks or Warsteiner than the real stuff. Would not qualify among the top 1000 pilseners in Germany.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Aug 2009
at 06:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
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.
Tried
on 21 Feb 2009
at 19:53
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
This one sets up a tall golden column filled with microscopically small bubbles that race to become part of a thick meringue-like white head. Nice earthy hop aroma. Lightly bitter, the hop flavor comes through as well, and is all balanced with a smooth malt support. Crisp smooth, refreshing.
Tried
on 11 Aug 2006
at 06:39
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
2006 bottle (I assume) from StewardofGondor, consumed on 4/19/06.
Large-bubbled white head is aggressive and slow to recede, piling itself atop a lightly chill-hazed golden, old brass colored body with plenty of tiny bubbles. Fair amount of lacing, and sediment at the bottom of the bottle.
Aroma is saazy and even lightly herbal-plant-like with something like Norther Brewer or spalt. I’m pretty poor at distinguishing low AA German hops, so my apologies if I’m dead wrong. Light dough and yeast on end asserts a balance. Medium strength to the aroma, with some funky/sweaty notes that I just can’t attribute wholly to Saaz. Some dry, toasty, sauna-smelling grains add to the crispness.
First sip and I get a rush of spicy, peppery, freshly cut herbal hops. Sweet honey nips at the palate, but is wisked away on a flurry of fine carbonation and hops bitterness/spiciness. It fizzles about (the peppery-herbal hop notes), like a sparkler flaring up before going out, upon a light plant-like and graham cracker (dry) background. Crisp, with pleasantly tasteful carbonation on the end. No alcohol, no flaws, near perfect attenuation. Could use some more malt dryness, as the mouthfeel is perilously near to round (were it not for the carbonation), but the malts should be a little edgy/biscuity, regardless of carbonation.
Large-bubbled white head is aggressive and slow to recede, piling itself atop a lightly chill-hazed golden, old brass colored body with plenty of tiny bubbles. Fair amount of lacing, and sediment at the bottom of the bottle.
Aroma is saazy and even lightly herbal-plant-like with something like Norther Brewer or spalt. I’m pretty poor at distinguishing low AA German hops, so my apologies if I’m dead wrong. Light dough and yeast on end asserts a balance. Medium strength to the aroma, with some funky/sweaty notes that I just can’t attribute wholly to Saaz. Some dry, toasty, sauna-smelling grains add to the crispness.
First sip and I get a rush of spicy, peppery, freshly cut herbal hops. Sweet honey nips at the palate, but is wisked away on a flurry of fine carbonation and hops bitterness/spiciness. It fizzles about (the peppery-herbal hop notes), like a sparkler flaring up before going out, upon a light plant-like and graham cracker (dry) background. Crisp, with pleasantly tasteful carbonation on the end. No alcohol, no flaws, near perfect attenuation. Could use some more malt dryness, as the mouthfeel is perilously near to round (were it not for the carbonation), but the malts should be a little edgy/biscuity, regardless of carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Apr 2006
at 17:10
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Slightly hazy golden colour. Grassy, slightly earthy hop aroma with backing bread notes. Sweet front, lightly bitter finish. Straightforward grass and bread combo.
Tried
on 08 Jun 2005
at 01:56
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Fairly nice, a good all malt lager. Gold, with a small amount of chill haze, not much head. Aroma is brightly spicy and pleasing, with some buttery malts, reminding me on the whole of their helles but with more of each ingredient. Flavor similar, but the heavier palate didn’t sit well for a pilsner, with a thickish mouthfeel. Hops became tangy and sharp in the finish. Not nearly the worst pilsner, but definitely not the best I’ve had either.
Tried
on 28 Jan 2005
at 22:05
3/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
Light hop aroma and mild hop flavor. Standard yellow. Bitter. light body. A small step above a standard lager.
Tried
on 02 Jan 2005
at 02:56
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cloudy golden (like apple cider), small white head. Faint smell, but pleasant Nice, smooth, easy taste. Slightly bitter, contrasted with a hint of sweetness. I hate rating mouthfeel. If there's nothing really bad or really good about it, there's not much to say. This is a good beer, therefore drinkable.
Tried
on 02 Feb 2004
at 19:22
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
A little toasty taste after an initial sugary hit. Mild hop flavor. Actually a good American example of this style
Tried
from Can
on 14 Apr 2003
at 10:56
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
I didn't find this to be too bad at all, noticeably better than the 1900. Unfortunately even the best Pils will never score big with me because I am just not a fan of the particular style. Typical Pils color/aroma. Medium bitter finish that turned mildly sour. I couldn't detect much malt at all. I am hoping for better from the rest of my Capital sampler.
Tried
on 18 Jul 2002
at 21:17