12 fl oz bottle at Burger & Beer Joint in Brickell, in Miami, on December 2, 2012.Marked 5.3% ABV, didn’t see a BB date.Hazy golden color, white head. Spicy, cinnamon, pumpkin, oranges, fruity, herbal taste. Spicy, fruity aftertaste. Medium mouthfeel, medium bitterness that is fairly dry. Hoppy, fruity scent.

Bottle as shown. Pours a clear copper gold with a small off white head leaving spotty lacing along the glass. The aroma is caramel malt and honey. Thin mouthfeel with a sweet malt and brown sugar with sweet finish. Easy to drink, a very good doppelbock from Capital.

Bottle @ Brad’s house. Pours a clear dark burnt orange appearance with a light brown head. Light booze, rich caramel, toffee, fairly sweet, grassy aroma. Candy, rich caramel, toffee, light chocolate, somewhat fruity, fairly sweet malty flavor though not overly cloying. Not bad.

Sampled at GABF on Saturday October 13, first sessionClear brown color, light brown head. Sweet, butterscotch scent. Butterscotch, sweet taste. Medium mouthfeel, low bitterness.

Clearish light brown coloured body with a darker brown glow and a thinnish, one centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of malt, caramel, toffee, a bit of light nuts and not much else - potent. Medium to full-bodied; Strong roasty flavour with a good sweet caramel flavour and a pungent toffee note and a lot of roast on the back end. Aftertaste shows a good complexity with a nice malty, yet caramel flavour that goes a long while and shows very nicely. Overall, a very good beer for the style with plenty of sugars and a good malt backbone with a nice complexity. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Discount Liqour in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 05-September-2012 for US$3.49 sampled at home in Washington on 30-September-2012.

Bonus courtesy of GhostFace. The 12oz bottle pours clear copper with gold edges and white head. The mild aroma delivers a thin mix of sweet citrus hard candy and a malt breadiness. The taste has some sweet malts running into a modest level of earthy to citrus hop bitterness and then a mild earthy tea like sensation. Nice Pale Ale like hoppiness.

12oz bottle poured into a shaker. 2011 vintage. Pours a clear, very very dark gold with about a finger of white head. Aroma is quite sweet. Lots of caramel and toffee. Taste is heavily sweet and very light bitter. Caramel and toffee with just a hint of herbal hops. Medium bodied with a thick, sticky texture. Lively carbonation and a long finish. Overall, not bad. Surprisingly, time has been very good to this beer. I’ll have to go back and see if there are any more of these 2011s left.

12th November 2010
Cloudy brown beer. little tan head. Smooth palate, semi dry. Creamy malt with a dark toffee. Mild and well integrated aniseed alcohol in the smooth finish. A touch more hop would have been good but a nice beer.

Bottle, $1.50 from build-a-six rack at Binny’s. Twist off cap shows some oxidation in the headspace. Pours a clean yellow color into my narrow pils glass, rocky head of slightly off-white foam. Smell has some volatiles to it, like there’s corn involved in a big way. Taste is okay, but merely. Substantial but a bit sweet. Needs some finishing hops for balance. I suppose this can be claimed as a throwback to lagers of the 60s, but sometimes that’s just not enough.