Capital Blonde Doppelbock

Brewed by Capital Brewery
Style: Doppelbock
Middleton, Wisconsin USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein, Stem glass

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2009 bottle - So I’ve been to Bockfest at Capital Brewery several times, in the years where you didn’t have to wait 2 hours in line to get one beer. Though it used to be fun to toast the return of Blonde Doppelbock and get little fish thrown at you from a man on a roof riding a dinosaur, it just doesn’t do it for me anymore. And just like I used to love Bockfest, I also used to love this beer. Then it seemed to change, tasting harsh and boozy, real sharp. I haven’t had it in years, so I decided to give it another try by plopping one in a mix-six, and I’m glad I did. The 2009 bottle had been sitting around since last spring, but that may have helped. It pours amber with a big, foamy, off-white head. The smell is big and sweet, with honey and just a touch of booze. It’s a sweet malt bomb. The taste is more of the same, sweet and malty with a pretty booze finish, but not the sharpness that I remember--more warming. It’s not too complex, but easy to drink and very satisfying. It’s a bit syrupy and not as chewy as I remember, but with the heat smoothed out, I really enjoyed this one.

355ml bottle pours a slightly hazy golden orange color with a 2 finger white head that settles quickly and leaves only a few spots of lacing on the glass. Aroma is pale malts with some mild hops and yeast. Taste is malty sweet with some yeast and a light hoppy bitterness. Alcohol is present in this medium bodied and highly carbonted brew. A pleasing mouthfeel is present and this beer is recommended for a good tasting experience.

4/18/12. 12oz bottle. Orange pour with particulates under a small khaki head. Sweet, malty aroma that actually does smell like a doppelbock - sweet, caramel, fruity, etc. Sweet, fruity flavor as well with caramel and light sugars. Not bad!

Slightly hazy copper-orange with a small white head. Light alcohol, toffee, orange zest aroma. Raisins, honey, caramel flavor. Fairly rich, yet strangely (and scarily) seeming sessionable.

Transparent golden amber, had about an inch of white head that receded pretty fast. Pretty visible carbonation. Has a nice aroma of malt, light hop and maybe some green apple? Taste is a little tart, green apple, also has some malty notes In the body and some hops in the finish. Also a bit of yeast. Feel is pretty smooth with a medium body and a slight hoppy finish. Overall not to bad I love a good dopplebock, I’ve never seen a blonde one before so I was happy to try it.

Draft at Capital Tap Haus. Pours pretty clear dark gold with orange tint. Small, soapy white head. Nose is biscuity, a bit of clove and citrus. Taste follows suit: bits of rind, spicy finish. Way drinkable for the ABV.

Pours a slightly hazy amber with an off-white head that disappears and leaves some lacing. The aroma is mainly honey and cloves with a bit of yeast. The cloves are stronger in the taste along with some malt and yeast and a sweet aftertaste. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Pours amber with a thin off white head. Caramel, toffee, and loads of sweet malt. Only okay.

bright golden color in the glass. grainy aroma with some hints of sweetness, caramel and yeast. sweet malt, banana, and a faint hint of clove are what I got out if the flavor. subtle alcohol taste for an 8%’er.

bottle - pours almost clear amber with nice tan head along with some lacing. Nose is caramel malts, yeast, alcohol and candy. Aroma is nutty, alcohol, old-timer fruit and sheer pleasure. Sweet all around. Quite possibly my favorite new beer since Malheur 12. I will be having this one again and will share it.

Translucent copper with a wisp of beige head. Medium-full body with medium carbonation.

Aroma: lots of aromatic malts.

Taste: rich malt, and warm alcohol notes.

A good, clean doppelbock. Not heavy or cloying.