Capital Eisphyre

Brewed by Capital Brewery
Style: Eisbock
Middleton, Wisconsin USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Snifter, Stein

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12 oz bottle. Clear amber with active carb. Dense, light tan head slowly settles. Blueberry and strawberry jam. Caramel underneath. Quite boozy plum brandy; a little letdown from the nose. Woody aspirin after. Begins with a nice sweetness and crisp carb but develops into an unpleasant dry sourness.

This beer has a very bold , amber appearance (almost red!) with no carbonation. The aroma is spice-like, rather sweet, and almost like an ale. The taste is quite rich and caramel-like, not as sweet as the aroma, though. The malt is very present. Quite smooth. This is a harder beer to describe myself, as I am not too used to eisbocks, but this is excellent! (Note: This beer is a limited release.)

Copper-orange body with tiny, light brown bubbles in a moderate head. Malts, candy, citrus, fruits and alcohol fill the nose. Alcohol dominates the flavor before sweet malts kick in. Still, the finish is peppery with alcohol and slightly bitter. Moderate carbonation with smooth and soft palate. The aroma outshines the flavor.

Bottle. Poured a dark amber color with a nice white head. Aroma is primarily malty, smelling the slightest hint of hops in the finish. The malt smell is mostly caramel. Flavor is malts, spice, and caramel. Fairly decent beer, but I don’t think I like the style.

Pours a gorgeous tawny red with a larger than expected head that leaves a sticky lace behind. The aroma is strongly malty with a soft ginger and peach fruitiness along with caramel and spicecake. This is a very good beer.

12 oz bottle. Yummy, this beer is great. Pours a clear dark amber with a nice head and oversized bubbles. Flavor is sweet nutty carmel with mild hints of spice, brown sugar and vanilla. You can feel the alcohol in this one. Definitely heavy mouthfeel, but in a good way. Nice brew.

UPDATED: SEP 27, 2008 12 oz. bottle bought on vacation @ Brewery. Slight sweet and spicey aroma. Dark amber with tan head. Flavor is spicy but also has a sweet malt balance. Some cherry wood flavor also. Smooth sipping beer and somewhat body warming. Good brew.

in bottle. rich amber with a dark beige head. aroma of honey and molasses... with a touch of parmesan. sweet flavor, with a lagging hop bitterness that stops short of great. chewy, thick and delicious, but not too thick. lingering and bright.

thanks to BrewBlackHole for this in trade. clear amber color, light tan head. light sweet malt aroma and a little vinuous. flavor is malty and vinuous. a little hot and grainy sweet malt too.

What a powerful brew. Pours a beautiful deep red. Medium head that disappears rather quickly.Nice carbonation and lacing. Taste is malty and sweet. Seemed similar to EKU 28. Alcohol is noticable but not in a bad way. It is a belly warmer.