Capital Eisphyre

Brewed by Capital Brewery
Style: Eisbock
Middleton, Wisconsin USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Snifter, Stein

[Bottle, thanks Skyview] Pours dark amber with a nice beige head. Aroma is banana and malt. Sweet, spicy taste with some muted roasted malt in the finish (which is long). Quite smooth. Medium mouthfeel. A nice beer.

2006 bottle, shared by ryan. Pours a clear red-brown with a thin tan head. Very fruity aroma and flavor. Aroma has notes of cherries and raisins. Slightly nutty, toasted malt. Notes of vanilla and caramel. Flavor is sweet with similar fruity notes. Some pepper. Maybe a bit of bubblegum. Bitter, slightly boozy finish. A nice, warming beer.

Clear "autumnal" fire red with a thin tan head. Aroma of alcohol, spices, toffee, malt, fruit and dates. Taste of fruit, sweet malt, toffee, marzipan, mild alcohol, figs, dates and little to no hops. Spicy finish with some warming. Autumnal Fire’s big brother is another solid dopplebock from the king of dopplebocks. A great session beer… okay maybe not, but I enjoyed my session of one bottle with this one.

12oz bottle from Discount Liquor in Milwaukee. Pours a deep dark reddish brown color with a medium sized lasting light beige head. The aroma is excellent, with great sweet caramel and toffee malt notes, toast, date and fig, and a hint of booze. The flavor is nice with a good sweetness level and a great malt character of caramel, toffee, and malted milk balls, as well as dark fruit and some mild roast. Fairly dry. The body is medium and carbonation is somewhat lively. Booziness is restrained. An excellent eisbock overall. I’m happy to have ticked it.

Bottle @ home, courtesy of arminjewell. Cool choice, thanks! Red maroon appearance with a tiny, cream colored head. Very sweet caramel malty, light booze, light toffee, and some red fruits in the nose. Really a smooth, caramel malty bock lager flavor with a bit of booze but the beer is quite smooth overall. Really an awesome Eisbock. Now I want to try Autumnal Fire!

Bottle pours red-amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet and earthy, showing notes of toffee, fig, apricot, and a touch of brown sugar. Flavor shows the same with an additional caramel/applesauce thing, as well as some slight oxidation going on. Pretty interesting stuff. Overall body is relatively moderate considering alc, and the finish is nice and warm. Bravo.

Very clear dark amber pour, almost no head. Strong fig-based malt aroma. Flavor begins with a rich presentation of dried fruits, figs, raisins; continues into a chocolate character and finishes intensely bready. Reminiscent of Kulmbacher, which I also enjoy. Medium to full body, smooth and quite warm on the palate.

Bottle. Pours a ruby copper with a tiny bit of head that quickly dissipates. The surface seemed to almost... gel-over? Maybe due to all the malt sugar in it? Aroma is strong with malty carmel sweetness. Flavor is very malty sweet and it is very well balanced with the high alcohol content. You can feel the alcohol burn and a little bit of hops on the finish. Excellent!