Capital Eisphyre

Brewed by Capital Brewery
Style: Eisbock
Middleton, Wisconsin USA

Copper/amber with creamy, thick, white lace - strong aroma of dark fruit, caramel, lots of herbs and spices (almost "Christmas-like") - not overpoweringly sweet and thick like many eisbocks can be; this is actually quite delicate and dangeroursly easy to drink - caramel and toffee lay underneath a thick blanket of warming spices - smooth, doppelbock-ish finish, with a touch of warming alcohol to round it all out - a well-crafted brew.

Medium statured tan head, good retention and nice lacing. Clear Amber/brown color. Nose is moderately sweet, caramel malts and bready notes with some light spiceyness. Body is full, lightly oily, chewy. Lotta malts here, caramelly, grainy and somewhat worty, fruity and a little toasty too.fairly sweet but finishes relatively dry considering. Lightly fruity and earthy. 10%? Did,nt even notice it. Props to eaglefan for sharing, thanks Brian!!

Poured a copper color with a small, off white head that left spotty lacing on the glass. Aroma of sweet honey, grains, light smoke, dough, spicy clove, with light citrus and some alcohol as well. Taste was sweet and malty, with nuts, and more dough, with a dry, black pepper, alcohol finish.

(Re-Rate/Bottle) Growler- Thanks to Hezron. Pours a rich dark red color, White fluffy head. Aroma is Sweet malts, cherries and cranberries. Flavor is boozy. Alcohol is not hidden well. Goes in like an eisbock. Goes out like an eisbock. Slightly metallic finish.

12oz - Thanks CaptainCougar - Aroma of carmel, toffee, cherry, and raisin. Pours brownish-red with a small head and great lacing. Flavor is much stronger than aroma with the alcohol taking the lead followed by a chewy carmel back. Goes down remarkably smooth for 10%, but still warms. Palate is slick and smooth. Quite a tasty brew.

I had the base for this beer, Autumnal Fire, right before and it is an interesting comparison. The body is much fuller and slicker in the eisbock, but the flavors are subtle and more intricate in the dopplebock. They are both excellent.

Picked this up for Duane while I was in Milwaukee a few weeks ago and he let me have one. Pours a great copper color with a fading tannish head. This one is all about the malts. Great sweet, dried fruit taste, as well as some warmth from the booze. My first of the style, and a very good one.

Deep ruby body with a large lasting off-white head. The aroma is cherries, golden raisins, bread and caramel. The flavor toffee, cherry, bready vienna malts, figs and plums. Medium/full body with a velvety smooth texture.

12oz, no date. Pours a clear orange copper with a 1/2 finger fizzy yellowish white head--mainly because it poured so thick. After I swirled it around I got a two finger head, though it still fades within a few minutes. Aroma of maple, brown sugar, fall leaves, nuts, wood, toasty malts, caramel (malts, not candy)cinnamon and/or/nutmeg, and light smoke. Very sweet. Flavor has some fall leaves up front (with caramel being more candy than malts), and pretty much all the aromas as previously stated. Full bodied, high carbonation--ETOH is present, though not terribly strong. Dry, lightly bitter finish. I didn’t realize this was concentrated Autumnal Fire--I realized the similarities in the name, but didn’t figure it was the same--but I think I like this a little better. I’ll have to check how I rated the original.