Capital Munich Dark

Brewed by Capital Brewery
Style: Dunkel
Middleton, Wisconsin USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

UPDATED: JUL 28, 2005 Deep reddish mahogany, off-white head. Nose very malty, sweet caramel, bit of roast, some breadiness. Great maltiness in flavor, sweet caramel at first, finishes with a long pull of toffee. Loads of brown sugar as well, really nice. Some more bread and a bit of dark fruit, like a liquid muffin of dunkely joy. Creamy, rich, phenomenal palate. Capital, I like you.

This is pretty remarkable stuf - it has a small taste, but small and crisp and clean with decent dark malts pleasantly accented. Hints of cherry and vanilla. I like!

What a lovely, lovely pour. Dark caramel with a smallish light tan head that collapses down into a dense ring that sheets the glass with finely structured lace. The aroma is also lovely, it just screams munich, sweet and earthy dopplebock-esque caramel notes. Flavor-wise things hold together quite well, loads of caramel throughout. Unbaked whole-wheat dough, toffee, syrup, and some earthiness that grounds the whole cavalcade. The palate is outstanding. It is full soft and not at all syrupy. Not at all highly carbonated or prickly. Bitterness and acifity are almost non-existent. Wow a fantastic brew and one of the best that I have tried from Capital, which is high praise as their other beers are quite good. Now Playing: Pelican - Australiasia.

Pours a mahogany brown with a creamy tan head and lots of effervesence. Nose is toffee and chocolate. Very creamy on the palate. Nicely balanced brew with hints of toffee, chocolate, caramel and vanilla. No bitterness noted. A pleasant brew that both looks and tastes good. Pairs well with pretzels or pastrami on rye.

Beautiful, just really good stuff. Reddish chocolatey color, rich chocolatey toffee candy aroma. Enticing nose, couldn’t wait to drink it, and I didn’t. Rounded chocolate toffee caramel flavor, exceptionally smooth. Yea, the carbonation was a little low, but the amazing smoothness made up for it. You could almost think this was nitro’d, but of course it isn’t.

2004 or 2005 bottle big thanks to Robertsreality, this was awesome! Light caramel/muted-nut-brown with some light oak tones on the edges. Light beige/dark-eggshell head recedes fairly rapidly to ring. Only lightly filtered. Rich 2-row and munich malt aroma is immediately perceived. Dark, rich, soily black earth, with some light vinous notes. Flavor has a fantastic amount of malt. Caramel, brown bread dough. Rich dark sugar and caramelized honey. Rich English toffee. But through all of the richness, it is horribly drinkable! Lightly yeasty, dry earthy notes on end. Low hops bitterness and flavor. Natural mouthfeel with low carbonation, very aerated texture. I could definitely stand to drink this as my session beer day in and day out. Bits of berry skins linger with some leafy, foresty hops flavor.

Nice caramel color. Decent head. Good beer. Malty with a touch of chocolate. Clean aroma.

deep brown/ruby, clear, almost black, almost no head. light aroma, but dark malt and twizzlers in the nose. hits super-malty with some residual bitterness to counteract the sweetness. full body complexity but just a bit thin...