Capitol City Double Amber

Brewed by Capitol City Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale
Arlington, Virginia USA

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

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Growler. PPRBSG 09. Poured a hazed copper color with a beige head. Pine and citrus aroma with toasty malt and notes of alcohol. Nutty malt flavor with some pine hop taste. Medium bodied.

Growler at PPRBSG 09. Pours a deep amber almost brown- clear with a decent off white head. Aroma is fruity and citrus hops, caramel and sharp crystal malts, with a strange orange soda and grape soda twang. Flavor is hoppy phenolic with bubblegum, fruity citrusy, juicy and oily with big caramel malts, toast, biscuit and munich/caramunich malts- somewhat resinous hoppy bitter finish.

A brown pour with off white head and lace. Hopiness and light caramel malt on the nose. Light medium caramel flavor with a nice finishing bitter. A tad thin but very decent beer.

@Pilsner Petes East Coast Gathering-growler–pours a light tan head that bubbles and hazy amber color. Aroma is pine/orange hops. Taste is pine/orange hops with some bite, secondary medium malt-sweet caramel. Thanks argo0 for sharing.

Growler at PilsnerPeter’s Spring Gathering. Deep amber pour with a fairly creamy white head. Aroma is pretty nice. Bright fresh grapefruit and a light touch of pine over a big sweet cookie dough malt base. Cascadey with a bit of iced tea character, that a lot of people hate, but I actually enjoy. Soft spice behind the citrus with a light earthy malt finish. It gets a little bit astringent, but it still tastes pretty good.

Growler at PPRBSG09. Pours a clear brown with a small head. Aroma of iced tea and some roasted malts. Flavor is very sweet and malty with a watery palate. Meh, not a fan. 6/4/6/3/12 (3.1/5)

Dark amber brown with a small head. Aroma and taste is floral grassy hops and some caramel sweetness. A little dry bitter finish. Not bad.

Growler: Amber pour with a wispy tan head. Nice fruity hop aroma- amarillo character of tropical fruit notes of peach. Creamy & crisp feeling. Flavor is a bit husky- some peachy hop flavors mesh with resiny bitterness and lychee. Pretty nice overall, minus the heavy huskiness in the flavor.

Had a few pints and then a growler of this from the Shirlington location where it’s called Double D. Came in a 10oz goblet, translucent, hazy, amber brown with a frothy, lacing white head. Aroma is citrus fruits, some light pine, with some sweetness and a little bit of cookie. Flavor was well balanced, plenty of sweetness, caramel, breads with a good hop kick, lemons, oranges, grass, pine. Finish was moderately bitter and full bodied. I enjoyed this.

PPRBSG09. Growler. Pours a brune body with a tan head. Chewy pine and nut with a floral caramel malt. Peanuts and pine with a earthy Almost metallic bitter hoppiness.