Capitol City Fuel

Brewed by Capitol City Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Arlington, Virginia USA

Serve in Snifter

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Draft @ the Capital Hill location. Pours a black color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty chocolate and coffee aroma. Roasted malty chocoalte and coffee flavor with weak hints of licorice. Has a roasted malty chocolate coffee finish.

UPDATED: DEC 9, 2009 2009-10-11, draught at the brewpub, Downtown location, 5-2-7-3-12=29
The color is dark brown, almost black, with no head. It has an aroma of office coffee. The body is not strong as I would expect, it has a medium coffee flavor, not too much burnt, with a light residual sweetness that makes it easier to drink; correct bitterness level. I don’t consider it a good brew, it’s more like an office coffee with sugar, a Stout with sugar more than an Imperial Stout, but it’s drinkable.

2008-09-05, draught at the brewpub, downtown, 5-3-4-2-8=22
And it should be used to operate garden tools... Black color. It has a light coffee aroma, and a flavor that reminds me old coffee, with some sourness from the roasted malt; it has a reasonable strength. Not my kind, and objectively weird (not to say bad).

(Draught) Pours an opaque black body with a small tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee, black licorice, and rye. Flavor of roasted malt, fennel, coffee, chocolate, and light raisin.

(brewed at the Baltimore location) Red-black body with brown head. Aroma is medium sweet, strong coffee, some chocolate. Taste is medium sweet, strong coffee, some grapefruit, light mint. Creamy, medium-full body. Delicious.

Barrel Draught from the jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center 29/09/2005 Black slightly rich on the palate and strong in alcohol. Some bitterness in a full coffee finish.

A deep dark stout with a thin moka head. A good sweet chocolate and coffee aroma, some light musty notes. In mouth, a good chocolaty imperial stout, with sustained coffee bitterness, intense coffee grinds, toffee, and light alcohol finish, Rich and smooth. Tasted at Downtown location, April 14 2008.

Rating #2600... Downtown D.C. location... Draft... This beer rocks!... Black ale with a small, creamy, light brown head. Rich, chocolate and French roast-Sumatra coffee nose. Big coffee and chocolate malt flavor. Balanced with plenty of burnt, bitter notes. Full-bodied and creamy with medium carbonation. Finishes burnt, bitter and dry. Wow! Excellent Péché Mortel clone!

Tap at the downtown location. Very dark black beer with no head at all. The aroma is loaded with rich earthy/fruity coffee aroma. Soft chewy roastiness on the aroma as well. There is a nice light perfumy herbal aroma on the back as well that lends a certain delicate character to the aroma. The flavour is pretty decent as well. Lots of herbal coffee over a slightly peppery (but not hot) base beer. Herbal and roasty without much of the usual cocoa at all. This is a very nice coffee stout.

Tap at Shirlington location. Pours black with an average, creamy, tan head, medium retention with good lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (chocolate, coffee, roasted), light hops (woody), and average esters (dried fruit) with notes of smoke, alcohol, raisin, and vanilla. Flavor is heavy malt (chocolate, coffee, roasted), light hops (woody), and average esters (dried fruit) with notes of prune, alcohol, raisin, and vanilla. Full body, medium warmth and carbonation, low carbonation with a dry and biting finish. You could get some good muscles by drinking this beer. It is served in a rather heavy chalice. Do your beer curls!

On tap at downtown location: Pours a dark opaque with a thin spotty-lacing beige head. Has a rich sweet dark caramel and chocolate nose with a healthy dose of espresso. Body starts with a chewy dark malty sweetness and good roasty coffee complexity with a touch of dark chocolate and bittering hops in the finish. A fairly smooth and dangerously drinkable coffee imperial stout.