Wisconsin Amber
Capital Brewery

 

 

This is a great looking amber, thick off white head that thins into a veil of bubbles covering the whole ale with nice lacing around the edge.
Light malts, mild grassy notes and a hint of sweetness to it, the flavor follows with a bit more complexity, sweet up front, mild caramel throughout and a slight bitterness as you swallow. No hints of alcohol and it does leave some grassy and mild apple flavors ion the aftertaste.

Crisp, clean and filled with carbonation, light to medium bodied and well represented of the style overall.

 

 

Tastes like copper and cherries. I tend to prefer my amber ales with more body and richness.

The finish is short, definitely a beer you want to drink chilled.

I'm not a big fan of Capital (after all, they specialize in lagers and I do not.) Yet, Capital is a very good lager brewer (Madison metro's top specialist near as I can tell.) Both memory loss and cryptic reviews of Capital's Skaal (recent) and their O-Fest (several years back) do not help me discern similarities between them and Amber. So to be truthful, I should have all three at once in a flight. Until that happens, the three seems the same to me.

Poured into my BA Respect Beer glass, Amber opens with slightly above average Looks, nice medium tone but no lace. Similarly rated, Smells are mostly malt but not distinguished. Tastes achieve a nice balance of sweet malt and hops that linger at the finish to refresh. Smooth and medium-mouthed. Overall, I like Madison's lager specialist; I just can't get enough of them south of the border.

draft pour into an allagash white chalice of all vessels. light amber with an off-white foam head of about two fingers. quite floral on the nose with some caramel malt aromas as well. taste mostly follows with a slightly watery finish. it’s nice though. easy drinking but also has that darker, amber flavor in there. darker in appearance yet approachable taste. full mouthfeel. kind of crisp but more lower carb and thick mouthfeel. good stuff.

 

Pours out of the bottle a crystal clear amber with 2 fingers of fizzy head that dissipates quickly. Smells slightly bready and malty with a carmel undertone. Tastes crisp and refreshing with all the aforementioned profiles. Carbonated very nicely to make it a perfect brew for whatever you're doing or whatever you're eating.

 

 

Hops mainly in the scent that is reluctant to leave the bottle, two fingers of cream-colored foam that takes a while to dissipate, and a transparent orange amber filling the glass. Even in the glass, the hops scent is muted. This has a sweeter note than I was expecting, but that doesn't show up until after the almost taste-free, ever-so-slightly metallic start on the tongue. Sweet rapidly gives way to a slightly more pronounced citrus which slides down the throat leaving some residual bitterness/astringency like slightly dry citrus zest. This is also very slightly viscous with a mouthfeel that seems to want to be round but the hops spoil that. Still, very smooth. It does have a bit more body than I was expecting, which isn't a bad thing.

For an amber ale it’s pretty light and refreshing, yet has just enough toasty malt flavor to satisfy.

 

 

Alot of roasted malts really takes away from the smooth overall flavor of this beer and the overall mouthfeel. Take away the roasted malts and think this is a pretty good amber.