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Capital Brewery

United States · Regional · Known for Amber Lager
Known for Amber Lager

One of Wisconsin's oldest craft breweries, founded in Middleton (near Madison) in 1984 by Ed Janus. Capital specialises in German-style lagers and ales — an unusual focus for American craft. Wisconsin Amber and Supper Club are Wisconsin dining and bar staples. The brewery's beer garden is a Madison-area summer institution.

3Beers
2Styles
6.1%Avg ABV
1984Founded

Beers by Capital Brewery

3 beers
Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Capital Brewery brew across 2 style families.

Emerging signature · 3 beers
Lager 2Strong 1

Across these 3 beers, 4 notes keep showing up:

caramelevery beer
3 of 3 beers
maltyevery beer
3 of 3 beers
smoothevery beer
3 of 3 beers
crisp
2 of 3 beers

With 3 beers, only recurring notes are shown — one unusual beer moves this a lot.

Compared with 59 other breweries brewing Amber Lager:

Three beers is enough for a first read, not a full house style — one unusual beer moves this a lot.
typical for Amber LagerCapital Brewery
in no beersin every beer
light
in 2 of 3 · typical Amber Lager brewery: fewer than 1 in 5
Notably more light than typical.
bitter
in none of their beers · typical Amber Lager brewery: 2 in 5
Absent — the field expects it.
How we measure this

Two thresholds are at work here:

  • The signature list shows notes that recur in at least 6% of this brewery's beers. A low bar — enough to flag a pattern, not high enough to call it an exclusive trait.
  • The peer comparison below shows only notes where this brewery's coverage differs from similar breweries by at least 20 percentage points. A higher bar — enough to call a real difference, not a nudge.

A note can appear on the signature list without appearing in the peer comparison: it recurs here, but similar breweries do the same thing.

Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 77%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
0 / 3
beers above the median
#4599
best ranked beer
Capital Wisconsin Amber

Their beers place in the Top 77% of the catalogue on average, across 3 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.

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About Capital Brewery

One of Wisconsin's oldest craft breweries, founded in Middleton (near Madison) in 1984 by Ed Janus. Capital specialises in German-style lagers and ales — an unusual focus for American craft. Wisconsin Amber and Supper Club are Wisconsin dining and bar staples. The brewery's beer garden is a Madison-area summer institution.

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Location
Middleton · Wisconsin · United States
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