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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

Drawn from all 3 beers in the catalogue.

Emerging signature · based on 3 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
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.

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Varied3 beers · 2 style families
Lager 2Strong 1

A handful of styles across their range — a shared thread has to hold across each of them.

What sets them apart
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with 519 other breweries making Doppelbock.
Three beers is enough for a first read, not a full house style — one unusual beer moves this a lot.
typical for DoppelbockCapital Brewery
in no beersin every beer
caramel
in all 3 of their beers · typical Doppelbock brewery: 2 in 5
Notably more caramel than typical.
Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 78%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
0 / 3
beers above the median
#2086
best ranked beer
Capital Wisconsin Amber

Their beers place in the Top 78% 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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