Capitol C IPA: First Taste

The keg is charged and cooled. Time for the first pour of VA!

Beating the farmhouse out by a few weeks, Capitol C IPA has a fantastic nose on it but the mouth-feel tastes… well like it should with a FG of only 1.004 I guess. My untrained first impression is it smells like beer, looks like beer, tastes like beer, but kinda “feels” like water on the way down. Good I guess for a hot summer but I’ll have to examine where things went awry to have a bit more malt in the next batch of IPA I cook up.

Final stats come in at 10 SRM, 69 IBU, and 5.0% ABV

Capitol C IPA Label

Liquid Citra is in the keg

Hopefully this one will beat the farmhouse out of the tap as it should require a bit less time to rest. I was surprised to read a FG of 1.004 on the hydrometer before I poured the beer into the keg. Not sure if the WLP-001 did something it shouldn’t have or if the hydrometer is busted. I guess I’ll brew some more and find out.