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

Must… have…. IPA…

It’s been nice becoming forcefully reacquainted with the many other styles of beer in the world over the past year. I used to have a fridge stocked full of IPAs that would share some real estate with the occasional out-of-towner. However, the relocation of the brewing facilities from West to East Coast means that the copious amounts of IPA aren’t as readily available as they used to be and the ones that are available…. well let’s just say, the East doesn’t do West Coast IPAs. There are some exceptions to that statement but only some.

Ramblings aside, while I have enjoyed drinking styles I neglected for a few years, that empty place in my heart/belly/fridge could only be filled with an IPA. Match. Burner. Boil. Hops. Yeast. An IPA is born. Single hops and lots of them! See you in a few weeks!