Art Is Hard
North Park Beer Company

Hazy, yellow color. Nice, white head. Grapefruit, dank hops, and tropical fruits in the aroma. Juicy taste with moderate hoppy bitterness. A good one.

Kept going back to NPBC for these. Pours creamy and almost opaquely hazy, taste is intense mango, passion fruit. Smooth body, some biting bitterness on the backend. So much flavor at 7%, has ruined most other NEIPAs for me.

1895
Name: Art is Hard
Brewery: North Park Beer Co.
Location: San Diego, CA
Style: NEIPA
ABV: 6.7%
Date: 3/06/2023
Art is hard, I have tried to be Davinci, but I paint more like a kindergarten. Using a tulip glass, I served the beer at around 44 degrees. The pour created a frothy, creamy, bright white two-fingered head with excellent retention. The slow dissipation left lots of lacing on the glass. Looking at the color, it charts around SRM 4, light pale golden with straw yellow hues. The clarity is hazy. Overall the appearance of the beer is above average.
Nosing the glass, I smell oranges, mangos, pineapple, light lemons, crackers, cereal grains, floral hints, and mandarine oranges. It was challenging to nose this beer; the aromas were mute.
Wow! The beer is dripping with juicy mandarin oranges, orange peel, pineapple guava, and melons. Other flavors in the beer are crackers, biscuits, lightly toasted malts, and oats.
The mouthfeel is creamy yet astringent and finishes dry. The body is medium and has medium carbonation.
This is a fantastic beer, well crafted with bright hop flavors. Thank you for this tasty beer.

Milky yellow, white foam.

Sharp citra and lime, pungent.

I get motueka more than the others, lime really pops. Pina Colada-ish. Not sure what simcoe is like whirlpooled, citra is there.

Touch harsh but not far enough that way to be a bother.

 

Poured from a 16 oz can into a Willi Becher pint glass.
L - Pours a hazy lemon yellow color with a fluffy white head that dissipates quickly.
S - Smells of grapefruit.
T - Tastes of grapefruit, with a nice bitterness.
F - Medium body and carbonation.
O - Very tasty citrusy IPA.

 

 

Fully opaque corn milk yellow with a dense khaki head retaining well.

A dank pepperiness pairs with mango and papaya that all explode via a fluffy body that finishes spicy chewy dry.

Quite expressive.

 

After years of appreciatively reading BA reviews, it seemed like a good time to FINALLY start adding my own to the mix, with the best California beer I have had the good fortune to sample! This beer came in the San Diego Beer Fest box, and all by itself, it was worth the purchase. It is a near-perfect IPA!

 

A: cloudy; pale gold in color; 1+ finger finely pored ivory head that receded to a thin cap; nice lacing;

S: pineapple with orange and lemon in the background;

T: follows the nose from start to finish; mild bitterness at the end;

M: medium bodied; moderate carbonation; moderately dry finish; soft;

O: aroma and flavor don't explode, but this is still nicely done;

It’s pretty good. Crisp and tasty!

 

 

 

No freshness information, disappointing.

Fruit candies come to mind. The fruit elements, orange and pineapple primarily, come across as sugar coated and just a tad powdery and artificial. The body is light and airy. A little too sweet overall.