Sleep Machines
North Park Beer Company

Type: 16-oz. can
Reviewed as: New England Double / Imperial IPA
Glass: Firestone 16-oz. Spiegelau IPA glass
Price: $21.99 for a mixed 4-pack
From: North Park Beer Company in North Park (San Diego), Calif.
Purchased: Feb. 4, 2021
Consumed: Feb. 5, 2021
Misc.: No canned on date

Snuck over to North Park to grab a mixed 4-pack of new releases from the past two weeks. North Park’s website called it “Double Dry Hopped Hazy Double IPA with Citra Incognito, Citra Cryo, Motueka, Nelson Sauvin, and Galaxy. Even machines need sleep every now and again. Citrusy orange, mango, passion fruit, and papaya with hints of lime, goldenberry, and fresh grass. Nite nite. Zzz... zzz...”

Poured a light golden hazy color with six fingers of rocky white head. Lots of fast-moving bubbles coming up along the sides of the glass. Perfect spiderweb foamy lacing. Perfect retention. (Sight - 4.75)

Smelled big Citra, Galaxy, grapefruit, grass, passion fruit, peach, Nelson, lemon, white grape, orange citrus, papaya, Motueka and lemon. Better out of the can. (Smell - 4.00)

Tasted a tad better than the nose. Still Citra leading the way with Galaxy right there. Also passion fruit, grapefruit, grass, peach, apricot, Nelson, white grape, papaya, orange citrus, Motueka, lemon-lime zest and hints of coconut and vanilla. (Taste - 4.25)

Medium body. Creamy texture. Average carbonation. Long, smooth finish. (Feel - 4.50)

Was back and forth on a few categories and I’m sure I could be swayed either way if I had another, but this was excellent. (Overall - 4.25)

4.25 | 95 | A

 

 

Cloudy pale yellowish gray with ample foam in the Duvel snifter. Quite tangy at first sip. The aroma is odd to begin, some kind of vegetable, with onions in the nose. Taste is too tart and at the same time too sweet, a difficult combination. Lime peel and Mexican candy.

Overall this is sharply fruity, though aromatic, and finishes with a harsh acidity. All I can say, looking at other reviews, is how the hazy brews bring out the love/hate reflex in beer afficianados. From the undated 16 oz can purchased from Best Damn.

 

There is some definitely clean citrus. But the mosaic hops really shine through here. I feel like the citra makes an excellent back board or sounding board for this beer. The malt bill is perfection to let all the hop characters come through. There is definitely some peach, blueberry, mango character here. The Nelson hops here really hits the nose, but the usual distinct pine, grass is not here but save a little bit. The Mosaic helps it out a bit, bit, but the true bitterness that would come with a lot of these hops listed isn’t there. Its sweet, its tangy, its citrusy, its highly crushable, even with the 8.5% abv, but there is almost no spicy at all. There are some white wine, grape characteristics. This is a ridiculously drinkable beer. My only complaint is I wish that NPBC would figure out how to make a beer with all this glory, but a lower ABV, so I can drink a 6pack. Great mouthfeel, super pillow-y and soft, like a feather bed. Other than the ABV, this is an excellently crafted beer. Props to all of NPBC’s labels and art. Also as a note, the nose on this beer is hoppy and citrus and sweet a bit, but it doesn't have the epic nose like Art is Hard from NPBC.

Sweet white wine grape, tropical hoppy, and lemony-orange citrus nose on this one! Taste follows really well with a soft and juicy, pineapple tropical hoppy, and orange-grapefruit citrus bitter finish. I mean...this is so well-balanced and each hop shows off its attributes. This is so enjoyable to drink! This is great!