Farmer-Fu!
North Park Beer Company

Type: 16-oz. can
Reviewed as: American IPA
Glass: North Park 400-ml. Rastal Lawrence tumbler (red) glass
Price: $22 for a 4-pack
From: North Park Beer Company in North Park (San Diego), Calif.
Purchased: Nov. 9, 2022
Consumed: Nov. 15, 2022
Misc.: Collaboration with Fidens; Canned on Nov. 8, 2022; Split (2/4) with Sonny (1/4) and Kevin (1/4)

Picked up a 4-pack of this and three others on release day at North Park. North Park’s website called this “Our buds at Fidens proposed another collab with us, and how could we say no? Joining forces to create a TDH West Coast IPA, we started with the base beer of Hop-Fu! but dosed it with all the hops from Fidens beer, The Farmer. The end result offer notes of bright orangey citrus, white grape, ripe blueberry, and juicy peach. Ending with a crisp, dry finish, Farmer-Fu! is everything you could want out of an east-meets-west-coast mashup.” Hops mentioned on the can were Citra, Citra Incognito, Mosaic Cryo, Freestyle Nelson and Galaxy.

Poured a medium yellow clear color with three fingers of white frothy head. Could see bubble streams coming up along the sides of the glass at different speeds. Very good spotty lacing. Very good retention. (Sight - 4.00)

Smelled Citra, Mosaic, grapefruit, pineapple, trash, floral, tangerine, Nelson, Juicy Fruit, mango, passion fruit, Galaxy, peach, nectarine and Fruit Loops cereal. Smelled a little better out of the can. (Smell - 4.25)

Tasted about as good as the nose. In order got Citra, Mosaic, grapefruit, pineapple, floral, tangerine, Nelson, Juicy Fruit gum, white grape, mango, passion fruit, Galaxy, peach, nectarine, Fruit Loops cereal, mint and black pepper. (Taste - 4.25)

Medium body. Creamy texture. Average-to-soft carbonation. Smooth finish. (Feel - 4.50)

Another excellent North Park beer. (Overall - 4.25)

4.26 | 95 | A

 

Delicious, reminds me of old Alpine beers