Heather
New Park Brewing

 

Good head production and lacing; decent retention. Body is a light lemon yellow hue and hazily opaque.

Nose is aromatic and hoppy, with bright peppery herbs, mild dankness, plenty of tangerine and grapefruit, and lesser tropical fruit accents.

Flavor follows, but nearly inverting the tropical and citrus fruit flavors in prominence (a pretty typical expression of Citra in my experience). Melon, papaya, mango, tangerine, cream, light grain, lemon. Very little in the way of dank or herbal tones; it drinks smooth and soft, with low bitterness.

Mouthfeel is outstanding, somehow punching well above its modest ABV and drinking more like an incredibly smooth imperial IPA. Soft, creamy, but still lively, it's an excellent expression of the NE style, and delivers maximum flavor.

 

A perfect indulgent blend of aromatic and flavorful hops at a reasonable abv. Thank you New Park. We need this to be the bench mark NEIPA instead of the 8.5%ers that dominate these days. I would stock my fridge with pallets of this if I could