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I was quite impressed by a pair of North Park Beer Co. IPAs at a Cellador festival last year, so when I saw that they had a Strata Hop beer, I plucked it off the shelf to try.
This DDH West Coast IPA (to give a full taxonomy) pours a bubbly dark yellow color. Getting a bright lemon aroma. A touch of tea as well. Bitterness is, at first, below median but as the carbonation dissipates it grows. Grassy notes dominate but I also get a bit of Concord grape as well.
North Park Beer Company has had some label hits and some label misses according to my design specificity but I do like the humor and pop of rainbow color on this new IPA…
It’s far past time for the algorithm to catch more flak. Leave the breweries alone.
Since we are in to-go mode now, I will ramp up highlighting cans that you should pick-up, like this collaboration from Ogopogo and North Park Beer. Sounds like a good one too, mango will soothe the panicked nerves as will the lactose.