Jow (8309) reviewed Tasman from New Park Brewing 5 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Can at home thanks Clark. Peachy yellow colored brew with foamy white head. Nose is white grape and tart berry. Tastes of white grapes, apricots, honey dew, gooseberry, wheat, star fruit. Milky palate. Fruity finish.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Steppe from New Park Brewing 5 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
750mL bottle drunk 8/26/25.
Clear, bright brass-pineapple-bronze. Small, off-white head slowly to ring.
Mild Brett and moderate lactic character in the nose with pineapple and lemon and a healthy dose of oak. Fairly rich with lots of unripe stone fruit and citrus pith. Biscuity, rustic grains seem supportive.
Rich and malty with a soft, chewy wheat and oak tannin component. Lots of oak but it's not too buttery or acidic. Rich citrus and light tropical fruit with more fruit rind and a lingering juiciness. Pleasingly tart, a fair bit so, but I think it keeps itself from getting too acidic.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Schwarzbier from New Park Brewing 5 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Canned 12/16/24, drunk 8/26/25.
Dark, clear. Big, beige head, slowly to cover.
Rich base malt accented with chocolate and hazelnut and very low roast. Warm chocolate and toffee with light honey and mild, herbal hop notes. Clean.
Soft, very malty, big base malt tones with low dark malts. Possibly even more tmavy/dunkel than schwarzbier, but whatever. Definitely a strong hazelnut character with nutty, bready, sweet, honey-like malts and great attenuation. Really like the reliance on base malt, as with all great lagers.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Don Gato from New Park Brewing 5 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
4 pack from the brewery, drunk over the course of a month and a half, last one on 8/26/25. Canned 4/2825.
Definitely can still smell the dry hop, loud and clear even after 4 months in the can. Moderate lactic acidity, not punchy, with strong pineapple-like notes. Light celery salt, wheat, earth, mineral.
Does feel like this has lactose in it, as it's not wholly agreeable and has a slick, slightly sweet, earthy, mousey, dirty character. 't would be sad if so. But it would be really weird to use lactose here in a kettle soured beer that already contains lactic acid. Maybe just a bit punchy from the lactic acid-hop combo.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Hopiary from New Park Brewing 5 months ago
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Canned 6/24/25, purchased from the brewery mid-August, drunk 8/26/25.
Heavily hazy, near turbid, bronze-maize-golden, with a large, off-white head showing strong retention.
Juicy peach notes with bits of spice and floral character. Almost a leathery note with unripe and moderately ripe tropical fruit and stone fruit. Malts seem rich with white bread, honey, biscuit and good attenuation. Clean and polished with no residual sugar or syrupiness, nor resin or alcohol noted.
Soft, juicy, getting lots of peach and other stone fruit with a bit of unripe guava, juicy citrus and rich honey-like malt that are deep and well-attenuated. Been a bit of a slump for New Park IPAs for me (none have been bad or anything, just nothing stunning) but this breaks that streak.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Wavelength from New Park Brewing 6 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Brewery draught, 8/16/25.
Moderately hazy, beeswax-bronze with a small, off-white, fleeting head.
Bright pineapple and mango in the nose without any big acid from the Galaxy. Not piney or sprucey, which is impressive. I didn't even pick out that this was Galaxy. Rich wheat and malt keeps the hops at bay and it's vibrant and tropical without twang.
Juicy and pineapple-forward with, again, a lack of any austere Galaxy. No chalk, burnt earth or intense Spruce acidity. Tropical, fruity, with decent, but not overdone bitterness and a chewy, biscuity wheatiness that helps balance.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Dahlia from New Park Brewing 6 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Brewery draught, 8/16/25.
Clear, bright brass-blonde. Full, white head with good retention.
Wow, that is like 75% or more yeast in the nose with only minimal rustic grain and light herbal hop. Big wet limestone or granite or something mineralesque-like that (my girlfriend said it wasn't musty/cellar/plaster). Lemon, herbs and rustic grains finish it out. Clean, snappy.
A touch light in body is my only gripe here. Even at 4.8% it doesn't quite have the rich, honey-like oomph to the malt that I want in any pils. That said, this isn't thin and it's clean and crisp on the finish, not overhopped and still provides lots of interesting mineral-heavy yeast character throughout.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Blender: Blueberry from New Park Brewing 6 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Brewery draught, 8/16/25.
Very cloudy blueberry skin with a pinkish head.
Beautiful, expressive, authentic fruit with wheat and soft cultures. Mildly tart with no lactose or cheap sugar. Juicy.
But it doesn't prepare you for the deep, soft, rich, juicy flavor that keeps this series at the forefront of fruited kettle sours. No lactose character, no punchy lactic acid or sugariness. Just rich fruit, wheat, malt and a hint of spicy hop. Wonderful as usual.
tfontana (7277) reviewed Blender: Brunch from New Park Brewing 6 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can from trade with ClarkVV--thanks, Clark! Cloudy, dark orange-red with trace sparkle, no head or lacing. Aroma is strong cranberry and tangerine with tart fruit. Taste follows aroma though flavors are less distinct. Fairly thick texture, medium bodied, average carbonation, finish as taste. Fruit is well balanced and still allows for base tartness. Well made.
tfontana (7277) reviewed Blender: Blueberry from New Park Brewing 6 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8
8 oz. pour on tap at the brewery. Cloudy, blueberry purple, light sparkle, ring of head, no lacing. Aroma is strong tart fruit (green apple quality) and blueberry. Taste is strong blueberry over milder tart fruit. Smooth , frothy texture, soft carbonation and finish as taste. Mildly tart but blueberries shine!