Platform Paranormal Hoptivity IPA
Platform Beer Company in Cleveland, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.78
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
On tap at Urbana CC. Pours a clear deep gold with a slight amber hue with visible carbonation and a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has light pine and earthy grain with a touch of resin and citrus rind underlying. Flavor is similar with earth pine and earthy grain throughout with a touch of biscuit in the finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Draught @ Albion, NYC (8/20/19). Hazy dark yellow-orange with small frothy off-white head, faint orange aroma, adequate carbonation, medium bitter orange peel taste with faint apricot flavor, somewhat thick body, long medium bitter finish. Decent NEIPA.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
12 ounce can into tulip glass, no can dating. Pours lightly hazy medium golden yellow color with a 2 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big tangerine, grapefruit, lime, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, berry, lemon zest, orange peel, pepper, pine, light honey, lightly toasted biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tangerine, grapefruit, lime, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, berry, lemon zest, orange peel, pepper, pine, light honey, lightly toasted biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Moderate pine, citrus peel, peppery, grassy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, grapefruit, lime, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, berry, lemon/orange peel, pepper, pine, biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero astringent hops flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately crisp, bready, grainy, sticky, resinous, and lightly rindy balanced mouthfeel that is fantastic. Zero warming alcohol for 7%. Overall this is an outstanding IPA! All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, and refreshing to drink; with the modestly bitter/drying finish. Really loved the hop profile. Ekuanot, Centennial, and Cascade; with big focus on the Ekuanot, one of my favorite hops. Extremely dank and vibrant hop complexity; solid bready malt backbone, with no residual sweetness. A highly enjoyable offering.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Sample at Daily Growler UA. This brew is a slightly hazy orange-gold color with a medium off-white head that recedes steadily to an outer ring. Short strings of lacing. Aroma of tropical fruit, hops and malt. Medium body with flavors of zesty citrus, floral hops and malt. The finish is moderately bitter with a citrusy hop aftertaste. Decent overall.