Platform The Project - Loral
Platform Beer Company in Cleveland, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.09
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 ounce can into pint glass, canned on 11/22/2017. Pours slightly hazy medium golden yellow color with a 2 finger fairly dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Nice thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of lemon, orange, grapefruit, peach, pear, melon, red apple, citrus peel/zest, pepper, pine, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and moderate bready malt notes; with good strength. Taste of big lemon, orange, grapefruit, peach, pear, melon, red apple, citrus peel/zest, pepper, pine, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel, herbal, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of lemon, orange, grapefruit, peach, pear, melon, red apple, citrus peel/zest, pepper, pine, toasted bread, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and moderate bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy/sticky, fairly crisp, and lightly resinous balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 5.1%. Overall this is an excellent single hopped American pale ale. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, and refreshing to drink with the modestly bitter/dryness finish, never aggressive. Great balanced dank and vibrant hop complexity; nice bready malt backbone, with no residual sweetness. Only my second experience with Loral hops, but definitely better than the Ghost Hammer was to me. This was more vibrant on citrus/fruit and not overly earthy/spicy on the hops. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Orange with a white head. Sweet floral with light citrus fruit, vanilla hints, and melon. Medium, soft body. Nice delicate features.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draught @ Albion. Cloudy rich yellow with off-white foamy head, grassy hops aroma, high carbonation, mildly bitter grassy hops taste with caramel malt background, thin body, longish finish. Quite nice.