The Project - Citra
Platform Beer Company in Cleveland, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Session Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.15
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superspak (10160) reviewed The Project - Citra from Platform Beer Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
12 ounce can into pint glass, canned on 5/14/2018. Pours slightly hazy deep golden amber color with a 2 finger dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big lemon, orange, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, watermelon, guava, berries, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, pine, toasted biscuit, honey, light caramel, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops, lemon zest, and bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big lemon, orange, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, watermelon, guava, berries, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, pine, toasted biscuit, light honey/caramel, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of lemon, orange, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, watermelon, guava, berries, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, pine, toasted biscuit, honey, light caramel, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops, lemon zest, and bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately crisp, creamy/bready/grainy/sticky, and fairly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.7%. Overall this is an awesome session IPA! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops, lemon zest, and bready malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, and pretty refreshing to drink with the modestly bitter/resinous/drying finish, not overly aggressive. Very flavorful with a great malt body for the ABV. Citra showcase; with added Galena, El Dorado, and Centennial. Very juicy, dank, and earthy balanced hop complexity; great bready Munich malt backbone; and minimal residual sweetness from lingering dryness. A really enjoyable offering. Best in the series so far.
shrubber (15804) reviewed The Project - Citra from Platform Beer Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Earthy grapefruit peel, orange, and biscuit malt aroma. Golden yellow with small head. Moderately sweet orange, biscuit malt, and moderately strong bitter grapefruit peel/pine flavor. Good body. Great citra presence. --- Beer merged from original tick of Platform The Project - Citra on 20 Jul 2018 at 00:02 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5. Original review text: Can. Earthy grapefruit peel, orange, and biscuit malt aroma. Golden yellow with small head. Moderately sweet orange, biscuit malt, and moderately strong bitter grapefruit peel/pine flavor. Good body. Great citra presence.