Platform Mello Hello Brut Style IPA
Platform Beer Company in Cleveland, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Brut Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.18
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Sampled on draft this beer poured an orange-gold color with a medium sized foamy white head that left very good lacing. The aroma was citrus, a bit of earthiness and pine. The flavor was bitter, citric, earthy and piney. Long earthy finish. Medium body.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5
Brewt or broot? eh? $2 can from vintage. Smells almost like citrus pine orange julius, maybe. Big giant foaming head most of the glass. A big bitter, full of flavor, beer. A little watery yet retains lots of those rude straight away attributes of a good IPA. So, what is brut anyway? Yes, just another nasty nellie of a bitter ass on style brew. I say put all the IPA in to one style block and just call it IPA, you can put imperials deep in there too. Like cheap macro pale lager, they're the new ubiquitous cheep ass beer. Hello not mellow session IPA, so be it. They practically all taste the same, big bitter bastards.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
12 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 2/26/2019. Pours fairly hazy/cloudy medium golden yellow color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with great 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 tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, red apple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, blackberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/zest, wood, light peppercorn/pine, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops and moderate pale/wheat malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of big tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, red apple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, blackberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/zest, wood, light peppercorn/pine, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, woody, floral, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, red apple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, blackberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/zest, wood, light peppercorn/pine, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops and moderate pale/wheat malt flavors; with an awesome malt/bitterness balance, and no lingering hop astringency after the finish. Moderately crisp/clean finishing. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/grainy/sticky, and lightly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is fantastic. Minimal warming alcohol for 5.4%. Overall this is an excellent Brut IPA! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops and moderate pale/wheat malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink with the mildly bitter/drying finish; amazingly soft feel, and not aggressive. Awesome Chinook, Citra, Callista profile. Extremely juicy, vibrant, and fairly dank/earthy hops; with a great clean balancing pale/wheat malt backbone. Minimal residual sweetness with crisp dryness. A really enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.