Platform BananaBerry Donut
Platform Beer Company in Cleveland, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Berliner Weisse - Flavoured Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.11
|
|
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
On draught at Pastimes. Hazy orange-gold color with a medium thin frothy off-white head that dissipates quickly to a film. Short strings of lace. Aroma of banana, berry and malt. Light-bodied with flavors of sweet banana, mildly tart strawberry and biscuit malt. The finish is fruity with a banana aftertaste. Above average overall.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 3/13/2019. Pours very hazy deep golden/orange/amber color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big juicy, lightly tart/tangy strawberries, bananas, fruit skin/seeds, lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, peach, pear, melon, red/green apple, white grape/wine, hay, straw, grass, vanilla, cream, graham cracker, wheat, biscuit dough, light pepper/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/acidic yeast, strawberry, banana, vanilla, graham cracker, lactose, and pale/wheat malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big juicy, lightly tart/tangy strawberries, bananas, fruit skin/seeds, lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, peach, pear, melon, red/green apple, white grape/wine, hay, straw, grass, vanilla, cream, graham cracker, wheat, biscuit dough, light pepper/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate fruity/lactic tartness, fruit tang, and light spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart/tangy strawberries, bananas, fruit skin/seeds, lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, peach, pear, melon, red/green apple, white grape/wine, hay, straw, grass, vanilla, cream, graham cracker, wheat, biscuit dough, light pepper/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/acidic yeast, strawberry, banana, vanilla, graham cracker, lactose, and pale/wheat malt flavors; with an awesome malt/tartness and tangy fruit balance; with no cloying/puckering flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering tartness and tangy fruit. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/grainy, and fairly acidic/tangy/tannic mouthfeel that is fantastic. No warming alcohol for 5.5%. Overall this is an outstadning fruited milkshake Berliner weisse. All around awesome fruity/acidic yeast, strawberry, banana, vanilla, graham cracker, lactose, and pale/wheat malt flavors; very smooth and pretty refreshing to drink with the mellowly acidic/tangy/tannic/drying finish, not overly lactic. Super juicy/jammy fruit with balanced Lacto complexity, vanilla/graham cracker flavors, and lactose/wheat/malts against acidity. Light residual sweetness with lingering dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and outstanding style example as expected. Not overwhelming on any aspect, pretty much perfectly balanced.