Platform Coffee Lawlessness
Platform Beer Company in Cleveland, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Pastry / Flavoured Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.86
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Can shared in London - many thanks to Fergus. Pours clear red-brown with a creamy, off-white head. Alright, has a bit of fresh coffee, light earth, ashy roast. Light bodied, oily, with fine carbonation. Finishes with mellow tangy coffee character. Fine.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
15th July 2019
Bottleshare at Craft Islington. Can. Thanks to Fergus. Semi opaque dark brown beer, small pale tan head. Smooth palate, semi dry, reasonable fine carbonation. Soft tangy dark malts, a little thin dark malt cream and mild earthy coffee. All quite thin.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can shared at craft beer Co Islington. From Brewdog online. A copper brown coloured pour with a halo of white head. Aroma is spicy coffee bean, green pepper, nutty coffee, nutty, brown sugars. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, ashy roast, pepper, green pepper, peppercorn. Paalte is semi sweet, ashy roast, lowish carbonation. Ok.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can sample at a tasting at Lior D's place. Dark brown. Lots of coffee, mocha, chocolate, sweetish, bitter finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can at home via BD. It pours jet black with a thick, foamy beige head. The aroma is bitter - sweet, big coffee character, roasted malt, cacao nibs, bit of rocky road, some smoke, charcoal and light molasses. The dry, touch of bitterness, toasty, roasted malt, plenty of coffee character, caffeine hit, light charred wood, toasted nut, hint of brown sugar, umami, earth and spice with a drying, charry finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Flavoursome and comes together well. Decent gear.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Sample at the Columbus taproom. Black pour with some brown around the edges, and a medium khaki head that diminishes steadily to a film. Strings of lace. Aroma of coffee, chocolate and malt. Medium body with flavors of roasted coffee, cocoa, malt and a bit of hops. The finish is roasty with a coffee aftertaste. Above average overall.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Sampled on draft at Tapped this beer poured a black color with a large fluffy tan head that left good lacing. The aroma was roasty and woody with a coffee note.The flavor was bitter and roasty with a strong coffee presence. Long bitter coffee finish. Medium body.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 1/10/2019. Pours a bit murky, nearly opaque dark brown/black color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and rocky khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, medium roast coffee, caramel, brown sugar, roasted nuts, wood smoke, toasted biscuit, and dark/brown bread/crust; with lighter notes of molasses, dark fruit, charcoal, herbal, wood, floral, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready/smoked malts, coffee, and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, medium roast coffee, caramel, brown sugar, roasted nuts, wood smoke, toasted biscuit, and dark/brown bread/crust; with lighter notes of molasses, dark fruit, charcoal, herbal, wood, floral, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate herbal, floral, woody, grassy, spicy hops; and charred, roasted coffee bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, medium roast coffee, caramel, brown sugar, roasted nuts, wood smoke, toasted biscuit, dark/brown bread/crust, light molasses/dark fruit, charcoal, herbal, wood, floral, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready/smoked malts, coffee, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with a great roast/hop bitter/sweet balance; and no cloying, acrid, astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering hop/char bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/silky/bready, and fairly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 6.25%. Overall this is an excellent American coffee porter. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready/smoked malts, coffee, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with mellowly bitter/charred/drying finish. Awesome well rounded rich malts and fruity/nutty coffee complexity; with nice earthy English hop presence/balance against sweetness. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example as expected. No complaints.