Platform EMO
Platform Beer Company in Cleveland, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.23
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Dogbrick (24210) reviewed Platform EMO from Platform Beer Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Brown-black pour with some ruby around the edges, and a medium thick foamy beige head that diminishes gradually to a film. Small patches of lacing on the glass. The aroma consists of bourbon, vanilla, malt and chocolate. Full-bodied with flavors of oaky bourbon, charred malt, vanilla and chocolate. The finish is oaky with a bourbon and chocolate malt aftertaste. Good beer all around.
superspak (10160) reviewed Platform EMO from Platform Beer Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
12 ounce can into snifter, canned on 11/19/2018. Pours opaque dark brown/black color with a 1 finger dense and rocky khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, cream, bourbon, rum, coconut, toasted oak, marshmallow, graham cracker, roasted nuts, and dark/brown bread; with lighter notes of molasses, dark fruit, smoke, herbal, grass, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balanced and complexity of dark/roast/bready malts, marshmallow, graham cracker, lactose, bourbon/rum barrels, and light earthy hop/fruity yeast notes; with great strength. Taste of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, cream, bourbon, rum, coconut, toasted oak, marshmallow, graham cracker, roasted nuts, and dark/brown bread; with lighter notes of molasses, dark fruit, smoke, herbal, grass, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Light herbal, grassy, roast bitterness; and bourbon, rum, oak spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, cream, bourbon, rum, coconut, toasted oak, marshmallow, graham cracker, roasted nuts, dark/brown bread, molasses, dark fruit, smoke, herbal, grass, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, marshmallow, graham cracker, lactose, bourbon/rum barrels, and light earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; with a great roast/hop bitter/sweet, and rum/bourbon/oak spiciness balance; with no cloying/acrid flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering hop/roast bitterness and bourbon/rum/oak spiciness. Light-medium carbonation and fairly full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/velvety/bready, and lightly slick/sticky/chalky/tannic mouthfeel that is great. Mild warming alcohol for 10%, with zero barrel booziness lingering after the finish. Overall this is an awesome barrel aged flavored imperial stout. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, marshmallow, graham cracker, lactose, bourbon/rum barrels, and light earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the big ABV, with the mildly bitter/tannic/drying finish. Awesome balance of rich malts, lactose, and marshmallow/graham cracker flavorings; with nice overall bourbon/rum barrel presence/integration. Not overly sweet from lingering dryness. A really enjoyable offering, and impressive experimental dessert style example.