Platform The Project - Callista
Platform Beer Company in Cleveland, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Session Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.07
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 oz can, hazy orange amber. Medium body, fruity aroma. Grapefruit and resin taste, with orange peel note in the bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jul 2019
at 00:14
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample at Daily Growler Powell during the "4 Year Anniversary: Hoof Lunch + Evening Party" on 07/20/2018. Hazy dark golden color with a medium off-white head that diminishes gradually to a film. Partial rings of lace. Citrus, grassy hops and malt in the nose. Light-bodied with flavors of grapefruity hops, berry and bready malt. The finish is mildly bitter with a fruity hop aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried
from Growler
on 24 Oct 2018
at 19:10
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap. Pours faintly hazy butterscotch, small off white head, creamy, dissipated slowly, nice lacing. Aroma is tangerine, orange, hint of sweat, apricot. Flavors is light plus sweet, light bitter, juicy. Light body. Xolid
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Sep 2018
at 00:16
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce can into pint glass, canned on 7/9/2018. Pours slightly hazy golden amber color with a 1-2 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 apricot, peach, pear, orange, grapefruit, pineapple, mango, melon, passion fruit, papaya, blackberry, raspberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, mint, wood, peppercorn, pine, toasted biscuit, light honey/caramel/nutty, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt notes; with great strength. A bit too malty/muddy on aromas. Taste of big apricot, peach, pear, orange, grapefruit, pineapple, mango, melon, passion fruit, papaya, blackberry, raspberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, mint, wood, peppercorn, pine, toasted biscuit, light honey/caramel/nutty, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of apricot, peach, pear, orange, grapefruit, pineapple, mango, melon, passion fruit, papaya, blackberry, raspberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, mint, wood, peppercorn, pine, toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and minimal lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium-high carbonation and medium body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, sticky/resinous/rindy, and fairly crisp balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.7%. Overall this is a very nice session IPA. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, and pretty refreshing to drink, despite the increasingly bitter/resinous/drying finish. Not too aggressive. Full hop bill is Callista, Galena, El Dorado, Centannial; but the huge stone fruit/berry notes from the Callista are most prominent. Very unique profile as was with the Ariana hop Kolsch I had from them previously. Nice balance of juicy, dank, and earthy hop complexity; nice bready pale/munich malt backbone, minimal residual sweetness from lingering dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and well made style example. Grew on me through the glass.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Aug 2018
at 21:07