Platform The Project - Dr. Rudi
Platform Beer Company in Cleveland, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.99
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 ounce can into pint glass, canned on 9/13/2017. Pours slightly hazy/cloudy medium golden amber color with a 2 finger dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big lemon, orange, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, berry, citrus zest/peel, light pepper/pine, light caramel, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/tropical/earthy hops and moderate bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big lemon, orange, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, berry, citrus zest/peel, pepper, pine, light caramel, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Moderate pine, citrus rind, herbal, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of lemon, orange, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, berry, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, toasted bread, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/tropical/earthy hops and moderate bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero lingering hop astringency after the finish. Moderate increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, and sticky/resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.1%. Overall this is an excellent American pale ale. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/tropical/earthy hops and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth and refreshing to drink; with the modestly bitter/resinous/drying finish. A bit aggressive, but not overwhelming. Never had Dr. Rudi hops before, very tropical with balanced lemon/orange citrus notes. Dank, earthy, and vibrant hop complexity; nice bready malt backbone, with no residual sweetness. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Sample at the Columbus taproom. Cloudy orange color with a medium white head that dissipates steadily to a film. Stringy lacing. Aroma of citrus, hops and malt. Light-bodied with flavors of citrus, grassy hops and bready malt. The finish is mildly bitter with a fruity hop aftertaste. Decent overall.