Platform The Jocote Project - Volume 1
Platform Beer Company in Cleveland, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.97
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Sample at the Columbus taproom during the "Beverage Source Tap Takeover" on 02/24/2017. The beer is a clear orange color with a thin white head that recedes steadily to a film. Short strings of lacing. Aroma of citrus, grassy hops and malt. Light-bodied with flavors of grassy hop, lime and biscuit malt. The finish is mildly bitter with a short fruity hop aftertaste. Decent overall.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 ounce can into pint glass; no can dating, but is a recent release. Pours slightly hazy golden orange color with a 1-2 finger dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big tangerine, lemon, lime, grapefruit, plum, apricot, berry, mango, melon, citrus peel, honey, light caramel, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/tropical hops, fruit, and moderate bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tangerine, lemon, lime, grapefruit, plum, apricot, berry, mango, melon, citrus peel, light pepper/pine, honey, light caramel, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine/herbal/spicy bitterness and slight fruit tartness on the finish; with lingering notes of tangerine, lemon, lime, grapefruit, plum, apricot, berry, mango, melon, citrus peel, light pepper/pine, honey, toasted bread, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/tropical hops, fruit, and moderate bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance; and zero cloying/astringent hop/fruit flavors after the finish. Light dryness from bitterness, increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth and moderately creamy/bready/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.1%. Overall this is a very nice fruited pale ale. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/tropical hops, fruit, and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth and refreshing to drink. Very bright/juicy feeling with great hop/fruit balance; nice malty backbone, a little sweet but has solid dryness. A very enjoyable offering.