Tropical Platypus
Almanac Beer Co.

Tropical PlatypusTropical Platypus
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From:
Almanac Beer Co.
 
California, United States
Style:
Wild Ale
ABV:
6%
Score:
93
Avg:
4.2 | pDev: 6.43%
Reviews:
33
Ratings:
173
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jun 11, 2020
Added:
Mar 10, 2016
Wants:
  6
Gots:
  18
This special tropical ale is brewed in celebration of San Francisco City Beer Store’s 10th Anniversary. Inspired by their adorable Platypus mascot, this equatorial sour blonde ale is aged in used wine barrels and oak foeders with an array of tropical fruits. We selected barrels with fruit-forward characters, and amplified those notes with the addition of kiwi, mango, lime and passion fruit. We tied the whole blend together with the addition of aromatic Galaxy hops from New Zealand. The finished beer is a tropical explosion, worthy of our duck-billed inspiration.
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Ratings by heygeebee:
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Reviewed by heygeebee from Australia

3.3/5  rDev -21.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 2
Note to self - do not buy retired Almanac Beers.
I love Almanac, however this one comes across as stale, thin and under-powered. It still has all the fruit flavours, and sourness but has a really dull mid palate hole.
May 19, 2017
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 5 by TallGuyCM from California

Jun 11, 2020
 
Rated: 4.5 by StormAles from Canada (ON)

Nov 18, 2018
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Reviewed by RaulMondesi from California

4/5  rDev -4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
You know what? This one is just solid. Like a Baskin Robbins ice cream cake on your 8th birthday, this one does the trick nice n good. Does it blow you away like when a Power Ranger showed up to your 7th birthday? Maybe not. But this Platypus still is not to be reckoned with. Light, fruity, hoppy n smooth.

What else could a player ask for?
Nov 13, 2018
 
Rated: 4.19 by Luscious_Malfoy from Illinois

Jul 25, 2018
 
Rated: 3.77 by bylerteck from Canada (ON)

Apr 19, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by imperialking from Illinois

Dec 24, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by fosters9 from New York

Oct 04, 2017
 
Rated: 4.25 by liamt07 from Canada (ON)

Aug 25, 2017
 
Rated: 4.08 by nataku00 from California

Jul 03, 2017
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Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont

4.19/5  rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
This was poured into a tulip. The appearance was a glossy grapefruit juice looking color with a quickly dissipating white head. No lacing. The smell started off with some sticky sweet tropical fruity mango, like and kiwi. Sweet then sour. Sly tartness. Subtle vinous-ness. The flavor takes all of the previously mentioned aromas and combines to a nice blend between the sour, the tart, and the sweet. Follows through on the aftertaste and rides into the finish. On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a decent sessionability about it. Carbonation hits appropriately allowing enough tartness and sourness to hit with the right amount of harshness on my tongue. Overall, another nicely done American Wild ale by Almanac, I would have again.
Jun 20, 2017
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Reviewed by stortore from Illinois

4.34/5  rDev +3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
375 ml bottle into a tulip glass. Bottled Spring 2016, had 1/17/17.

Pours a bright and clear pale yellow- more cloudy on the second pour, with a one inch, quickly dissipating head and some foamy lacing. Smells of wine, lime, yeast, some mango, a little oak, light vanilla. A tart aroma with a little funk, a hint of mint. The taste is malt, yeast, wine, lime, mango, lemon, a little oak, some funk, the kiwi shows on the finish. A little tart and sour, to which the passion fruit seems to contribute and the Galaxy hops seem to mellow. Smooth, lighter than the usual Almanac body, but still solid, well carbonated.

Fun, complex, great flavor and aroma, kind of tough to decipher all that's going on. Very enjoyable and well worth a purchase, the next time it comes around.
Jun 12, 2017
 
Rated: 4.27 by Tyecko from Minnesota

May 15, 2017
 
Rated: 3.79 by Sammy from Canada (ON)

May 03, 2017
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Reviewed by Franziskaner from Missouri

4.18/5  rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Gold to copper in color with a fingernail of off white about the size of a quarter in the middle of my glass. The nose is green apple and pear. I'm tasting green apple, pear, oak, lime, mango, and chardonnay. The mouth is bone dry and moderately carbonated.
Apr 21, 2017
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Reviewed by jrenihan from Canada (ON)

3.93/5  rDev -6.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
The nose is big and preposterously fruit filled. A tartness is evident in the smell as well, but otherwise it is all fruit. I was initially quite impressed, but the effect wears off. The flavour is very similar. A very unusual flavour profile, heavily fruit dominated. Lime sticks out for me, it actually tastes rather like lime aid. A bit sour. A somewhat thin flavour despite a huge fruit blast. Ultimately, it is enjoyable but comes across a bit thin and a tad gimmicky: how much fruit can we put in this beer?
Feb 10, 2017
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Reviewed by snaotheus from Washington

4.06/5  rDev -3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
2017-01-02
375ml capped bottle served in a couple Georgetown samplers. Bottle code is 1304041616.

Pours a greenish fellow, hazy, lots of carbonation, small head. Smell is tart and juicy, lime, smells nice.

Taste is tart, again limey, sweet-tart, somewhat mild, but very nice.

Mouthfeel is very light and smooth. Overall, nice beer.
Jan 02, 2017
 
Rated: 4.9 by Cramerican from North Dakota

Dec 31, 2016
 
Rated: 4.1 by CraftFan5 from New Jersey

Dec 30, 2016
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Reviewed by TrojanRB from Texas

4.2/5  rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Pours a hazy golden straw color

Citrus sour smell, crisp apple, sweet mango

In addition to the nose, the first sip brings a strong yeasty character...not unpleasant. Less tropical tasting than the smell

Lightly carbonated and dry
Dec 28, 2016
Tropical Platypus from Almanac Beer Co.
Beer rating: 93 out of 100 with 173 ratings