Formidable Cool
Platform Beer Co.

 

12 FLUID OUNCE can
Served in an oversized, stemless, wine glass

This beer pours very cloudy and a yellowish color. It is topped with several inches of beige head that leaves some spotty lacing.

I get a pineapple, peach and tangerine aroma. Very appealing.

The taste is citrus with hints of orange and grapefruit and pineapple and peach.

Full mouthfeel

This beer was almost two months old when I bought it because I am dumb and didn't check date. However, this beer is still quite flavorful and pleasant to drink. That is one advantage of a NEIPA. The fallout isn't as quick as a fresh hop IPA. I am not saying this beer hasn't fallen off, but it has held up well over that two months.

 

 

A thick off white foam rests over an opaque yellow-orange body.

Smell is pineapple, orange and mango.

Taste is sweet mango and passionfruit with a bittering evergreen tang trying to cut through the almost tart fruitiness.

The frothy medium-light body has a semi-dry quenching finish...but it really feels like fruit puree was added here, without much of a description as to the actual method or ingredients.

 

This is a "Milkshake IPA". 12oz can poured into a tulip. Pours a hazy, cloudy and murky dark gold; fluffy off-white head that slowly falls leaving great thick retention and sticky frothy lacing. The aromas have some subtle tropical fruit notes along with some malts. The flavors are on the sweeter side, but there's still a solid bitterness. Some orange juice along with some peach and apricot. Hints of vanilla. It has a fruit juice vibe going on and finishes juicy and syrupy. Strong malt backbone, but once again, it has a decent bitterness to it. Mouthfeel is medium to full-bodied with moderate carbonation. It's thick, creamy, smooth and easy to drink.

This is a solid IPA. It's more or less what you would expect from a "New England IPA" or a "Milkshake IPA". It's nothing too crazy, but it's fun to drink. Not bad.