Speed Merchant
Platform Beer Co.
Story by:
Bev Blackwood
American IPA
Year-Round
Ohio
United States
Judges Ratings 85
Aroma: 22 / 24
Flavor: 36 / 40
Appearance: 4 / 6
Mouthfeel: 7 / 10
Overall Impression: 16 / 20
Description
White IPA with fruity, tropical dry hops. Tropical Aroma with a nice dry finish.
Beverage Profile
ABV: 6.60%
IBUs: 66
Served at: (45º)
Hops: Citra, Armarillo, Chinook, Simcoe
Malts: Two Row, Wheat, Cara Wheat, Carafoam, Acidulated
Judges Review
By Rodney A. Tillinghast
Judges Ratings 85
Aroma: 22 / 24 / 24
Flavor: 36 / 40 / 40
Appearance: 4 / 6 / 6
Mouthfeel: 7 / 10 / 10
Overall Impression: 16 / 20 / 20
Speed Merchant by Platform Beer Co. is a stylistic offshoot from American IPA’s, a White IPA, which typically features a more prominent wheat component, lending to light, hazy appearances (Specialty IPA, 21B). It offered prominent notes of pineapple, mandarin orange and pine, along with a firm crackery malt component. The brew poured fairly clear orange, with fluffy beige head that stayed entrenched throughout.
Flavors featured soft, bready malts combined with a fairly firm bitterness. Hop flavor was medium to medium-high, with citrus and earth noticeable. Mouthfeel was medium-dry, with the bitterness lingering at the back of the tongue. An enjoyable beer, a very approachable IPA, one that was well constructed and firmly grainy and dry. It could have benefited from a touch more hop flavor.
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