Morro Bay
Alder Beer Co

SEPTEMBER 2023.44 cl can (7,5€ at beershop). It's a Double IPA in which only German malts were used and hopped with American hops: Comet, Simcoe, Amarillo, Citra, Mosaic and Chinook CGX (the Cryo version created by Crosby Farm, Oregon - USA).
On the nose, lively aromas of yellow and summer fruit, but also of citrus fruits: yellow peach, ripe plum, pineapple, grapefruit.
Poured is a deep blonde, but very clean: almost completely transparent.
In the mouth, a full-bodied beer, in which the flavor contribution of the malts is completely absorbed and masked by a long and complex bouquet of fruit: pineapple again, a bit of passion fruit and a sweeter hint of peach, before everything is overshadowed by a citrus taste (grapefruit, sour orange) which ends the beer with a pleasant bitterness, which leaves room for the fruity taste on the palate and cleans the tongue.
Double IPA that is drunk with disarming ease.
Explosive and full taste, pleasant bitterness and of the right intensity (although for my personal tastes... even a slightly more bitter note compared to all this fruit would not have bothered me).
Overall, a truly splendid beer: I'm not sure if it's on par with Croocked Stave's JUICY WEST, but it's very close.