Duna
Alder Beer Co

SEPTEMBER 2024.
44 cl can (€6.50/€7, at the beershop of the pub Luppolo 12).
It's a West Coast India Pale Ale brewed with Pils and Cara malts and a blend of Australian (Galaxy), New Zealand (Wai-ti and Nelson Sauvin CRYO) and American (Idaho 7) hops. Obviously, an American Ale yeast was used.
On the label: "Batch: L159F - Canning date: 11/07/2024 - Best before: 11/12/2024".
The beer produces fragrant aromas already upon opening: ripe citrus fruits (ripe orange, yellow grapefruit) and summer/tropical and yellow-fleshed fruit (yellow peach, summer plums).
Poured, the aromas explode anticipating the breadth of flavor that will materialize in the mouth.
Beautiful golden color, only slightly cloudy but almost completely transparent.
Foam of the right abundance and consistency: soft and tasty.
In the mouth, beer that flows on a medium body characterized by a right (perfect) carbonation that makes the beer very thirst-quenching despite the "fullness" of the taste.
Fragrant, invasive but very balanced taste that communicates an evident sense of freshness of the product: I perceive above all ripe orange, citrus peel that overwhelm other tropical and summery scents (melon, white peach, plums).
The more tropical notes remain to peep out behind the predominant citrus taste (again above all ripe orange, but also citrus peel, grapefruit) that leads the drink to a finish with a well-perceptible citrus bitterness (grapefruit) and with some aftertaste that remains on the tongue without precluding lighter and more delicate citrus notes (orange, lemon grass) on the palate.
In my opinion, a beer that reminds me of the true and classic West Coast IPAs (despite the use of fairly new hops) furthermore there is a full and fragrant flavor that is set in a very balanced beer: fragrant and full taste, thirst-quenching freshness and appreciable balance between fruitiness and a well-present bitter note.