What beer are you drinking now? #4296

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Alder Beer Co. (Seregno, ITA) - DIESEL BOY - West Coast Pils (5,2%)

On tap at the pub (7€ 50 cl).
West Coast Pils brewed with Pils and Cara malts and a yeast of German origin, but hopped with Citra and Mosaic, as well as with the noble German Mittelfruh.
When poured properly, with the right timing, it releases aromas of cereal grist along with a fruitiness that ranges between citrus and yellow-fleshed fruit.
It has a truly beautiful golden blonde color, practically transparent except for a light haze that helps to brown the splendid blonde color. Foam of the right amount and consistency (dense appearance, soft and tasty to drink).
Probably, blindfolded I would mistake it for a Pale Ale, not so much for the light body and lively carbonation, but for the taste that is characterized by citrus notes (orange peel, citron, grapefruit) and fruity ones (yellow-fleshed and exotic fruit: yellow peach, summer plum, passion fruit, mango).
The cereal notes are present, but definitely in the background to re-emerge on the tongue at the end of the drink: when the fruitiness goes away, here are the notes of cereals and toasted bread that "clean" the tongue leaving very light (but pleasantly perceptible) citrus and summer fruit hints on the palate.
The finish is therefore soft, "cereal", not bitter but still the fruitiness is dried.
Certainly a Pils sui generis, but with a result that I personally appreciated very much: light and thirst-quenching like a Pils, fragrant and tasty like a Pale Ale.
This brewery is a safe reference for all high hopped fermentations, while on some low fermentations (in a more traditional style than this one) I was not so ecstatic, in this case however I must say that the drink is truly pleasant and the final result very appreciable.
From what is reflected in the final result, I believe that this beer wants to represent a sort of bridge between two very different beer styles and honestly I found a very well-balanced integration of the different elements of these.
Very fresh, thirst-quenching and tasty, I personally appreciated it very much, understanding that it's a modern product, but with a criterion.





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Cheers .

 

PS.
I wanted to let the team know that I'm adding it to the database under the EUROPEAN PALE LAGER heading, because as I said, it doesn't seem appropriate to put it under other families of Classic and traditional PILS. If you have a better placement than the one I am pigeonholing it into, make the necessary corrections. I'm not very good at cataloging. The beer explicitly states "WEST COAST PILS".

 

It always refers to the American reference style.
This also applies to other European beers.
If the wording "East or West Coast" appears on the label, it means that it is a beer inspired by the American reference style and above all with the use of the relevant hops from the specific area of origin.