“San Diego pale ale” proudly referring back to the early days of the American craft beer revolution and the rise of APA and – eventually – American style IPA, can (from Stone Berlin) shared by Craftmember, cheers! Very thick and foamy, eggshell-white, very stable head lacing in shreds over a hazy orangey peach blonde beer with amberish tinge. Aroma of fresh grapefruit, mango, cayenne pepper, old biscuit, green bell peppers, green tomatoes, orange peel. Clean fruitiness in the onset, some unripe banana and early pink grapefruit notes, vaguely sweetish and sourish with medium carbonation. Bread crust-like and biscuity malt core supporting a gently but adequately bittering, very elegant and aromatic hoppiness, peppery and grapefruity with more ‘bright’ mango and mandarin colours here and there. Clever and intelligent APA, a worthy tribute to Sierra Nevada Pale Ale and other pioneers in the style, but at the same time an update of it by adding more contemporary ‘tropical fruitiness’ in the hops department. Lovely, again proof that Stone can achieve the same American quality standard in Berlin than in California and as a European consumer, I can only meet that with great enthusiasm.