Driftwood
Fyne Ales in Cairndow, Argyll and Bute, Scotland 🏴
Brown Ale Regular|
Score
6.76
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This hazy, deep amber beer has a toasted malt and soft caramel aroma, leading to smooth, nutty, gentle fruit flavours and a refreshing finish.
Hops: Mosaic, Motueka, Rakau
Hops: Mosaic, Motueka, Rakau
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading. Dull orangey-amber with a thin off-white head and a light carbonation. Decent condition as usual for this 'Spoons. Malty with toasted brown bread and a little caramel. Some light marmalade and blackberry notes. Dry finish. More like a bitter than a brown ale, but grew on me after a meh start.
Tried
from Cask
at
Hope Tap
on 18 Mar 2026
at 12:41
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
[Cask at The Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell.] A dull copper coloured pour with a white rim; sweet toasted malt aroma; quite sweet and syrupy in the mouth with some red fruits and malts; then a dry bready finish with a tart berry bitterness and bramble aftertaste. Very enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
at
Old Manor
on 12 Mar 2026
at 11:25
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Third of a pint on cask at the red lion jdw.
Medium creamy off white head. Clear amber pour. Light bitterness.
Medium creamy off white head. Clear amber pour. Light bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
at
Red Lion (JDW)
on 11 Mar 2026
at 18:40
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6
Wetherspoon Spring Beer Festival 2026, Beer#16. Very mildly hazed deeper golden coloured ale. Hoppy-sweet, but undistinguished beyond this.
Tried
from Cask
at
Waterhouse
on 07 Mar 2026
at 20:24
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Third of a pint in my local Spoons on 7th March 2026. Light haze to the amber body, off white crust on top. Malty front with a subtle hop centre, light mixed fruit salad finish.
Tried
from Cask
at
William Withering
on 07 Mar 2026
at 17:20
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask handpull at Metropolitan Bar JDW London. Clear amber colour lasting off white head its a light malty pale ale. Quite tasty. Decent temperature. Decent sweetish malt. Some ale yeast esters fruits. Decent enough. Packs flavour for a lower anv beer.
Tried
from Cask
at
Metropolitan Bar
on 07 Mar 2026
at 11:50
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Cask pint from The Justice Mill, Aberdeen. It pours every so slightly hazy pale brown with a thick, fluffy white head..The aroma is bitter - sweet, brown bread, toasted nut, earthy, pine and a touch of toffee. The taste has a pleasing bitterness upfront, toasty brown bread malt, bitter - sweet character, some nuttiness, touch of dried fruits, earth and pine with a drying finish. Average body and moderate, fluffy cask carbonation. Decent.
Tried
from Cask
at
Justice Mill (JDW)
on 05 Mar 2026
at 19:30
6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Shrewsbury Hotel, Shrewsbury. Pours a slightly hazy “bitter brown” with a small scummy off-white head. The aroma has malts and caramel plus a hint off spice. In the mouth it is quite sweet and juicy but also slightly watery. Flavour has malts, hops, oranges and traces of nuts and autumn fruits. Finish is a little bitter. Not a bad beer but a bit bland. And I would call it a standard bitter rather than a brown ale.
Tried
from Cask
at
Shrewsbury Hotel
on 05 Mar 2026
at 13:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 5
Overall 7
5/3/2026. Cask at wetherspoon’s beer festival. At the Bell Hotel, Norwich. This was served straight from cask, unusually for a ‘spoons fest, and the pour showed it. Fruity, malty, caramel, biscuit. Quite dry with some decent hoppy bitterness. Liked it.
Tried
from Cask
at
Bell Hotel (JDW)
on 05 Mar 2026
at 11:50
Tried
from Cask
at
Imperial (JDW)
on 04 Mar 2026
at 11:24