Driftwood
Fyne Ales in Cairndow, Argyll and Bute, Scotland 🏴
Brown Ale Regular|
Score
6.76
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Hops: Mosaic, Motueka, Rakau
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wheresthepath (3700) reviewed Driftwood from Fyne Ales 1 week ago
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.
gave a cheers!
berkshirejohn (10300) reviewed Driftwood from Fyne Ales 2 weeks ago
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.
Deanso (15822) reviewed Driftwood from Fyne Ales 2 weeks ago
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.
Olut (22183) reviewed Driftwood from Fyne Ales 3 weeks ago
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.
gave a cheers!
BlackHaddock (17491) reviewed Driftwood from Fyne Ales 3 weeks ago
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.
Harrisoni (26309) reviewed Driftwood from Fyne Ales 3 weeks ago
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.
Scopey (25220) reviewed Driftwood from Fyne Ales 3 weeks ago
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.
Martinsh (3678) reviewed Driftwood from Fyne Ales 3 weeks ago
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.
Grumbo (24737) reviewed Driftwood from Fyne Ales 3 weeks ago
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.
eurosoba (18828) ticked Driftwood from Fyne Ales 3 weeks ago