Driftwood Brewery De Auras

De Auras

 

Driftwood Brewery in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦

  Sour / Wild Beer Regular
Score
6.95
ABV: 6.5% IBU: - Ticks: 7
A raw wheat-based sour beer with plenty of Brett funk, but tempered by the gently-used French oak barrels that we filled for the first time since they left the winery. More oak character than our previous sour releases adds another layer of complexity for the Brett-o-phile. Cellerable.
 

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6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

473 ml can. Pours a murky amber with lots of carbonation but little head. Aromas of barnyard, kettle sour, and wheaty malts. Flavors of tart Granny Smith apples, lemons, a little bit of vegetables and plastic, and mor wheaty malts.

Tried from Can on 21 Dec 2023 at 00:41


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Poured from 473mL can (pkg Aug 22, 2023). Clear-ish gold with white head. Tart funk, hint of apple, decent.

Tried from Can on 15 Dec 2023 at 10:29


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bomber poured at Matt’s. Much thanks to Berko for the bottle. 2015. Darker golden orange pour with a thin swirling head. Some apple sauce, spice like aroma. Flavor is a nice, slightly spiced apple pie like flavor, soft cinnamon. Mixed sour fruit, but again, apple seems to.dominate, but nicely. Smooth and flavorful finish. This drinks really nice. Unique, and interesting beer here.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Jul 2017 at 23:33


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle: Poured a slightly hazy amber color ale with a nice large off-white foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of tart notes with light oak notes and some light residual sugar notes. Taste is a mix of tart notes with some light oak and funky flavour with no acidity and some light residual sugar notes. Body is about average with good carbonation. Nice mix of complexity while retaining some good drinkability.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Jul 2016 at 21:13


6.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Hazy, light amber, no head. Lactic kettle sour nose with a blackberry accent. Has a yeasty, berryish taste with moderate sourness. Solid fruity sour.

Tried on 19 Feb 2016 at 12:08


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

22 oz. bottle, pours a cloudy dark orange with a small white head. Aroma is fairly restrained, with light notes of brett, light leather, and subtle citrus tartness. Flavour is very light, with gentle citrus notes, a little acidity, a touch of leather and only a hint of brett. It will be interesting to see how this matures in 6-12 months, as this doesn't seem fully developed. Still, a solid subtle sour.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Dec 2015 at 23:28


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle - Sweet, maple like notes, berry and nice lacto tartness. Clear gold with a rich frothy white head. Sweet, funky and light tartness and a nice finish. Solid.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Nov 2015 at 18:25