Sartori Harvest
Driftwood Brewery in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
7.57
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This wet-hopped IPA can only be brewed once a year when, in the midst of the hop harvest, fresh Centennial hops are spirited from Sartori Cedar Ranch near Chilliwack to our Brew Kettle in Victoria. Sartori’s fresh hops have a delicious profile unique to the patch of land they cultivate in the Columbia Valley making this limited release singular and remarkable.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
2024: Can. Amber and clear. Medium head. Nice woody, lemony aroma with some toasty malt. On the palate, more of that old school chewy, toasty malt. More crystal malt than I've had in an IPA in a while, but it's well-extracted. Fairly bitter. Chewy, again with a bright woody sort of hop note. Well-constructed brew. Old school west coast IPA. 2017: Bottle. Amber, has a nice bright centennial - toasty. Light caramel on the palate, and toasty, woody centennial character. Certainly this is good - a good look at BC centennials. It's just not to the level of the hype. 2010: Bright amber. Thick head. Woody, herbal aroma maybe a bit oxidized at this point, with lots of earthy caramel notes. Creamy, chocolatey, toasty malts with lots of earthy bitter hops. Good beer - already a shade past its prime but worth looking for next fall. 7-4-7-4-15 = 3.7
Tried
from Can
on 17 Feb 2010
at 01:23
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a lightly hazy bright light orangey with a medium size head with OK retention and minimal lacing. Aroma of floral hops with light citrus and bitter finish is quite enjoyable. Taste is also a nice mix between some floral hops with some nice clean citrus notes with a medium bitter finish and light sweet malt backbone. Body is quite full with good carbonation and no appearance of alcohol thought it can be felt at the end of the glass. Nothing extraordinary but well done nonetheless.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2009
at 19:35
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle, thanks for hauling it over here Daniel! Rich and very very fresh grass and pine hop aroma - like sniffing the hop bucket. Hazy red amber, lacing creamy head. Fresh hops dominate the flavor as well, balanced by a good solid caramel-sweet body. The hop profile is very well put together, strong and aromatic, not overly bitter and without the hop-soap residue you sometimes get. Delicious!
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Nov 2009
at 07:28