Founders Brewing Co. Highball Drifter

Highball Drifter

 

Founders Brewing Co. in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

  Brown Ale - Imperial Rotating
Score
7.59
ABV: 11.0% IBU: 25 Ticks: 85
Ale Aged in Bourbon Barrels with Orange Peel, Orange Extract, and Cherry

Call us old-fashioned, but we think you’re going to love this barrel-aged sipper inspired by our favorite bourbon-based cocktails. Highball Drifter presents aromatics of caramel and vanilla, dried fruit and spice while hints of cherry and bitter orange peel whisk you away to simpler days.
 

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7

Pours mahogany amber from bottle - root beer like head, orange peels, cola, whiskey, oak. Pretty light feel, high carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 02:10


8

Toasted and sweet malty with lots of caramel and fudge sweetness, plethora of dried fruit shred, nice spices, full bodied, laced through with vanilla and bourbon into the warming sweet malty finish. Lovely.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Mar 2025 at 12:13


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Bottle from Brætspilscafeen, Horsens. 2021 Bottle Shop vintage @ Jakobs. Pours hazy dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma of sweet malt, caramel, brown sugar, whisky, sweet dried fruit. Flavor is sweet, malty, caramel, brown sugar, whisky, orange. Medium to full body, average carbonation, sweet finish with warming alcohol. 010225

Tried from Bottle at Brætspilscafeen on 01 Feb 2025 at 21:28


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from Beer Republic. Brown malt aroma with notes of cherry, caramel, bourbon, vanilla, touch of orange, some candied notes. Medium sweet, light bitter. Above medium body. Nice bourbon barrel influence, vanilla and lightly candied fruits.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Jan 2025 at 22:16


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

Clear amber in color with a small head. Aroma is bourbon and fruitcake. Taste is also bourbon and fruitcake.

Tried on 21 Jan 2025 at 05:39


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Clear burnt orange with small beige head. Aroma is rich caramel, medium body, low carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is rich caramel and wood.

Tried from Draft at Pies and Pints - Charleston on 31 Dec 2024 at 22:33


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle at home. Murky brown color, full sized beige head. Aroma and flavor are malts, bourbon, oranges, liquor. Odd aroma actually, only got that after a while. Flavor is lovely bourbon on a good malty base basically. Founders hardly ever disappoints. Pretty nice this one, once again.

Tried on 11 Dec 2024 at 23:23


8.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle, 0.355l. Aroma of caramel, toasted malt, wood and bourbon. Pours cloudy dark golden color with thin tan-like head and fair lacing. Taste starts with moderate sweet toasted malt and vanilla, following is woody and dried fruity, while finish is medium bitter. Full body, creamy texture and average carbonation in palate. This one drifted me away…

Tried from Bottle on 27 Oct 2024 at 21:41


7

Magus, karamelline, linnaseline, nats kommine, alks. Ok.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Sep 2024 at 17:12


7

Sweet, toffee, alcohol, caramel, oak, vanilla

Tried from Bottle on 18 Sep 2024 at 19:28