Highball Drifter
Founders Brewing Co. in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Brown Ale - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.60
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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.
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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7/10
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
8/10
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
7.6/10
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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
7.6/10
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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
7/10
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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
7.8/10
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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
7.8/10
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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
8.9/10
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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
7/10
Magus, karamelline, linnaseline, nats kommine, alks. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2024
at 17:12
7/10
Sweet, toffee, alcohol, caramel, oak, vanilla
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Sep 2024
at 19:28