Twenty Pounder
Driftwood Brewery in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
7.51
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jhaase (14816) reviewed Twenty Pounder from Driftwood Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle bb 02/15/12, thanks for this blast from the past Todd! Dank pine and earthy hop aroma. Hazy orange amber, low golden head. Fullbodied sweet, initially, berries, low stickiness though with a broad hop front to cut through: Funny tobacco, lemon drops, pine, dry herbal, almost meaty and earthy finish. Leaves with sparkles on the tongue. The powder did not get wet in the last three years.
GRM (7524) reviewed Twenty Pounder from Driftwood Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle, savoured on July 5 2014; eye: caramel, hazy, tiny ring of mocha head, light lacing; nose: Cointreau, orange, citrusy, basement, light malt; mouth: Cointreau, orange, citrusy, basement, light malt, light astringency, semi-dry finale in Cointreau with presence of malt, medium body, average carbonation, mildly bitter, lightly harsh texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille, savourée le 5 juillet 2014; œil : caramel, voilée, petit anneau de mousse moka, légère dentelle; nez : Cointreau, orange, citrique, cave, léger malt; bouche : Cointreau, orange, citrique, cave, léger malt, légère astringence, finale semi-sèche en Cointreau avec présence de malt, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, moyennement amère, texture légèrement rugueuse; en résumé : bien
Boutip (9769) reviewed Twenty Pounder from Driftwood Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle: Poured a deep amber color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and some good lacing. Aroma of strong hoppy notes with citrus flavours is pretty nice with some resinous and piney notes also identifiable. Taste is dominated by loads of citrus and piney hoppy flavours with some sweet malt notes that are also discernable. Body is full with great carbonation. Nice hops profile but malt base if just a bit too sweet for my liking in the style.
Ferris (26026) reviewed Twenty Pounder from Driftwood Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle - Grapefruit, tropical fruit and rind. Clearish gold with a rich white head. Grapefruit, sweet malts and nice citrus and tropical fruit. Not nearly as boozy and rich as I though it would be. Quite pleasant and deceptively drinkable.
pictoman (9684) reviewed Twenty Pounder from Driftwood Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Re-rate: Poured from the tap at Driftwood. Clear gold with small white head. Tropical citrus hops, sweet malt backing, slight booze. May 13, 2014 (8/4/7/3/15=3.7): Poured from 650mL bottle. Clear, orangey yellow with off-white head. Aroma of caramel malt and tropical citrus hops. Taste same, but balance didn’t quite hit home for me. Bit of an alcohol kick, medium body.
Gerbeer (8214) reviewed Twenty Pounder from Driftwood Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
650 ml bottle. Pours a clear orange/amber with very light head. Aromas of grapefruit and ripe tropical fruit tending to pineapple with a bit of toasted malts in the background. Bitter orange and pink grapefruit up front, followed by nice smooth malt and toffee flavors. Light bitter finish. Tasty. Seems even better this year.
crit200 (5324) reviewed Twenty Pounder from Driftwood Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Sparkling amber,small beige head.Floral citrusy nose and palate.Light malt mid, big long dry hop finish
mcberko (47456) reviewed Twenty Pounder from Driftwood Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
22 oz. bottle, pours a hazy orangey copper with a small white head. Aroma of piney and citrus hops and a bit of caramel. Flavour is robustly hpppy, with loads of resinous hops, with hardly any malt backing to balance - very bitter finish. Unbalanced, but done so well I can hardly fault it. Hophead's paradise.
Deanf (9781) reviewed Twenty Pounder from Driftwood Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
750ml bottle. Decent pour with good head and an average gold-copper clear body. The smell of hops is palpable, possibly one of the smelliest beers I’ve come across. Mostly steeping hops methinks, but the fact that you can smell the hops across the room is a very good thing. The flavour is a tiny hint of malt followed by a hop-bomb aftertaste - sweet hops to start and bitter hops invading your mouth on the finish. I found it well balanced nonetheless, though I’m not a big hop-bomb fan. This is a very good double-IPA - extra points for the fact that the 9% alcohol is virtually nonexistent.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Twenty Pounder from Driftwood Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
2023-11-09, can, bb 2024-03-21, ~3 weeks old, 7-5-8-4-16=40
It's blond and clean. It's a bready batch, lean, with strong bitternes, maybe missing the better hop brightness from previous batches, and getting even a bit herbal in the finish.
2023-07-29, can, bb May 22 2023, 8 months old, 8-5-9-3-17=42
The oldest Twenty Pounder; it doesn't taste old at all, it's clear, with brisk character; delicious malt base; the only thing that is not up to par is the finish, with some pithy notes.
2022-11-30, can, bb 25-apr-23, so I assume it's 1 month old, 8-5-8-4-16=41
Dark blond colour, clean, with medium head. Strong character of piney hops, and some rougher hop resin; the aroma has some cereals, crackers; the body is lean, with bread flavour; and of course bold bitterness; it's almost more about the malt than the hops. Balanced and smooth.
Not the brighest batch, but still it's a DIPA I would enjoy all year 'round.
2022-06-18, can from The Gull, North Vancouver, 8-5-9-4-17=43I missed reviewing it when fresh, this batch was great, like most have been; this is the last can of the season, it's more than 7 months old; blond and hazy; the aroma still packs a punch, the malts are lean, chewy and juicy; piney character, bold bitterness, compared to a fresh can, this maybe has a bit more vegetable bitterness in the finish.
Lovely.
2020-10-27, bottle from Legacy LRS, Vancouver, 7-5-8-5-17=42
Archetypal modern West Coast IIPA, at least still true to that; it's blond, maybe lighter than previous years, and fairly clean too; it packs a punch of piney hops, the aroma seems less strong, but for sure there's enough flavour; the malt base is excellent, it's crisp, with very little residual sugar.
Still a wonderful brew. Now, please release it in cans.
2017-04-18, bottle from High Point, Vancouver, 8-5-9-5-17=44
Hazy blond-golden color with large head. Nice aroma of resiny and piney hops. The body is the perfect balance between dry and sweet, with crackery malts as base, a touch of biscuity malt, and then the usual potent resiny and piney bitterness, plenty of hop quality, mix of citrus fruits.
Wonderful.
2017-04-28, bottle from High Point, Vancouver, 8-5-9-5-16=43
Hazy golden color with generous head. Delicate aroma, peach, mango, a bit piney. The mouthfeel is lean, quite dry, with elegant crackery malts, hints of toffee, the hops are resiny and very piney, with citrus zest, possibly a bit pithy in the final. Very drinkable.
Excellent as usual, I probably like the flavor more this time, while waiting for the aroma to develop in the next weeks.
2016-05-06, draught at Alibi Room, Vancouver, 16oz, 8-4-8-5-16=41
Golden color, just hazy, with small head. It seems a bit more malty than the one from bottle, maybe it has less carbonation; less pungent, less punching, sweeter, maybe more balanced.
Excellent.
2016-05-02, bottled Apr 08 2016, 3 weeks old, 8-5-8-5-16=42
Golden color, hazy, with generous compact head. Loaded with pungent hopping, the flavor brings fruity and mellow hops too; given the recent trends, it can be considered fairly sweet compared to the most modern ones, but the pale malt flavor is excellent; resiny and piney in the final.
Tonight I'm missing a punch, but it's still a wonderful beer.
2014-06-07, draught at Alibi Room, Vancouver, 7-3-8-5-15=38
Cloudy deep blond color, almost murky, with compact head. Nice hop aroma, fruity hops, light animal character, a bit pungent. Full bodied, although the mouthfeel is a bit oily; moderately sweet, some malt flavor, strong hopping with a lot of resins but also a nice fruity character, and evident animal character too.
Nice but the bottled one is cleaner and more interesting.
2014-06-05, bottle from Viti, Vancouver, 8-5-8-5-17=43
Hazy light amber color, bright, with generous compact head. The aroma is very fruity; there are apricots, plums, and a pungent touch too. The body is manageable, the sweetness is moderate; the hopping has the great value of being very fruity, but also resiny, piney.
Lovely.
2014-04-14, cask at St. Augustine's, Vancouver, 9-5-8-5-18=45
Cloudy light amber color with small creamy head and sticky lace. The aroma is an explosion of fresh tropical fruits, mango, sweet orange; only later it reveals a light animal hop character. It's served at a good warmish temperature; the mouthfeel is lean despite the high gravity, sweet but without being cloying; the malt flavor has a toffee character, hay, grassfields, chamomile; strong bitterness, but considered at the right level, carrying a load of resins and fruits.
Excellent hop bomb.
2011-08-19, bottle from Brewery Creek, Vancouver, 9-5-8-5-17=44
Amber color, bright, with a medium sized creamy head, persistent. Impressive aroma, hoppy, but also earthy with arrogance; lemony resins and manure, very pungent.
It has a good body strength, with caramel flavor, some toffee too; the sweetness is present but moderate; very powerful hopping, with loads of piney resins and some bitter orange peel; the alcohol is evident, and it's a nice complement in this concoction; the final is extremely long.
Very well constructed hop bomb.