Eccentricity Wheat Wine
Driftwood Brewery in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Barley Wine - Wheat Regular|
Score
7.17
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For this limited release wheat wine we mixed the good with the weird by taking a strong wheat and rye malt base and aging it on amburana, a Brazilian hard wood often used to age cachaca. The resulting combination brings forth all the confectionery aromas of baked goods, and a palate that ranges from macadamia nut, to cinnamon, and even marzipan.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from The Gull, North Vancouver
Amber colour, clean, no head. Aroma of caramel, candies, alcohol, light prune. Very sweet but not cloying, it's malty, a bit perfumey, caramel, touch of toffee, strong alcohol, bit of spice and of wood.
Well made, one of the better Wheat Wines.
Amber colour, clean, no head. Aroma of caramel, candies, alcohol, light prune. Very sweet but not cloying, it's malty, a bit perfumey, caramel, touch of toffee, strong alcohol, bit of spice and of wood.
Well made, one of the better Wheat Wines.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2020
at 03:58
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
22oz at Ash's shared with Alex and Phill. Appearance: clear copper with a white head. Aroma: candied sweet fruits, perfumy. Taste: along the same ways, spicy, harsh, boozy,very syrupy. Overall: not elegant and very harsh.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jul 2020
at 05:37
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
650mL bottle, pours a clear amber with a medium beige head. Aroma is loaded with nutmeg, cinnamon, clove and caramel — sort of like a Christmas-spiced fruit cake. Flavour is along the same lines, with caramel, Christmas spices, treacle and booze. Spicy and sweet, with a deep palate. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 May 2020
at 07:08
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
650 ml bottle. Pours a reddish mahogany with moderate head. Aromas of caramel, cookie spice, sourish rye and toasted malts. Flavors of sweet caramel, brown sugar, rye mash, and a big of cachaca. Perfumey and alcoholic. Can sit for awhile.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2020
at 21:08
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
This is a pale golden brown colour, bright, with a head that frothed up quite a bit initially then died down quickly. The aroma is a sweet shop - definitely getting that marzipan, kaya toast, and a lot of spice. On the palate, it's sweet, desserty, macaroons, and more of that toasted coconut and marzipan quality. Soft body, balanced sweetness and the alcohol is masked. There's just a touch of alcohol in the finish, and a hint of tannins. Very interesting conditioning feature - I've had amburana beer before down in Brazil, and in anejo cachaca, but I don't really pick up anything I recognize in the wood character. That's pretty cool. I can't remember the last time I had a wheat wine I liked this much - I have (from AleSmith and Two Brothers, to name a couple) but it's been a while.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Apr 2020
at 05:17