Drifter
Freak Folk Bier in Waterbury, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.33
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Blended mixed culture ale. Brewed with oaks, Munich and pilsner malt. Conditioned on VT wildflower honey for 4 months. Brewed in January 2019.
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Reviewed from notes. Consumed 12/01/2019.
Bottle to tulip.
Appearance: pale golden yellow color with no head and obviously no lace.
Aroma: sweet lemon pulp with a touch of tart; light funk, clean oak; musty/clean basement scents; light honey, hay/straw; subtle sweet vinous with some sweet grains
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine tart to sweet to sour quality; finishes mostly with a lemon tart to semi-dry and vinous to hay/straw quality
Texture: medium bodied, great as a sipper!; clean smoothness but also a little bit of vinous acidity nipping at the tongue ever so slightly in a non-offensive way
Overall: a very nicely done sour ale I was going to have with my girlfriend at the time but she died before we could have it together.
Bottle to tulip.
Appearance: pale golden yellow color with no head and obviously no lace.
Aroma: sweet lemon pulp with a touch of tart; light funk, clean oak; musty/clean basement scents; light honey, hay/straw; subtle sweet vinous with some sweet grains
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine tart to sweet to sour quality; finishes mostly with a lemon tart to semi-dry and vinous to hay/straw quality
Texture: medium bodied, great as a sipper!; clean smoothness but also a little bit of vinous acidity nipping at the tongue ever so slightly in a non-offensive way
Overall: a very nicely done sour ale I was going to have with my girlfriend at the time but she died before we could have it together.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2026
at 17:10
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. Craft Beer Cellar, Waterbury, VT. Holy shit, I’d love to get back there. Hazed pale gold. No head. Nose has soft, fusty lemon funk. Fresh cut oak. Honeyed grain. Taste has a little sweetness, with a bit of dry tartness. Clean palate. Light and brisk carbonation. Semi dry and tart finish. Nice one. Wish it was a 750.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jan 2021
at 20:00