Driftwood Brewery
Microbrewery
in
Victoria,
British Columbia,
Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Driftwood Brewery
Established in 2008
Contact
Description
Distinct and local, at Driftwood Brewery, we aspire to create a unique profile in every beer we make. And, from the moment we sold our first keg, we’ve upheld a commitment to never cut corners on quality, character or style.
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Poured from 750mL bottle. Reddish brown with thin off white ring. Sour cherry, oak, some balsamic. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2021
at 01:53
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
650mL bottle, pours a deep dark reddish brown with a small beige head. Nose is complex, with lots of gently tart cherries, light balsamic, lots of oak, and a touch of wild yeast. Flavour reveals moderately tart cherries upfront, accentuated by light-to-moderate sweetness, plenty of oak, and a touch of balsamic. Seems more like a Flemish Red to me with cherries. The ABV is well-contained. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2021
at 01:51
6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 5.5
Texture 7
Overall 5.5
Deep dirty maroon with a small beige head. Sweet, light nailpolish and cherry. Soured cherry, bitterness and a weird aftertaste. Not quite there.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2021
at 01:48
5.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Hazy, pale. A bit of a thin head. It's got some burnt butter in there. Yikes. Aside from that, there's some bitterness and a touch of fruit from the hops. But not an ideal showcase.
Tried
on 13 Sep 2021
at 05:33
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from The Gull, North Vancouver
Blond colour, hazy. Aroma of hops, piney and floral, some foot. Bone dry, with crisp malt base; strong hopping, some pithy bitterness, there are piney resins, but it could definitively be also a bit more fruity.
A good IPL, not very elegant, but vibrant.
Blond colour, hazy. Aroma of hops, piney and floral, some foot. Bone dry, with crisp malt base; strong hopping, some pithy bitterness, there are piney resins, but it could definitively be also a bit more fruity.
A good IPL, not very elegant, but vibrant.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Sep 2021
at 06:14
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Citrus and some wine barrel. Foeder like. Grapefruit bretta. Golden pour with pretty decent head. Bitter and tangy finish. Light but pleasant. Can.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Sep 2021
at 22:15
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Hazy gold, light tropical nose. Odd early uncoordinated bitterness, not much else
Tried
on 06 Sep 2021
at 01:14
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Crisp hops. Golden pour with decent head. Noble hops is pretty decent here. Crisp bitter finish. Easy drinking. Tap.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Sep 2021
at 01:54
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
473 ml can. Pours a gold with moderate head. Aromas of pine, ripe melons, bitter citrus and toasty malts. Flavors of bitter pine, bread crusts, citrus peel, and resin. Very bitter pine finish.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Aug 2021
at 22:08
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
473mL can, pours a clear golden blonde with a medium white head. Nose brings out gently biting piney hops, a bit of under ripe green melon, and crisp biscuity malt. Flavour is both assertively bitter and relatively sweet (for this more west coast style IPA), with bitter piney hops, under ripe green melon, and sweet cereal malt. Clean, biting, crisp, just fruity enough, and lightly sweet, but it's the assertively bitter hops that you feel for a while on the finish. I'm really digging this. Very good west coast-style IPA with Oz/NZ hops. Give me this over most hazies any day.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Aug 2021
at 04:07