Driftwood Brewery

Microbrewery in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Driftwood Brewery

Established in 2008

Contact
102-450 Hillside Ave, Victoria, V8T 1Y7, Canada
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.

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7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

473mL can, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma is indeed juicy, with tropical fruits (mango especially), along with a more conventional piney hop WC bitterness. Flavour is much the same, with lots of piney hops, some resins, and huge tropical fruits. Now this is the kind of juicy IPA I can get behind: very tropical, fruity, and still bitter and assertively hopped. Very good.

Tried from Can from Brewery Creek Cold Beer and Wine Store on 31 May 2025 at 02:07


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

473 ml can. Pours a bright clear gold with light head. Aromas of juicy melons, wine guns, candied citrus, resin and biscuity malts. Flavors of dank hops, tropical fruit, candied lemons, and dry toasty malts. Very good modern IPA.

Changing listing from a Hazy IPA to a West Coast IPA based on this sampling and a look at UNTAPPD

Tried from Can from Cascadia Liquor Stores (Nanoose Bay) on 22 May 2025 at 22:58


7
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Can pour at East Side Beer Fest. Pours clear pale gold with a white head. Dry grass and black pepper on the nose. Flavour has dry grass and biscuit hops, peppery bite. Solid carb. Good stuff.

Tried from Can on 26 Mar 2025 at 22:00


6.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Dark brown, thin tan head. Nose & palate are slightly earthy with malt sweetness. Light bitter finish

Tried from Can on 23 Mar 2025 at 00:26


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bomber from the lcbo. Pours a nice gold color, with a big white head. Huge pine resin aroma, must be heavy on centennial. Big Green hop cone aroma, with some solid citrus and tropical fruit. Good mouth feel, carb is spot on. The finish is medium butte with a good citrus zest finish. Excellent stuff.

Tried on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:48


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Clear Copper pour, with a medium off white head. Aroma is bready, some nice caramel, and a subtle herbiness. Nice mouthfeel, solid, and the carb is perfect. The finish is semi sweet, minimal bitterness with some soft grassy hops in the end with a nice nutty maltiness.

Tried on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:46


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle from the lcbo. Hazy orange pour, large off white head. Aroma is peppery, lots of malted wheat, honey and floral hops. Mouth feel is soft, carb is the same. Low bitterness, more peppery flavours, malts get sweet hops fade. Nothing special.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:45


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Bright gold. Medium head. Balanced, moderate bitterness but a clean biscuity malt. Light body.

Tried from Draft at The Magnet on 22 Feb 2025 at 06:11


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

On tap at The Magnet, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out spicy Saaz hops, light grassiness, and crisp biscuity malt. Flavour is crisp and biting, with forceful Saaz hops creating a nice spiciness, backed with a crisp biscuity base. Crisp, punchy and clean. Very good.

Tried from Draft at The Magnet on 15 Feb 2025 at 06:38


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

5oz pour at The Magnet. Pours clear blonde with a white head. Lots of straw, cracker malts on the nose, great Saaz hops. Flavour has lots of straw, dried grass, chewy crackery malts. Solid carbonation. Very nice.

Tried from Draft at The Magnet on 15 Feb 2025 at 00:00