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.
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sample from bottle courtesy of a friend @ 3 Små Rum. Pours hazy reddish orange with a small creamy off-white head that quickly dissipates while leaving a small trace on the glass. Smell is sweet and sour with burnt sugar, vinegar, red and black currants, wood, lemon zest and horse blanket. Taste is sour and slightly sweet with wood, red currants, raspberries, strawberries, vinegar, burnt sugar, hay, funk and hints of barnyard. Mouthfeel is tart, slightly dry and medium bodied. Finish is dry, sour and tart with black currants, wild strawberries, hay and lemon zest. Very nice, balanced and surprisingly complex.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2012
at 16:17
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
650 ml bottle. Purchased from Brewery Creek. Pours a clear orange-amber with very little head. Cloves and bananas to the nosy with a hint of smoke. Tons of cloves with apricot and dried fruit tastes. Warm. Bright and distinctive. Interested to see what happens after 6 months.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Apr 2012
at 18:59
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber from Malt & Vine. 14% Pours dark ruddy copper with a beige smear for head. Nose tingling aroma. Seems to be a mix of roast malt, citrus and treacle. Full bodied. There’s a little heat. Not much. Flavor is brown sugar with some slightly dark fruit - tho maybe that’s a citrus treacle combo. It is very tasty, and finishes thick and mildly sweet. Very warming! Rerate/rethink in 60 secs. It’s really a pretty hoppy finish. More so than many barley wines. Gets tastier as it warms.
Tried
on 05 Apr 2012
at 15:20
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
650mL bottle, pours a clear golden orange with a small white head. Aroma of clove, coriander, Belgian yeast, floral hops and banana. Flavour of coriander, Belgian yeast, clove and some alcohol notes - sort of a shortbread and licorice note on the finish. Alcohol is acceptably worked in but there is a noticeable burn. Not the most complex, with some unrefined qualities. Like manuchampions said, perhaps this will mature with age.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Apr 2012
at 20:24
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
A hazed blonde wit with a thick frothy white head. In aroma, a lemony and sulphury banana malt, with curacao notes, smooth. In mouth, a nice smooth wit with nice coriander, curacao cloves, silky, nice and smooth, very nice. Bottle from Steamworks Wine Store. Shared with Mike and friends, April 1, 2012.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Apr 2012
at 17:55
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sparkling gold, stark white head,large intense bead.Light metallic spicy yeast nose.Spicy palate, medium alcohol heat, light hop finish. Drinkable, but not a whole lot here complexity wise
Tried
on 31 Mar 2012
at 23:52
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
A golden amber saison with a thin off white head. In aroma, a sweet fruity spiced malt with cardamom, catnip, a bit off. In mouth, a nice smooth peppery malt, with lemon grassy, chamomile, interesting. Bottle bought at Steamworks Wine Store. Tasted with the Bartowel crew at Pushkinwow’s, March 23, 2012.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Mar 2012
at 21:35
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
A hazed orange amber IPA with a thin off white head. In aroma, a smooth floral hops with black pepper notes, clover field, nice. In mouth, a nice floral hops with biscuit malt, nice and smooth, well balanced, quite nice. On tap at Alibi Room, March 22, 2012.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Mar 2012
at 20:14
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
From the 3/2012 3R6P tasting. +++Sampled from a 22 oz brown bottle this beer poured a dark orange-amber color with no head and no lacing. The aroma was bread, yeast and faint cherries. The flavor was sweet tart cherry, cherry pits and cherry pie filling. The finish was long cherry pie filling and yeast. Moderately full bodied. The alcohol was well hidden. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2012
at 15:46
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 22fl.oz. @ [ Fastelavn Smagning - Carnival Tasting - Ulfborg ].[ Courtesy of fiulijn ]. [ Vintage 2011 ]. ABV: 11.8%. Clear medium to dark red amber colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, grapefruit, orange - citrus, riped fruit, dried fruit. Flavour is light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, caramel, dried fruit, hops, alcohol warm. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is moderate alcoholic. [20120218]
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Feb 2012
at 09:18