About
The Driftwood Spars Brewery was founded in 2000 and is joined with The Driftwood Spars – a unique and characterful pub loved by locals and visitors alike, which overlooks the dramatic and beautiful Cornish coastline here at Trevaunance Cove.

The brewery is a five barrel plant and we brew in small batches, allowing us great control over the quality and consistency of our beers. All our beers are gluten free and many are also vegan. We use premium British malts and source the finest hops; we are increasingly using new-wave English hops as new varieties are developed and perfected.

All beers Gluten Free (reduced with enzyme) since early 2019
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McCash (16382) reviewed
Alfie's Revenge from Driftwood Spars Brewery
5 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle from the brewery online shop. Appearance - deep autumnal red. Thin beige head. Nose - orange and red fruit. Caramel and honeycomb. Taste - honeycomb and chewy toffee. A hint of red fruit. Palate - medium bodied and a bit sweet. Overall - decent if a bit sweet for the style.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Sep 2021 at 14:06
allmyvinyl (21581) reviewed
Alfie's Revenge from Driftwood Spars Brewery
5 years ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle thanks to Ashton McCobb. Pours clear amber with a thin white head. Aromas of light hazelnuts, light chocolate. Taste is light sweet, nutty. Sweet finish.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Sep 2021 at 14:01
Stuu (35163) reviewed
Alfie's Revenge from Driftwood Spars Brewery
5 years ago
5.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle at ash's. Pours clear amber, nose is toffee, nutty, caramel, taste is similar, a little metallic.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Sep 2021 at 14:00
McCash (16382) reviewed
Blue Hills Bitter from Driftwood Spars Brewery
5 years ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle from the brewery online shop. Appearance - golden amber with a proportionate off-white head. Nose - caramel and bready. Taste - mainly caramel again with just a hint of citrus and floral around the edges. Quite sticky though. Palate - light to medium bodied, creamy texture and a finish that could have more bitterness. Overall - ok.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Sep 2021 at 10:38
Cheeseboard (6391) reviewed
Cove Midnight Skinny Dipper from Driftwood Spars Brewery
5 years ago
5.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
440ml can, a gift from a pal who'd been on holiday in Cornwall. Gushed massively on opening, soon realised why - it was infected. Sour metallic nose. Had a couple of sips, yuck. Given a moderate rating as not as intended
Tried from Can on 23 Aug 2021 at 20:25
Cheeseboard (6391) reviewed
Cove Seaberry from Driftwood Spars Brewery
5 years ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
440ml can, online from Red Elephant, Truro. Pours lightly hazed orange with a white head. Aroma: tart, sour berries, hints of funk. Taste: moderate tart, clean, light funk, sour berries. Thankfully the sea buckthorn is very mild here. Light to medium body with moderate carbonation.
Tried from Can on 03 Mar 2021 at 08:13
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Cove Seaberry from Driftwood Spars Brewery
5 years ago
6/10
Can from John’s in St Ives. Hazy orange colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are tart to sour berry fruity. Crisp body.
Tried from Can on 06 Nov 2020 at 18:23
Anders37 (30296) reviewed
Red River Rye from Driftwood Spars Brewery
6 years ago
6.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask @ GBBF 2017. Pours a slightly hazy pale amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma with weak hoppy hints. Fruity malty caramel hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel hoppy finish.
Tried from Cask on 03 Apr 2020 at 14:38
RuneBlix (27009) reviewed
Bolster's Blood Porter from Driftwood Spars Brewery
6 years ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Third by cask, shared with Finn on the third day of GBBF 2020 Winter, Iron Bridge Bar. A rustic shade to dark coloured body. Filmy layer, dotted spots on the glass. Promising malt-fruity aromas, dark plums and earthy malts. Rather sweet dark malty flavours added by dried fruits. Ends malt-fruity, semi-sweet. Quite alright. (Birmingham 06.02.2020).
Tried from Cask on 12 Mar 2020 at 14:45
RuneBlix (27009) reviewed
Pudding Ale from Driftwood Spars Brewery
6 years ago
6.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Third by cask on the 2nd day of GBBF Winter 2020, Jewellers' Bar. Shared with Finn. Deep mahogany coloured body, lacing rings from a filmy layer. Dried fruity aromas, raisin to the fore. Rather sweet taste of caramel and raisin, hints of spices. Ends rather sweet and a tad cloying. Okay in smaller amounts. (Birmingham 05.02.2020).
Tried from Cask on 09 Mar 2020 at 09:07