Driftwood Ale

Brewed by Driftwood Brewery (BC)
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Victoria, Canada

Poured out a big, thick white cap that hang around for ages on top of my gold brew leaving sloppy lacing. The aroma is nice and fresh and fruity but it has taken awhile for this to come around. Weak grapefruit, fake orange, rich malts, perfume, some floral and a bit of grain can be found on deep breaths - a little different which is nice. The taste is really nice to start with but I got bored in the middle of the bottle then started to pound it because it went down so easy. Nothing in your face: rich malts at a small dose keep then in check, leafy hops, light fruit with no flavour standing out, bit of spice and zip. Wow... didn’t really say anything there, did I? The carbonation is too much for me to really dig this brew. Goes down light and quick, tangy finish with a stiff but short lived bitterness. A decent drinking beer for sure; a nice Canadian craft selection.

Hazy gold,large lasting white head.Faint fruit nose.Fizzy pleasant light malt profile,fruity overtones.Crisp hop end.Good lace. Easy drinking

Earlier Rating: 11/17/2008 Total Score: 4
(Draught) Sampled at The Bard and Banker. Pours a thin, white foamy head with an orange body. Very fresh, mix of German hops and pacific northwest. Really blends well. Not too heavy with malt, a nice crisp beer. Very satisfied. 8/4/8/4/17

A nice looking beer,at least, with a frothy wheat head of average thickness above a body of clear amber. Aroma was "different", perhaps the so-called "cotton candy malt notes"? Whatever, I was not enchanted by the nose. Taste was a decent blend of hop and malt. Mouth was alright, and there was a bitterness at the finish. A drinkable but very average beer.

Clear golden beer with a thin white head. Aroma is light and fruity initially with a touch of light pale malt. Fairly aromatic with a light cotton candy and perfumey sweetness. It initially shows a touch of diacetyl, but this settles down fairly quickly. Quite fruity with just a touch of light bitterness. There is a touch of light zesty hoppiness and a bit of lemon. Sort of a UK-style golden ale and reasonably tasty. Nice summer brew.

pours a golden colour with light head and very easy to drink good mix of malt and hops.

Rich, sweet malts blend nicely with spicy, grassy, pine-like citrus hops in the nose. Clear, deep golden coloured body is topped by an enthusiastic white head that recedes slowly and laces well. Light cereal malt character with spicy hop flavours and medium bitterness. Somewhat sweet and floral in the finish. Medium light body with crisp carbonation. Somewhat slick in texture. Tulip glass. Cellar temperature. Bottle. Brewery Creek. Dec-08.

Pours a rich clear gold with a thin but lasting head and nice lacing. Sweet pale-malt aroma with a touch of fresh oily hops. Great malt backbone with a wonderful hop finish - I don’t notice the German hops, but perhaps they simply temper the PNW hops which come through quite nicely. Quite a lot of carbonation and a pleasingly crisp body. This is <i>so</i> sessionable - balanced but at the same time bold and tasty. A nice start for a new brewery!