Widmer Brothers Drifter Pale Ale

Amber with a small white head. Peach and flowers in the nose. Sweet caramel malty flavour with juicy hops and a good bitter finish

Nice resiny aroma. Brownish yellow and clear. No head. First taste is immediately mild but then morphs into a big, wew, IPA hoppy experience. This is certainly treading on IPA territory, bitter dull grapefruit rind and spruce tar palate. Barely any carbonation. Quite blunt and rude at times. Difficult lingering finish for a lager lover.

On tap at McGregors. Rather nice looking, orange, beautiful lacing. Standard APA, nice balanced hop/malt beer, finish is dry. Grapefruit in nose, fruity palate but very creamy mouthfeel. Leans a tiny bit to the side of IPA.

bottle. nose of creamed peaches and pineapple flavored syrup with dry pine cone aromatic hops. medium body, decent frothiness, moderately coarse texture. bit of a damp and moldy paper/drywall character. hops are syrupy and caramelized. medium bitterness. completely forgettable overall.

[Tap] Pours a hazy amber color with a decent white head and good lacing. Aroma of citrus hops and light malts. The flavor is more subdued than the aroma, and includes some pine. Slightly astringent and average carbonation. A pretty good pale ale, but it didn’t really live up to my expectations given the fragrant aroma.

Bomber bottle. Pours very clear burnt orange color with a very large off white head that stays for ever. Aroma is a bit soapy, could be casacade hops, also get some earthy slight pine hops and some malt hides in background. Flavor is a bit weak with a thin mouthf fell and a slight hop bitterness and flavor Flavor is an odd dish towel like also. Drinkable but not overly enjoyable

While always being a fan of The Widmer Brothers Hefeweizen, I decided to try their Drifter pale ale. I was blown away right after popping the top of the first bottle and getting it’s breezy/cool citris aroma. I was very impressed with its taste as well. I’m a huge fan of grapefruit, So I’m not sure if someone who dislikes grapefruit and/or has kidney stones will enjoy the qualities of this beer. It somewhat reminded me of Dogfish Heads 60 Min IPA, with less hops and a splash of grapefruit. Smooth Sailing! Repeat Consumer!

Local bottle. Clear, orange-yellow colour with a small white head. Aroma is pink grapefruit, lemon, grass and some pepper. Very balanced flavour that is very citrusy but hits a little malt at the finish. Good, refreshing but amybe a little thin.