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Widmer Brothers Drifter Pale Ale 3.4 289

Widmer Brothers Drifter Pale Ale

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82
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bottled
common

on tap
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
2893.41/5.03.4/5.05.7%87.1Lager glass, Shaker
Commercial Description:
With its unique citrus character, smooth drinkability, and distinctive hop character, Drifter Pale Ale is truly an original. Brewed with generous amounts of Summit hops, a variety known for their intense citrus flavors and aromas, Drifter has a taste unique to the Pale Ale category. True to style, the bittering hops are perceptible enough to give the beer a crisp, clean, quenching finish, yet also soft enough to keep the beer smooth and balanced. 2006 GABF Silver Medal Winner
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 BroSpud (612), , Massachusetts, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/513/20
Sep 1, 2009  
12oz bottle. Dated 06.04.09 Found this to be OK but somewhat on the boring side. Much more citrus flavors than most pales with less malt taste.Kinda thin.


 Rynoplasty (544), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/516/20
Aug 30, 2009  
Pours amber with a nice white head. Aroma is big citrusy hop with hints of pine. Flavor is full of citrusy grapefruit hop with a nice bready caramel background. Pretty good.


 ghawener (964), San Salvador, El Salvador
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Aug 30, 2009  
Bottle: Drank while brewing a Red Ale. Very well balanced, full body with a nice hoppy character, malts presence is perfect. Food Pairing: Steak.


 BeerBlockaid (548), Jacksonville, Florida, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/102/512/20
Aug 26, 2009  
How often does one find a brew that starts out decent and then progressively sinks to the depths of the Devils Mill hopper. Well, here is one. We start out with a dark amber pour, crisp and clean. No lacing, no mushroom cloud of a head. Taste is caramel, bitter, and rather open. That "taste" is definitely there, and I was like OOOOO summit hops. Yum! Well, first few sips are rather enjoyable. Even a bit chewy. Bitter rounds off nice. As we get 3 inches into this brew it tends to water out. The impact of the hops dissipates and increasingly becomes thin and uninspired. Not too sure what happened. I think it’s an excellent direction, just please fix that rising water influence:)


 stchloe (491), Portland, Oregon, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/53/102/58/20
Aug 25, 2009  
Free from the Portland Century and thank god for that. I much prefer Mirror Pond to this. Just blah, a little bit hoppier than others but not much. Good for slug bait.


 dmschefke (371), Eastpointe, Michigan, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Aug 21, 2009  
Pours a nice golden orange with medium white head. Aroma surprisingly mild of citrus and slightly floral hops, decent malt, and not a lot else. Flavor matches and makes for a refreshing, although boring, brew.


 jredmond (1057), New Jersey, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/57/103/515/20
Aug 19, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a clear golden amber body with slight white lacing. Aroma is cleaning supplies and hops. The taste is actually not bad at all. Smooth, balanced with nice hop flavor. Aroma a little weird.


 BigBen2120 (688), Derry, New Hampshire, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Aug 17, 2009  
12oz bottle obtained at the local Hannaford, bottled on 4-10-2009. Pours a crystal-clear dark amber body with a very short-lived quarter inch of off-white head. Smells very citrussy and pithy, grapefruit and lemon come to mind. Lemon hits the palat first, with a fair bit of grapefruit and hints of pith in tow. A reasonable amount of caramel malt helps to balance the hops, with hints of breadiness too. Smooth light to medium body with moderate to low carbonation. Very very drinkable, even for the style. Simple and balanced, some may well view this as a bit pedestrian. But nonetheless it’s a solid APA and much better than I expected.



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