Fat Tug IPA
Driftwood Brewery

 

 

 

Pours an apple juice colour with nice full head and leaves a ton of lacing. Totally clear no haze at all.
Smells of hops mostly with some nice bready malt character in the background and lots of spruce/earthy character.
Tastes of a very good west coast IPA. Tons of hops up front with a nice malt to balance out the bitterness a little. Lots of pine/earthy tones. Very nice taste super enjoyable beer.
The mouthfeel on this is very nice. Medium body with medium carbonation and drinks very well. Great beer.

Overall I think this is the best west coast IPA in Canada but maybe I'm crazy or have a weird palette. Anyway Driftwood is clearly very good at making IPAs and I'd recommend this one to those who haven't tried it yet.

 

 

Look: Clear and golden. It says unfiltered on the can, so I didn’t really expect such a clear beer. Head goes away quickly.

Smell: Smells hoppy. Smells pine.

Taste: I like the bitterness. About the same level of bitterness as Boneshaker (IBU around 80). I didn’t really taste other aroma other than pine.

Feel: Adequate amount of carbonation, but feels a bit sticky in the mouth.

Overall: I was expecting a lot from this beer due to the positive reviews. Unfortunately, I was disappointed in both the look and the taste. LookS nothing like it says on the can, and tastes too simple (bitterness only).

Bloody hell. This beer gave me hangover.

 

 

 

 

 

Superb lacing & pours golden pale in the glass! I would have liked the color to be darker
Great Hoppy smell
Good IPA. Just the way an IPA should be ! Nice mouthfeel
Maybe not everyday drinking, but kick back on a friday after work to have get a nice buzz going!

 

Definitely an old school West Coast IPA with pronounced malt with the hops. I like the balance on this more than some of the other Similar Canadian Beer like Boneshaker or Mill Street West Coast.

I’m biased because I live in Victoria but I’ve honestly never had a better NW IPA. It has some malty notes that are missing from other similar hop bombs that really make it co ole. Yet drinkable. A 7.5% ale that’s sessionable - just make sure you don’t have anywhere to be the next day though!

 

January 3 2020

Crystal clear pale golden in the glass with a finger of white head and nice lacing.
Aroma starts tropical with strong notes of pineapple, orange, mango. Hoppy with cereal malt backing and a touch of evergreen.
Grapefruit flavours start - dominant hop - bright and bitter - citrus and resinous pine - bitterness builds but enough balancing malt sweetness.
Medium mouthfeel - a bit of warming booziness but lingering hop bitterness carries through past the liquid in the glass.

 

 

Clear amber color. Poured a head of medium sized bubbles. No lacing. Very few bubbles rising.

Very hoppy smell with some yeast and a hint of barnyard. Swirling the glass kicked up a yeasty bread and malt smell with a bit more barnyard.

Starts with a very smooth malt flavor that evolves to bitters and hoppy flavors. The aftertaste is mostly bitter hops with a touch of barnyard.

Tongue tingling as it bursts into a thick foam. Much more carbonation in the mouth than appears in the glass. Medium heavy body, mostly from the feel of the dense foam.

Excellent balance of flavors pushes through the very hoppy base. This is a good reference for an IPA. If there was no barnyard at all I would have bumped this Overall rating to 5.

 

 

 

On tap at Swans Brewery taproom on Vancouver Island.
Pours clear golden with excellent clarity and a durable head.
The aroma is hippy and complex. The flavor is milder than the aroma suggests.
Near moderately strong flavor for style and moderate bitterness.

 

Enjoyed an imperial pint at Milestones on Victoria B.C.'s inner harbor for $5.50 CD on 5-23-19.

Beer was served golden with a nice white head that left rings in my pint.

Nose was of some citrus and tropical hops.

Taste was some grapefruit and papaya over a medium malt base. Finish was moderate pine; 4/10 on the bitterness scale.

Mouthfeel was medium bodied and pretty refreshing.

Overall a decent beer that was fun to try.

Fridge bound for 3 hours then poured into a tulip. Deep golden hue. Pleasing white, frothy 2 finger foam. Hoppy goodness abounds but no lingering aftertaste. Each mouthful finishes clean with no burn or shuddering because of bitterness. ZERO boozieness taste but a definite hop smash.

 

Oh so tasty! A hop lover's lover's delight for sure.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Very good high end hop ipa smack in the lips grapefruit throughout. Love this one Nice job