Twenty Pounder
Driftwood Brewery

 

Very big beer, pours dark orange with big thick head

Very fruity on the nose, reminiscent of lychee with hint of grassiness and pine

Taste very sweet and resinous, with the extremely hoppy aftertaste

Thick, syrupy body, finishes sticky hop bitterness lingering in mouth with very slight hint of grass and dank

Overall very enjoyable especially if you're a hop head

 

This one pours a dark-ish orange color, with a small head, and lots of lacing.

This smells quite resinous, with almost cedar, woody sort of bitterness, pine needles, and lots of creamy orange goodness.

I’ve always heard that Driftwood makes some of the best West Coast/PNW style IPAs in Canada, so when I saw this on the shelf in Alberta, I had to try some. There’s a little bit of maltiness, but nothing overwhelming or distracting. It’s quite resinous, with a herbal, marijuana-like bitterness, and a fresh almost spruce, maybe cedar-like bitterness, like something out a of a thick Pacific Northwest forest. There’s a touch of orange-y sweetness as well that works very well.

This is medium bodied, very drinkable, with a great drinkability for the raised ABV.

This really reminds me of some of the old school IPAs from Three Floyds. I really enjoy it.

Driftwood has a deft hand when it comes to brewing NW IPA; its mastery in balancing sweet malt and resiny hop is legend. This 2021 release, sampled from a 473 ml can, doesn’t disappoint. Aside from its splendid nose, flavour, mouthfeel and tingly finish, credit should be given for its remarkable unfiltered clarity. This is very well crafted beer.

 

Crystal clear deep golden honey pour with finger foamy white head - fading to bubbly lacing at edges of glass.
Sweet bready/doughy maltiness on the nose with tropical notes - pineapple, citrus, hints of peach - a little grassy.
Taste hits up front with bready malt then quickly get sticky bitter hops, a bit of weediness, resinous coating the mouth - very little of the fruity sweetness of the nose.
Medium full mouthfeel - sticky bittersweet coating the palate, but lingering boozy warming bitterness remains - very nice!
There is no doubt Driftwood knows what they are doing.

Looks beautiful in the glass. Bright, clear gold. Strong hop aroma of citrus and pine. Tastes like the name suggests. The hops hit hard and so does the bitterness. Its a celebration of flavour in your mouth that IPA lovers will enjoy. Doesn't overpower and doesn't lack character. Leaves a lovely tingling on the tongue to finish. Highly drinkable and refreshing despite the ABV, don't have more than one before you need to pick up the kids from school. Would certainly drink this one again. One of my favourite breweries on the west coast, great line of beers, also love the bottle artwork from the folks at driftwood brewery.

 

Poured from bomber into oversized pilsner glass. Pale amber in the glass, lingering ring of foam with stranded and persistent island of bubbles. OH momma, that tastes incredible. Sweet eastern fruit on the nose. Drynapples are dancing on my tongue. Feels like bees diluted their 'best of hive, 2019', but just a bit, perhaps with something effervescent. A delectable foam coats my tongue with each sip, then subsides. Oh lordy this is lovely. Bump taste to a 5. Bought 4 this time, fully expecting it to be sold out after discovering the brilliance of this edition last week. Year to year variation makes this DIPA one to look forward to with optimism, and Driftwood has justified mine.

Hazy pale amber; flowers + orange peel; thread of toffee shortbread then *sweet* orange with hits of pine + pineapple, real IBUs; oil + slight burn.

4 4.25 4.25 4 4

Crushing C hops. 2011 all over: dry, IBUs, maybe too hit, but yummy. Pliny all over. Glad I finally caught up with this.

 

 

 

 

If you want to spent some doubloons on a journey to find a delicious beer, this double IPA from Driftwood is surely a pirate treasure worth seeking out.
X marks the hop on this skull-shaped island of bitterness, and it's not like they didn't warn me. Double IPA's are notoriously hoppy, but none fly their Jolly Roger quite like the Twenty Pounder, which presented its bitterness even in the smell. Its foam, white as the shoals of a furious sea, clung to the glass like Sirens to a lost fisherman's boat.
Buried beneath the foam lied the golden liquid that invited me for a dive. I plunged in, keelhauling myself into the depths of this cursed brew that hit me harder than the announcement of yet another "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie.
I can't describe the taste as anything other than raw. But its first canon-fires of hop, that nearly numbed the roof of my mouth, made room for flavours as light and clear as the moonlight shining onto a ghost pirate's face. These flavours smoothly lingered on my tongue for a long-lasting moment, until the Sirens beckoned me for another venture into the best double IPA in all of the seven seas.

 

Really nice West Coast dank and grapefruit characteristics here. Alcohol masked well and drinkability quite high. Maybe a tad bit aged, but all in all a really nice take on the style.

 

Appearance - Pours a medium amber with three fingers of billowy white head.

Smell - citrus and floral hops, grapefruit peel, bready malts, caramel, hint of pineapple and mango.

Taste - Bitter citrus and floral hops followed by the grapefruit peel. The brew then goes into the bready malts, caramel, and hint of pineapple and mango.

Mouthfeel - Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Finishes sticky with a pleasant lingering bitterness.

Overall - A fantastic rendition of the DIPA style. The hops and malts are pleasantly balanced showcasing their strengths.