Drift Wood
Kane Brewing Company

On Tap. Pours brown with tall, long lasting, fluffy, off-white head and nice lacing. Aroma is of toasted malt, dark fruit, brown sugar, coffee and vanilla. Body is medium and smooth. Taste is similar to aroma. Finish is long and semi-dry. Great brew.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kane driftwood

A - Pours a deep opaque brown, very close to black. It looks very close to a stout. 2 fingers worth of bubbly light tan foam on top which quickly fizzles out.

S - the oak/wood character is very apparent. Notes of sawdust, tree bark, and browned butter upfront. Notes of cocoa, bakers chocolate and dark bread. Hints of vanilla hang lightly in the background.

T - pumpernickel bread. Buttery character enters slowly after. Grainy, malty character throughout. Hints of vanilla at the backend while the finish is fairly chocolaty.

M - medium bodied. Medium carb, fairly bubbly.

O - a nice rendition on a well done brown ale. I really enjoy how the wood character comes through. Paired very well with a toblerone.

 

 

 

Found at the Tap Room at the Somerset Hills Hotel in Warren, New Jersey this distinctive brown ale shows a solid, deep black-brown color with a modest off-white (vaguely light tan) colored cover with a solid ring around the edges of the glass and decent waves of lacing left in retreat. The aroma offers a nice bourbon/courvoisier over tobacco malt and peat peachy fruit. Very complex but hard to define. The flavor brings out big oatmeal malt with a decided vegetable grapefruit counter that blends nicely into the bourbon-grass qualities that you anticipate. This is pretty well constituted with a medium-full body that has mellow carbonation for a silky feel that suits this intense brown ale. It suggests a higher ABV than noted but it goes down just fine with great flavor for those that appreciate the bourbon qualities. I'm not typically a big fan of bourbon beer concoctions but this one is done very well and serves as a great introduction to this New Jersey brewer.

 

 

Appearance: Pours a nice dark brown / black color, good tan head, leaves some lacing

Smell: Oak, vanilla, roasted malts

Taste: Some nice barrel character and oak up front, vanilla, theres really mellowed out roasted malts, some caramely malts. Lots of depth to this flavor, but some real good smooth mellowness from the barrel aging

Mouthfeel: Medium to full body, low to medium carbonation

Overall: Fantastic. Best barrel aged beer I have had so far. Also appreciate that it is a normal abv beer being barrel aged, doesn't have any boozy character, and is well rounded