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Driftwood Ale
Montauk Brewing Company
- From:
- Montauk Brewing Company
- New York, United States
- Style:
- English Pale Ale
Ranked #54 - ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 83
Ranked #23,954 - Avg:
- 3.66 | pDev: 12.02%
- Reviews:
- 31
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Nov 25, 2023
- Added:
- Jul 25, 2012
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 54
Our flagship ale is brewed with American hops that even out of it's malty base. This well-balanced English Style Pale Ale is enjoyable all year round.
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Reviewed by daliandragon from Maryland
3.8/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.8/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Picked up to bring home from Long Island after Thanksgiving weekend with my family. The hops start at the advantage but slowly the tide turns to the malt and biscuit note and a general graininess. This is pretty clean in the finish and mostly mild.
Nov 25, 2023Reviewed by Profundobaso from New York
3.76/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.76/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Look - 12 oz can poured into a tulip glass. Dark gold in color, beautiful three finger head with very good lacing retention.
Smell - lots of biscuity malts, some nuttiness, with a bit of caramel.
Taste - moderate bitterness hits the palate first, then it's loads of malty notes that follow. some caramel and notes of dried fruit also detectable. finish is lightly bitter with lingering malts.
Feel - medium bodied, average carbonation, and on the higher end for the style in ABV at 6.0%.
Overall - a great English Pale with a great hoppy bite and loads of malty flavor.
Feb 09, 2023Smell - lots of biscuity malts, some nuttiness, with a bit of caramel.
Taste - moderate bitterness hits the palate first, then it's loads of malty notes that follow. some caramel and notes of dried fruit also detectable. finish is lightly bitter with lingering malts.
Feel - medium bodied, average carbonation, and on the higher end for the style in ABV at 6.0%.
Overall - a great English Pale with a great hoppy bite and loads of malty flavor.
Reviewed by Yaroslav from New York
4.5/5 rDev +23%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +23%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Budweiser/Corona/Coors drinkers should elevate their beer drinking experience and make this the standard. Very flavorful but mild. Perfect carbonation level. 6 percent alcohol gives a warming effect. Very drinkable. Superior to anything the mega breweries put out.
Jan 16, 2021Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania
3.84/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.84/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Gotta give it up for m'man, Jimmy B from NYC! We wagered a six-pack on the Pens/Rangers series back during the 2015-'16 NHL playovs & he actually came through. I would have preferred a mixed-sixer, but since I did not specify, it was sehr gut. I doled out the rest acCANdingly with one held in abeyance for The CANQuest (tm).
From the CAN: "'Come As You Are'"; "Established 2012".
For a relatively new brewery, they seem to have a pretty good presence. I saw them on-tap at Penn Station during a recent layover. Now, it was time for the Crack! to be followed by a gentle Glug. I was rewarded with the quick formation of two-plus fingers of dense, foamy, rocky, tawny head with modest retention, slowly slinking away to wispiness, but leaving nice lacing in its wake. I waffled on its color. Was it solid Amber or Golden-Amber (SRM = >7, < 9 OR > 5, < 7)? The onrush of The Gelt Gang as they ran in from the living room where they were watching the black & Gold-clad Pirates on TV answered that CANundrum! Nose had a honey-like malty sweetness with a slight pine presence. Mmm. Mouthfeel was medium-to-full, not quite creamy, but on the approach. The taste had a pronounced earthy maltiness, like buckwheat pancakes, with a light piney bitterness. It reminded me very much of an early imported English IPA, perhaps McEwan's (?) that I drank & felt disappointed. It was then that I had an epiphany that AmeriCAN IPAs are MUCH more hoppy & bitter than their original ancestors. This beer was much like that, sans disappointment. In fact, I would have been disappointed if it had been super hoppy. This is one that I would like to find on hand-pump when I head out to Long Island in late-July. Finish was semi-dry & a nice palate cleanser, but one was good. I look forward to more of their beers as a result!
May 08, 2019From the CAN: "'Come As You Are'"; "Established 2012".
For a relatively new brewery, they seem to have a pretty good presence. I saw them on-tap at Penn Station during a recent layover. Now, it was time for the Crack! to be followed by a gentle Glug. I was rewarded with the quick formation of two-plus fingers of dense, foamy, rocky, tawny head with modest retention, slowly slinking away to wispiness, but leaving nice lacing in its wake. I waffled on its color. Was it solid Amber or Golden-Amber (SRM = >7, < 9 OR > 5, < 7)? The onrush of The Gelt Gang as they ran in from the living room where they were watching the black & Gold-clad Pirates on TV answered that CANundrum! Nose had a honey-like malty sweetness with a slight pine presence. Mmm. Mouthfeel was medium-to-full, not quite creamy, but on the approach. The taste had a pronounced earthy maltiness, like buckwheat pancakes, with a light piney bitterness. It reminded me very much of an early imported English IPA, perhaps McEwan's (?) that I drank & felt disappointed. It was then that I had an epiphany that AmeriCAN IPAs are MUCH more hoppy & bitter than their original ancestors. This beer was much like that, sans disappointment. In fact, I would have been disappointed if it had been super hoppy. This is one that I would like to find on hand-pump when I head out to Long Island in late-July. Finish was semi-dry & a nice palate cleanser, but one was good. I look forward to more of their beers as a result!
Rated by erickc from Washington
3.69/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Had on tap at UrbanSpace at the Vanderbilt New York, NY
Apr 03, 2019
Driftwood Ale from Montauk Brewing Company
Beer rating:
83 out of
100 with
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