Slowdrifting
Slowdrift Brewing Company
- From:
- Slowdrift Brewing Company
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 2.66 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 10, 2023
- Added:
- Apr 10, 2023
- Wants:
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- Gots:
- 0
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Reviewed by vurt from Oregon
2.66/5 rDev 0%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
2.66/5 rDev 0%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
16-ounce can purchased from the Multnomah Village location of John's Marketplace. No date stamp. Poured into an English tulip-style half-pint glass.
Look:
First pour: Murky orange body with some floaters, topped with a thin head of loose, sudsy bone-colored foam that shrinks to a messy collar. Second pour: Same body, same floaters, but the head is thicker and less sudsy. A definite improvement.
Smell:
Dusty, semi-sweet malt that reminds me of freshly-milled grain at a homebrew store, along with resiny hops, and a little orange oil. There's also a bit of baking spice.
Taste:
Very estery, muddled, and not too clean. The nose had me expecting a heavy, sticky mid-90s IPA, full of resiny hops with a big base of malt. The beer turned out to be much lighter than that, starting with crackery malt with a touch of caramel and a bit of orange peel. This is followed by a surprising burst of cloves that surges up in the middle. The finish is moderately sweet and quite bitter, with pine and orange peel notes and persistent clove flavor.
Feel:
Light-to-medium-bodied with assertive carbonation. The drying finish has a bit of spicy warmth to it.
Overall:
Slowdrifting American Pale Ale was my first beer from Slowdrift Brewing Company. It isn't too sweet, and it has a good body, and I kind of dig the late-90s throwback vibe of the bitter, resinous hops, but overall it's kind of rough. The spicy cloves in the smell and taste are really out of place. (Maybe the beer was fermented too hot?) I don't regret trying it, and I'd be happy to try another beer from Slowdrift, but I wouldn't recommend this beer when there are so many better examples of the style available here.
Apr 10, 2023Look:
First pour: Murky orange body with some floaters, topped with a thin head of loose, sudsy bone-colored foam that shrinks to a messy collar. Second pour: Same body, same floaters, but the head is thicker and less sudsy. A definite improvement.
Smell:
Dusty, semi-sweet malt that reminds me of freshly-milled grain at a homebrew store, along with resiny hops, and a little orange oil. There's also a bit of baking spice.
Taste:
Very estery, muddled, and not too clean. The nose had me expecting a heavy, sticky mid-90s IPA, full of resiny hops with a big base of malt. The beer turned out to be much lighter than that, starting with crackery malt with a touch of caramel and a bit of orange peel. This is followed by a surprising burst of cloves that surges up in the middle. The finish is moderately sweet and quite bitter, with pine and orange peel notes and persistent clove flavor.
Feel:
Light-to-medium-bodied with assertive carbonation. The drying finish has a bit of spicy warmth to it.
Overall:
Slowdrifting American Pale Ale was my first beer from Slowdrift Brewing Company. It isn't too sweet, and it has a good body, and I kind of dig the late-90s throwback vibe of the bitter, resinous hops, but overall it's kind of rough. The spicy cloves in the smell and taste are really out of place. (Maybe the beer was fermented too hot?) I don't regret trying it, and I'd be happy to try another beer from Slowdrift, but I wouldn't recommend this beer when there are so many better examples of the style available here.
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