Driftwood Sartori Harvest IPA
Driftwood Sartori Harvest IPA
Rated 3.517 by BeerPals
Brewed by Driftwood Brewing Company
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Style: IPA
7% Alcohol by Volume
66 International Bittering Units
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This "wet-hopped" IPA can only be brewed once a year, during hop harvest. Brewed with fresh Centennial hops from BC's own Sartori Cedar Ranch hop farm south of Chilliwack, the fresh un-dried hop flowers are pulled from the vines and rushed back to our brewery where they are immediately used in this celebration of BC hops! This ale clocks in at a healthy 66 IBU's; beware!
ID: 37025 Last updated 2 weeks ago Added to database 15 years agoKey Stats
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| Overall Rank | 2960 |
| Overall Percentile | 94.7 |
| Style Rank | 224 of 6163 |
| Style Percentile | 96.4 |
| Lowest Score | 3.5 |
| Highest Score | 4.7 |
| Average Score | 4.033 |
| Weighted Score | 3.517 |
| Standard Deviation | 0.000 |
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3 Member Reviews
Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 10 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 10
Driftwood Brewery Sartori Harvest IPA is a huge triumph for this small craft producer based on Vancouver Island. It has a nice ruddy amber colour and pours with a large frothy head. The aroma has a good even spicy hop note with a definite malt character. This beer has a great mouthfeel, and for me, has achieved perfect balance of malt and hops for an India Pale Ale. They use ‘wet hopping’, which means that the local Chilliwack Centennial hops go into the brew fresh, without being dried, and it really gives great flavours of grapefruit and tangerine with an enjoyable floral kick. The thing that separates this IPA from many other good craft brewery examples, is that they get the balance of malt just right. There are lovely notes of caramel that support the hops like a back bone, and they all continue to the finish making this a very drinkable ale. This is one of the best IPAs I have had, and needs to be tasted by fans of the style. Pair this with a spicy fish soup, or barbecued pork marinated in a creole sauce.
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Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8
From Libations, in a bomber. Dark copper under a foamy tan head; nice retention and lacing with this one. Hops, malt, and a piney resin for the aroma. Flavour had these characteristcs as well, certainly a good balance of hops and malt. Mouthfeel less substantial than expected. Some malt sweetness at the finish. This one had been lingering in the back of my beer fridge since October 2009, probably should've drank it sooner.
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Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 10 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 10
Driftwood Brewery Sartori Harvest IPA is a huge triumph for this small craft producer based on Vancouver Island. It has a nice ruddy amber colour and pours with a large frothy head. The aroma has a good even spicy hop note with a definite malt character. This beer has a great mouthfeel, and for me, has achieved perfect balance of malt and hops for an India Pale Ale. They use ‘wet hopping’, which means that the local Chilliwack Centennial hops go into the brew fresh, without being dried, and it really gives great flavours of grapefruit and tangerine with an enjoyable floral kick. The thing that separates this IPA from many other good craft brewery examples, is that they get the balance of malt just right. There are lovely notes of caramel that support the hops like a back bone, and they all continue to the finish making this a very drinkable ale. This is one of the best IPAs I have had, and needs to be tasted by fans of the style. Pair this with a spicy fish soup, or barbecued pork marinated in a creole sauce.
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Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7
Bottle: Poured a lightly hazy bright light orangey with a medium size head with OK retention and minimal lacing. Aroma of floral hops with light citrus and bitter finish is quite enjoyable. Taste is also a nice mix between some floral hops with some nice clean citrus notes with a medium bitter finish and light sweet malt backbone. Body is quite full with good carbonation and no appearance of alcohol thought it can be felt at the end of the glass. Nothing extraordinary but well done nonetheless.
