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Sartori Harvest IPA
Driftwood Brewery
- From:
- Driftwood Brewery
- British Columbia, Canada
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #18 - ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 97
Ranked #705 - Avg:
- 4.4 | pDev: 7.27%
- Reviews:
- 45
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 12, 2023
- Added:
- Oct 11, 2009
- Wants:
- 107
- Gots:
- 22
Just once a year, the very best hops from BC's own Sartori Cedar Ranch are harvested by an antique machine so colossal that it had to be cut in two to make the journey from Hallertau, Germany, the granddaddy of hop growing regions. Once picked, the fresh hops are rushed straight to our brew kettle, where we craft you the singular 'Wet Hopped' IPA. A true BC harvest ale.
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Reviewed by LeBron_James from Canada (ON)
4.5/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Pretty happy that I managed to find a fresh can of this.
Pours clear amber-orange with a nice symmetrical white head. Leaves a ton of lacing.
Smells of pine, catty hop resin, moss, some citrus and melon notes too.
This beer is like a fresh pine bomb that's just hopped way out of control. Absolutely awesome. Super piney and earthy with a sweet grapefruit kind of note in the background.
Mouthfeel is really nice. The carbonation is done perfectly and the hop prevalence leaves that resin coating you want on a bold IPA.
Nothing about this beer is muted. This is by far the best west coast/traditional IPA I've ever had. This is done very well and is pretty close to as good as it gets for wet hopped bitter pine bomb kind of IPAs. I love it.
Dec 16, 2022Pours clear amber-orange with a nice symmetrical white head. Leaves a ton of lacing.
Smells of pine, catty hop resin, moss, some citrus and melon notes too.
This beer is like a fresh pine bomb that's just hopped way out of control. Absolutely awesome. Super piney and earthy with a sweet grapefruit kind of note in the background.
Mouthfeel is really nice. The carbonation is done perfectly and the hop prevalence leaves that resin coating you want on a bold IPA.
Nothing about this beer is muted. This is by far the best west coast/traditional IPA I've ever had. This is done very well and is pretty close to as good as it gets for wet hopped bitter pine bomb kind of IPAs. I love it.
Reviewed by leaddog from Canada (AB)
4.38/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.38/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Appearance - Pours a copper with four fingers of frothy white head.
Smell - piney, earthy, leafy, citrus, and floral hops, citrus and grapefruit peel, pine resin, caramel, bready malts, and earthy yeast.
Taste - bold piney, earthy, leafy, citrus, and floral hops upfront. The citrus and grapefruit come through next. The pine resin, caramel, bready malts, and earthy yeast round out the brew.
Mouthfeel - Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Finishes sticky with the hops, pine resin, and grapefruit lingering.
Overall - A true West Coast IPA that delivers on the piney front. This one nails the technique down to a tee. A pleasant tipple to enjoy!
Oct 31, 2022Smell - piney, earthy, leafy, citrus, and floral hops, citrus and grapefruit peel, pine resin, caramel, bready malts, and earthy yeast.
Taste - bold piney, earthy, leafy, citrus, and floral hops upfront. The citrus and grapefruit come through next. The pine resin, caramel, bready malts, and earthy yeast round out the brew.
Mouthfeel - Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Finishes sticky with the hops, pine resin, and grapefruit lingering.
Overall - A true West Coast IPA that delivers on the piney front. This one nails the technique down to a tee. A pleasant tipple to enjoy!
Reviewed by TooManyGlasses from Canada (AB)
4.44/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.44/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
650 ml bomber (a format that Driftwood seems to still really like - but they make such great beer so carry on!).
This is a beautiful clear copper pour with finger + of just slightly off white head.
Aroma is piney, dank, slightly spicy with grapefruit rind, caramel malt and a touch floral and earthy.
Earthy resinous hops hit the palate with grapefruit pith bitterness, pine, dank and weedy, a bit floral on a caramel malt backing.
Smooth medium full mouthfeel - perfect carbonation - a touch dry with lingering earthy, piney bitterness.
Wet hop done right.
Oct 07, 2020This is a beautiful clear copper pour with finger + of just slightly off white head.
Aroma is piney, dank, slightly spicy with grapefruit rind, caramel malt and a touch floral and earthy.
Earthy resinous hops hit the palate with grapefruit pith bitterness, pine, dank and weedy, a bit floral on a caramel malt backing.
Smooth medium full mouthfeel - perfect carbonation - a touch dry with lingering earthy, piney bitterness.
Wet hop done right.
Rated by spinrsx from Canada (ON)
3.9/5 rDev -11.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.9/5 rDev -11.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bottle shared by Sylvain.
Dec 10, 2016Reviewed by dabeerbuddha from Canada (ON)
4.28/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.28/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
I've heard great things...now I've tasted them.
Service: Bottle chilled. Poured to a tulip. Thanks Ben!
Great pour. Bright orange hue with substantial head. Mildly hazy. Solid head that had staying power. Looks great!
Aroma is in your face. Straight off the pour. Fresh citric hop and green goodness.
Taste : Very solid but singular and to the point. Grassy and citrus. Substantial malt invests. Lingering aftertaste of a nice blend of malts and hop bettering.
Mouth feel was substantial. I like it and is required in my mind for a solid IPA. Tongue was caressed by fine bubbles which added to the back of mouth elements of this brew.
Overall: I was thinking this beer had a hard task to live up to its reputation but I was very pleasantly surprised. They have something great going on here! I feel it may be partly the fact that they use copious amounts of hops on a great IPA malt backbone. It works and I approve.
Oct 19, 2016Service: Bottle chilled. Poured to a tulip. Thanks Ben!
Great pour. Bright orange hue with substantial head. Mildly hazy. Solid head that had staying power. Looks great!
Aroma is in your face. Straight off the pour. Fresh citric hop and green goodness.
Taste : Very solid but singular and to the point. Grassy and citrus. Substantial malt invests. Lingering aftertaste of a nice blend of malts and hop bettering.
Mouth feel was substantial. I like it and is required in my mind for a solid IPA. Tongue was caressed by fine bubbles which added to the back of mouth elements of this brew.
Overall: I was thinking this beer had a hard task to live up to its reputation but I was very pleasantly surprised. They have something great going on here! I feel it may be partly the fact that they use copious amounts of hops on a great IPA malt backbone. It works and I approve.
Reviewed by MaltyPythonsHopCircus from Canada (BC)
4.3/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.3/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours a deep golden with whitish frothy two finger head. Aroma is slightly tropical but heavier to pine and grass. Flavour starts with a hint of sweetness then moves to earthy pine and grass notes. Hop bite up front is assertive but not off putting. Finishes with an earthy chewy dryness.
Oct 18, 2016
Sartori Harvest IPA from Driftwood Brewery
Beer rating:
97 out of
100 with
122 ratings
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