Driftwood White Bark Wheat Ale

Happy Canada day weekend friends! I hope you enjoy some delicious brews over the long weekend. I’m headed to the USA for a visit, so perhaps I’ll find a magnificent brew to try and review there.

On to Driftwood’s White Bark ale, brewed in Victoria BC. I bought this beer at a local store for about
$5 CAD.

Take a look!

The Driftwood poured a delightful opaque yellow with about a fingers width of head.

Smell is very orange citrusy with coriander, and bushels of wheat.

The taste was very mild and citrusy. There is an explosion of generic citrus, with lots of wheat finish which is nice.

My only qualm would be its apparent watery texture. It isn’t quite as carbonated and full bodied as I hoped for. After an explosion of citrus and wheat, it sort of falls flat. I don’t know if it was just this brewed batch, but I’m not sold. This beer had an ABV of 5%, which might have had to do with the flatness and watery taste this beer gave off. The taste starts very strong and full, and satisfying, but falls off quite abruptly with the lack of carbonation and watery texture.

However, I must say, the label is very slick, made out of some cool different style paper which feels modern and awesome.

Overall though, this beer left me wanting a little bit more. I’m not sure if I’d drink this one again.

Grade – C

Drank this beer before? What did you think? Leave a comment!

Ozujsko Pivo 50 cl

This beer is “most favourite Croatian beer,” as it’s claim to fame says on the can. I initially bought it because the colourful label caught my eye. I bought it a while ago, and I hope I didn’t pay more than $3.00 CAD for it.

It doesn’t say what type of beer it is, only that it IS beer, which is a good start. (wikipedia -> it is a Lager!) It is golden yellow and has no scent, which leads me to believe it is a blonde, a lager, or some other type of light beer.

It’s taste is generic, but it is cold, crisp and clean. It has some peach and an olivey sort of flavour which tastes a bit better than it sounds. I can’t read Croatian, but it probably says “fresh glacial water,” as my biggest qualm is that it could be the most watery beer I’ve had, and doesn’t have a ton of taste, but it is refreshing.

It has a flat taste to it, and the initial head was a little weak and a little bland. I’m having a hard time finding great qualities about Ozujsko. Maybe it’s croatia’s favourite because it’s cheap and crappy.

Ozujsko would be great to drink:

If other beers are sold out
If you just turned legal drinking age and want to pretend to be a connoisseur by drinking sub par exotic beer

That being said, it’s not the worst I’ve had, it is different enough to bring about a “meh” response.

Grade: C-

Feel free to request a beer or share your thoughts about Ozujsko!

Happy Victoria day weekend! I’ll do a review over the weekend even though I’ll be camping.