Highball Drifter
Founders Brewing Co. in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Brown Ale - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.37
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Call us old-fashioned, but we think you’re going to love this barrel-aged sipper inspired by our favorite bourbon-based cocktails. Highball Drifter presents aromatics of caramel and vanilla, dried fruit and spice while hints of cherry and bitter orange peel whisk you away to simpler days.
AndySnow (16580) reviewed Highball Drifter from Founders Brewing Co. 9 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
How: Bottle.
Where: Systembolaget.
Appearance: Hazy light brown colour with an off-white head.
Aroma: Malt, fruit, hops, alcohol, bourbon, grass.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Malt, fruit, hops, alcohol, bourbon.
oh6gdx (43583) reviewed Highball Drifter from Founders Brewing Co. 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Sample (thanks omhper!). Yellowish golden colour, small white head. Aroma is floral, grassy, floral and some mild herbal tones. Flavour has some alcohol, some sweet floral tones with mild tropical fruits and mild nutty tones to it.
omhper (39870) reviewed Highball Drifter from Founders Brewing Co. 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
--Bottled, from Systembolaget. -- Clear mahogany colour, small head. Aroma of vanilla, wood and caramel. Sweet with full body and rounded mouthfeel. Caramelly bread and bourbony vanilla. Warming finish. Mellow, warming and pleasant.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
355ml bottle at the Beer Bank, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a dark reddish amber colour with a thin white head. The aroma is toffee caramel vanilla. The flavour is moderate sweet, with a smooth, rich, orange peel, red berry fruits, dry oaky, warm boozy bourbon alcohol bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. 11% but the alcohol is well hidden. Nicely balanced. Would have another if I possessed a second liver!
blackisle (5230) reviewed Highball Drifter from Founders Brewing Co. 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle 35.5cl. @home poured into a teku glass. Strong roasty alcohol nose. Opaque amberbrown colour, fair frothy beige head, half-way lasting, fair lacing. Full aroma, roasted malt, caramel, alcohol (Bourbon), wood, light vanilla, raisins. Complex taste light light heavy sweet and slightly bitter, malty, roast, toffee, alcohol, wood, vanilla notes, raisins, brown sugar, later joined by candied cherries, plum marmalade. Full-bodied, oily texture, soft carbonation, rich sweetbitter aftertaste, strong alcohol notes, sugary notes, a very rich and tasty, dangerously easy to drink, excellent.
SVD (6160) reviewed Highball Drifter from Founders Brewing Co. 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle at home, dark brown beer, small head. Aroma is caramel, sweet, malt, raisins, alcohol, vanilla. Taste is the same, sweet, alcohol, malt, fruit. nice once.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
355 ml bottle, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 11%, 25 IBU. Hazy and very dark reddish brown colour, moderate off-white to beige head. Aroma of malts, caramel, raisins and other dark dried fruits, bourbon, oak and vanilla. Rich and warming mouthfeel. The flavour has distinct notes of oak, brandy, bourbon whiskey, dark dried fruits, hints of mild spices, caramelized British orange marmalade and vanilla. A very fine beer!
Steve Jalbert (14939) reviewed Highball Drifter from Founders Brewing Co. 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12oz bottle from Hops & Bottles. Dark, clear brown, small, soapy beige head. Aroma is orange peel, whiskey. Taste is sweet, strong, distinct orange peel, malty. Tasty, too.
potjebier (6091) reviewed Highball Drifter from Founders Brewing Co. 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours clear dark ruby brown, and a dense light beige head with some retention. Aroma's: orange peel/marmalade, sweet malts, a bit cherry and woody after a while. Retronasal: sweet, fruity, jammy, zesty, both orange an cherry detectable, light boozy. Flavour is quite sweet, toffee-ish and fruity, a bit herbs. Medium bodied. Warming alcohol, not too hot. Good carbonation. Long finish, light herbal, bittersweet.