Driftwood Brewery
Gary Lindsay, Jason Meyer and Kevin Hearsum started Driftwood in Victoria in 2008, doing all the work themselves; it now has about 65 staff. In 2020 it moved to a 60,000-square-foot building in Esquimalt, where it brews, cans and runs a tasting room. Fat Tug, a Northwest-style IPA of 7% and 80+ IBU, is its best-known beer. Sartori Harvest is brewed once a year with fresh Centennial hops from the Sartori Cedar Ranch, and White Bark is a witbier. Meyer, who wrote the original recipes, retired from daily work in 2025.
Styles brewed by Driftwood Brewery
American IPA
AleAmerican IPA: a strong, bitter pale ale built around American hops, from citrus and pine to tropical fruit. Strength, bitterness, glass and classic examples.
Witbier
AleWitbier: a hazy, pale Belgian wheat beer spiced with coriander and orange peel, revived by Pierre Celis in 1966. Strength, bitterness, glass and classic examples.
At a glance
- Country
- Canada
- Brews in
- Esquimalt, British Columbia
- Founded
- 2008
- Owner
- Its founders
- Best-known beers
- Fat Tug, White Bark, Sartori Harvest
- Address
- 836 Viewfield Rd, Victoria, BC
- Website
- driftwoodbeer.ca
Sources
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- Victoria’s Driftwood Brewery carving out a name for itself | Oak Bay News — Oak Bay News
- Beers Archive - Driftwood Brewery — Driftwood Brewery
- Fat Tug IPA – Driftwood Brewery • Victoria, BC — Driftwood Brewery
- White Bark Witbier – Driftwood Brewery • Victoria, BC — Driftwood Brewery
- Sartori Harvest IPA – Driftwood Brewery • Victoria, BC — Driftwood Brewery
- Blackstone Porter – Driftwood Brewery • Victoria, BC — Driftwood Brewery