Drake's Expedition Ale
In the spirit of exploration, Expedition blends the deep roasted flavors of dark malts with the hops of an IPA to create something worth discovering for yourself. Set sail on an expedition of your own.
3.7
194 reviews
San Leandro, United States
Community reviews
Pours amber with a offwhite head, some flaoties. Aroma of malt, nuts, apples, fruity hops. Flavor is rich malty, caramel, fruity hops. Medium body, lively carbonation.
Bon color, bon aroma, bona entrada, bona textura, bon final. Es pot demanar més?
Bottle @ Rasmus House. Pours amber with a offwhite head, some flaoties. Aroma of malt, nuts, apples, fruity hops. Flavor is rich malty, caramel, fruity hops. Medium body, lively carbonation. 020812
Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are rich malt, caramel, hops, nuts and notes of fruits. Very malty and has a long bitter finish.
Bottle. Creamy off-white good mostly lasting head. Amber colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma,. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finsih. Creamy palate.
Bottle. Clear amber with big foamy off-white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, hops and a little caramel. Flavour is malt, hops, caramel, pine, little sweet and bitter.
Hazy amber with a big and lasting off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and moderate hoppy - grapefruit. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 020812
66 cl bottle @ home. Pours slightly cloudy reddish amber with some sediment and an off-white head that fades leaving some lacing. Aroma is piney and resinous hops as well as some caramel malt. Taste is citrus, resinous and piney hops with some caramel malt and a dash of nuts.
Bottle, bought @ Ørsted Ølbar, Cph.
Pours dark amber with a medium, frothy, yellowish head. Aroma has mild caramel, piney hops, light raisin, mildly toasted notes. A bit of strawberry and resin. Medium carbonation, super-lovely creamy mouthfeel. Good dryness. Flavour has a very elegant maltbase of caramel balanced with sharp, but never overpowering hops bitterness. Pine, grass, strawberries. Super balance. Really a wonderful drink.
(Bottle) Pours dark reddish brown with a sand colored head. The aroma holds woodsy, earthy, floral, herbal, mild grassy and light citric/fruity hops alongside nutty, caramelly, toffee-ish and cookie-like malt. Bit of nutty yeast, cream, tobacco (Swedish snus) and a touch of canned fruits. The flavour is light sweet, near medium bitter and tiny acidic with notes of citric, fruity, floral and light woodsy hops alongside toasted, nutty, cookie-like and light caramelly malt. The mouthfeel is round, soft, clean and creamy with light to medium carbonation. Soft roasted cookies, flowers and grapefruit on the finish. Medium bodied.
Bottle courtesy of Marsiblursi. Pours clear brownish red with bubbly brownish white head that quickly dissipates while leaving some thick lacing on the glass. Smell is sweet, malty and hoppy fresh with orange peal, dark bread, wood, lemon zest, pine, resin, oatmeal, overripe red apples, wet tobacco, caramel, canned corn, hazelnuts, wet soil and hints of compost and orange zest. Taste is sweet and bitter with freshly cut grass, pine, grapefruit juice, dark bread, orange peal, caramel, resinous wood, toasted malts, tobacco, hazelnuts, cereal, biscuits, lemon zest, charred oats and hints of wet soil and charred wood. Mouthfeel is smooth, round, oily bitter and medium bodied. Finish is slightly sweet and bitter with pine, resinous wood, freshly cut grass, grapefruit juice, hazelnuts and dark bread.
Bottled. Dark amber coloured. Unclear Dense light brown head. ARoma of Flowers, herbs, caramel, light tea. Flavour of flowers, caramel, herbs, citrus, light roast. Medium to full bodied. Ends on a herbal bitterness.
Coppery amber. Off-white head, about a finger. Some lacing. Big bready, biscuity, malty aroma with a hoppy undertone. Fruity malt flavor with some hops in the mix. Dry with a little sweetness. Pretty tasty.
Bottle. Pours a clear reddish amber color with a small longlasting off-white head. Has a fruity piney hoppy aroma. Fruity malty hoppy piney caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter piney finish.
04-MAY-2012, bottle @home, from "Fish & Beer".
Amber with lasting lacing beige head.
Very hoppy nose with grape fruit and pine ubt also a sweet malty addition to the bitterness in the form of bread and caramel.
Really fine red ale. Creamy, malty, and very very bitter.
bottle at ølbutikken.
clear brown, small white head. aroma si quite sweet malty, dark caraemmlly, lacks hoppy balance. flavor is mal, caramelly, dry, lacks hops.
Bottle at Ølbutikken - shared with the Stormtroopers. Clear dark red/brown – offwhite head. Sweet malty, ok hoppy, knækbrød, fruity, ok malty, ok bitterness, light caramel, rather high bitter finish, nice.
Bottle at Ølbutikken.
Clear orange-red coloured with a medium sized off-white head.
Sweet and fruity aroma of caramel, bread, hops and pine needles.
Sweet and fruity flavour of caramel, bread, hops and grass.
Dry hoppy finish.
Flaske: Mørk ravfarvet øl med en smule proteinklumper i. Duften er støvet humle, ikke helt frisk hvilket er en skam. Smagen er let maltet og en del støvet humle igen. Ikke helt i balance.
3rd December 2011
ChrisOs Early December Tasting. 7.0% abv bottle. Hazy amber beer, tiny pale tan head. Light palate, soft and semi dry. Mild carbonation. Nice piney hops, fairly bitter. Trace of citrus. Good malt base. Good stuff.
Bottle 22fl.oz. @ chriso [ oh6gdx birthday bash tasting ].
Clear medium to dark amber colour with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, grapefruit, pine, medicine - hospital notes. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, citrus - orange, hoppy. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20111203]
Bottled@my birthdaybash@Chriso. Amber colour, small slightly off-white head. Aroma is fruity, earthy, mildly malty with some quite sweet floral and herbal notes as well. Flavour is quite similar with a quite big hoppy bitternes to it as well.
Bottled at oh6gdx’s birthday bash at chriso’s. Hazy copper colour, small head. Grapefruity hop aroma. Mid sweet with medium body and clean, rounded mouthfeel. Caramel dipped is salty grapefruit with long, resiny really bitter finish.
Bottle at Pat’s birthday tasting at chriso’s. Pours a clearish, brick red with a foamy, white head. Some caramel and soapy hops in the nose. Medium sweet flavor, notes of caramel, piney resins. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Slightly drying finish, sticky, some leafy bitterness, more caramel and pine. Very solid beer overall.
Bottle at Chriso Patriks Bday tasting. Very deep red brown hazy. Lasting beige head. Nice resiny pnw hops. Hops are really excellent. Its got some sweetness
On tap at City Beer SF. Red hued amber with a tan head. Pine, citrus, huge hops. Mild bitter that becomes stronger, nice carbonation, dry finish Great pine hop ending that grows for a while.
Big piney aroma coming off of this reddish hued brew. Nice bit of bitterness without going overboard. Does eventually dry out the tongue a bit. A nice bit of sweetness too.
Better than average in every measurable aspect, superb for the style. Rich reddish tinge, with retained 3/8 inch white head. Mildly hoppy aroma. Above average mouthfeel. Well balanced hops and malt. Very good drinkability.
Thanks Brad!
Bottled, copper red color with short lived off white foam, aroma has a little pine with some alcohol, flavor is malty, bitter, chlorine, prickly pear, oily metal finish
Bomber poured into my Stone IPA glass; I have recently been very impressed with Drakes; first the Hopocalpse; then the Drakonic and now this! Very dense aroma of bread and yeast; dark dark red and yet very clear. The taste is a great balance between fresh hopped IPA with a darker malt bill. It reminds me of one of my all time favorites, which is Ballast Point Tongue Buckler. Great beer Drakes!!