9.3

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Bottle @ Welcome to the jungle-share thanks to bursprak. Pours deep purple with a saturated pink head. Aromas of raspberry jam, sweet oak, lactic, lightly tannic. Taste has tart raspberries, light spice, lavender, lactic, subtle de garde funk and oak.

9

Ultra raspberry train

8.5

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Bottle shared by Matt - thanks! Pours magenta-black, large purple beige head, dissipates quickly, some lacing. Aroma is huge raspberries, more berries. Flavor is light tart, light funk, huge fruit. Full body. Good

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle - pours dark purple pink head - nose and taste of raspberry, blackberry, tannins, funk and oak - medium body

8.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle shared at Lucky Bamboo share. Pours a deep purple with some ruby highlights and a small pink head that dissipates. Very jammy nose with tons of raspberry, tannins, stems and oak. Smooth on the palate with a vinous character. Oak is there and prevalent with every aspect of the fruit: flesh, skin, seed and stem. Quite dry on the finish. Very nice.

7.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Poured from a 750 ml bottle. Aroma is very fruit forward with lots of jammy, deep berry notes. Light tannins and oak notes. Pours a deep, dark, purple with a large, thick, frothy, purple head that recedes quickly and disappears. No lacing and legs. Flavor has a light sweetness switch a medium high to high acidity. Light bitterness, oak and tannins. Light phenolics and berry stem notes. Lots of deep, bright, slightly jammy berry notes. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with high carbonation. Low, but present astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, a very berry forward beer. It's a bit too carbonated and the acidity is slightly to sharp. So much berry flavor and aroma though.

8.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle. Pours a dark purple with medium pink head that lasts. The aroma is strong berry, oak, funk, cherry skin. Jammy, berry, cherry, oak, light funk, puckering sour, lacto, enjoyed this.

8.6

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

750ml bottle pours out a sexy purple color topped with a red head. Nose is great big fruit notes berries some grape notes and barrel. Tatse is more of the nice berries some jam sweetness along with a tart sour notes.

7.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle @ Uiltje bar, small sample, courtesy of the barman, thanks! Murky, deep dark purple color. No head. Aroma's: heavy raspberry, cherries, sour. A bit more sour retronasal. Flavor is sour, fruity (dark fruit). Medium bodied. Long finish, tart and fruit.

8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

750mL bottle drunk 9/20/17.
Looks like a glass of concord grape juice. Good clarity and with the purple head fading steadily to a ring.
Beautiful grape nose. There's a good deal of acidity and tannin, but yet the malt lying behind things here balances gently but effectively. Rich cranberry and labrusco-like notes lead the way for light Brett and lacto to clean up on the finish. Low acetic character and with no alcohol or flaw.
In the mouth it shows strong tartness and grape acidity, but yet the supple, malty texture helps balance. Good attenuation of fruit and malt, with integration high as well. Juicy and peppery on the end, creating an enjoyable juxtaposition and ending on softer, lightly dull tannin. When everything has shaken out, this is actually pretty low on the acidity, actually. Yet another masterpiece of fruit expression by De Garde. Almost take these things for granted, at this point.