de Garde Brewing The Purple Kriek

The Purple Kriek

 

de Garde Brewing in Tillamook, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸

  Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Rotating
Score
7.85
ABV: 7.0% IBU: - Ticks: 37
A spontaneous wild ale aged in oak barrels with black and red raspberries plus Montmorency and Morello Cherries.
 

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7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Draught @ Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2017 - Green Session
Pours clear red with a pink head. Aroma has notes of malt, tartness, cherry, funk and cherry pits. Taste is light sweet and heavy sour with a long dry, tart and cherry finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.

Tried on 23 Nov 2017 at 17:01


8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Draught @ MBCC '17 [ Green Session ]. - Mikkeller Beer Copenhagen Celebration 2017, Øksnehallen, Halmtorvet 11, 1700 København V, Danmark. [ As De Garde The Purple Kriek ].Clear medium to dark red colour with a small, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy cherry, oak - barrel, moderate almond, light raspberry. Flavor is moderate sweet and acidic with a long duration, tart, cherry, wood, oak, sour, tart raspberry, sweet cherry, dry, jammy. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20170513] 8-4-8-4-18

Tried on 20 Nov 2017 at 11:08


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Fat på MBCC 2017. Smak och doft av hallon, körsbär, hallonkärnor, körsbärskärnor, körsbärssylt- och saft med toner av ekträ. Fin syrlighet och sötma, bra balans och beska.

Tried on 02 Oct 2017 at 15:00


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

Bottle - pours red pink head - nose and taste of raspberry, cherry, oak, lactose funk - medium body

Tried from Bottle on 26 Sep 2017 at 22:27


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

750mL bottle drunk 7/8/17.
More kriek and less purple in the color, obviously. Good clarity, leaving the sediment behind and a fleeting ring of red-tinged bubbles.
Slightly less jammy than The Purple, with more tart cherry and a bit more peppery spice. Lots of tannin and fruit, with low-to-moderate lactic and acetic acid adding depth and complexity without dominating. Gentle oak suggestions on the finish with boisterous cherry notes showing more spice and light medicinal character.
Again it's tannic and acidic and very, very dry, with a definite need for more malt depth. Acids are pretty restrained for a De Garde beer, but the extreme dryness and tannin pronounce them anyways and so it comes off more acidic/sour than it really should. I like the use of the cherries here as they both add back a little more sweetness and body, at least perception-wise. Tight carbonation, as always. Just needs a little more oomph, but of course, the fruit is done phenomenally well.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Aug 2017 at 13:26


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle pours a deep dark pink with a light pink fizzy head. Big, prominant berry and cherry aroma with some tart funkiness. Less so of the fruit in the flavors, but a very dry tary character and hits of the raspberries.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Jul 2017 at 01:53


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

Tap@MBCC May 2017, Copenhagen - pours purple with a pink ringed head. Sour fruity assault of rich raspberries and cherries, medium to high acidic, berry fruits, medium body, wooden oak accents, sharp tart fruity close.

Tried from Draft on 19 Jul 2017 at 08:58


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Conor shared this 750 ml Bottle. Pink / reddish color, thin pink head. Aroma is awesome! Raspberry, cherry skins, lactic notes. The flavor is borderline too sour and tartness. I prefer the other De Gard I sampled today much more. This is heartburn waiting to happen. To much will give massive acid reflux. Not a favorite.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Jul 2017 at 15:48


6.9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

A cloudy purple red color. No head. The aroma is insane. Cherry beer and apples. Flavor. Very juicy. Whoa. Way too sour. Apple and vinegar juice.

Tried on 08 Jul 2017 at 15:42


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

MBCC. Clear red with small pink head. Aroma is malt, fruit, cherries, berries, lemon and sour. Flavour is malt, fruit, cherries, berries, lemon, sour, citric, medium sweet and medium dry.

Tried on 28 Jun 2017 at 00:08