Nectarine Première
de Garde Brewing in Tillamook, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular|
Score
7.83
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A Wild Farmhouse Ale Aged in Oak Barrels With Nectarines.
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8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
(Tap sample @ MBCC 2017 Red Session, Copenhagen) Pours hazy orange with a white head. Notes of intense juicy fresh nectarine, tart lactic edge conveys apricot too, floral perfume, citrus peel, orange flesh, moderate funky hay pile, touches of oak, a little malt but it's just supportive. Overall balance is pretty heavy tart but the juicy fruitiness balances that a bit, and it finishes quite dry and persistently nectarine-forward with some fruit skin and oak. Medium bodied, crisp, with rather light carbonation. Just beautiful, expressively fruity and truly well-balanced for a bold American sour.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Mar 2018
at 22:00
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
750mL bottle drunk 9/20/17.
Fully hazy, despite a long, cold rest in my fridge. Bright apricot-peach-golden, well-carbonated but with a fleeting, yellow-tinted head showing no retention.
Much like my first run-in with De Garde (apricot gose), this thing just pours forth the authentic, fresh, perfectly extracted/expressed fruit. White wine, tropical notes, tart juices, tons of funky, mineral-rich pit and in place of the sometimes high acetic character from De Garde, you have a wonderfully juicy, tropical Brett character that joins forces with the fruit to really push the nose over the top.
Soft and malty texture with ultra-fine, tight carbonation and high attenuation with excellent fruit integration and a juicy, pit and skin-heavy expression. More Brett than anything, with only trailing sourness from the lactobacillus. I've had my fair share of excellent fruited beers from Hill, Jester King, Side Project and the like, but De Garde has to be number one when it comes to this sort of thing.
Fully hazy, despite a long, cold rest in my fridge. Bright apricot-peach-golden, well-carbonated but with a fleeting, yellow-tinted head showing no retention.
Much like my first run-in with De Garde (apricot gose), this thing just pours forth the authentic, fresh, perfectly extracted/expressed fruit. White wine, tropical notes, tart juices, tons of funky, mineral-rich pit and in place of the sometimes high acetic character from De Garde, you have a wonderfully juicy, tropical Brett character that joins forces with the fruit to really push the nose over the top.
Soft and malty texture with ultra-fine, tight carbonation and high attenuation with excellent fruit integration and a juicy, pit and skin-heavy expression. More Brett than anything, with only trailing sourness from the lactobacillus. I've had my fair share of excellent fruited beers from Hill, Jester King, Side Project and the like, but De Garde has to be number one when it comes to this sort of thing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2018
at 01:08
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap. Murky orange color with white head. Aroma is nectarine, maracuja, lots of maracuja, milky, very fruity. Taste is nectarine, maracuja, purree, very fruity. Very purree-like viscous mouthfeel with medium carbonation. Fun!
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Feb 2018
at 09:18
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 2
Overall 6
Milky/murky, keg not settled? Umami mealy aroma with peach marmalade. Thick viscous mouthfeel, sparky, fruit purée, like a Frucht nectar Schorle . the nectarines are nice, but the sponge cake feel is weird. Conflicted.
Tried
on 02 Feb 2018
at 19:31
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Draught @ MBCC '17 [ Red Session ]. - Mikkeller Beer Copenhagen Celebration 2017, Øksnehallen, Halmtorvet 11, 1700 København V, Danmark. [ As De Garde Nectarine Premiere ].Unclear medium orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is light moderate malty, wheat, moderate yeasty, tart, nectarine, peach, apricot. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate acidic with a long duration, tart nectarine, apricoy - peach, funky, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. Wow nice ;0) [20170513] 8-3-8-4-18
Tried
on 30 Nov 2017
at 10:50
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught @ Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2017 - Red Session
Pours hazy deep golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, citrus, tart, funk and orange. Taste is light sweet and medium sour with a long dry, citrus, tart, funk and orange finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours hazy deep golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, citrus, tart, funk and orange. Taste is light sweet and medium sour with a long dry, citrus, tart, funk and orange finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
on 16 Oct 2017
at 13:07
8.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
750 ml bottle, thank you very much for the share Adam! Cloudy orange color, no head. The aroma is in sanely juicy. Tangerine forward with a mild peach hint. Citrus rind. The flavor is really exceptional. Juice, citrus rind with a good amount of tart pucker. Yet the bold fruit "juicy" character makes this again... Exceptional. White wine is pretty noticeable. I have never had a Sour ale quite like this, ever. Wow!
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2017
at 22:34
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
75CL. Acquired in a trade. not sure which batch this is. Lots of sediment in the bottle, a very dark orange. no head but a fizzy sprite like bubble thing going on after pouring. Smells insane. just lovely nectarine, grapefruit, orange juice aroma. fantastic aroma. It’s super insane sour. like this is so sour it hurts but that initial citrus acidic bite is so damn good. possibly my favorite degrade so far i just wish it wasn’t so sour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2017
at 22:06
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap@MBCC May 2017, Copenhagen - pours fuzzy golden yellow with a white head. Sour fruity, medium acidic, resonating orange nectarine fruity, light funky and yeasty, floral accents, medium body, tart fruity finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jul 2017
at 08:52
7.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
MBCC. Unclear yellow with small white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, nectar juice and a little lemon. Flavour is malt, fruit, nectar juice, fruit peel, lemon, little sour and a little citric.
Tried
on 11 Jun 2017
at 09:36