Grand Rouge
de Garde Brewing in Tillamook, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular|
Score
7.46
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Bytemesis (16229) reviewed Grand Rouge from de Garde Brewing 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Bottle thanks to Matt! Pours cloudy purple amber, small beige head, decent lacing. Aroma is oaky, funky, musty, basement, Vinous. Flavor is light plus tart, medium funk. Medium body. Excellent.
ineedbeer (4099) reviewed Grand Rouge from de Garde Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Poured from a 750 ml bottle. Aroma is fruity with moderately strong grape notes with some tannins from the skins. Light oak notes. Hints of citrus as well as some light berry and cassis notes. Light caramel and raisin notes from the malt. Pours a slightly hazy, deep, dark amber red with a medium large, thick, slightly pink head that slowly recedes to the edges where it lingers for just a bit. No lacing or legs. Flavor is somewhat acidic with a slight citrus note. Light malt notes expressed as caramel and raisin. Light oak and oak tannins. Moderately strong red wine grape notes with some moderate grape tannins. A touch of berry and cassis character. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, an alright beer with a lot of Zinfandel grape notes. Quite a bit of tannins though. Not bad, just very grapey. Some light character from the base beer in the form of berries, cassis, caramel and raisin.
Whatup14 (3019) reviewed Grand Rouge from de Garde Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bouteille 750ml au Québec Ratebeer Gathering. Couleur rouge vin voilée, mousse légèrement rosée. Arôme acide, raisin rouge, poubelle. Goût boisé, vineux, acidité moyenne, un peu âcre, acétique. Carbonatation moyenne, corps moyen.
Lubiere (24459) reviewed Grand Rouge from de Garde Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
A burgundy red ale with a thin white head. In aroma, sweet fruity malt with light Epsom salts, ground cherries, lactic acid, light buttery notes, grapeskin, very nice. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity malt with ground cherries, lactic acid, Epsom salts, grapeskin, light Brett, alcohol warmth, very nice. Bottle at ratebeer Quebec gathering 2015.
poisoneddwarf (5469) reviewed Grand Rouge from de Garde Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
750 ml bottle from the brewery, my last bottle left from my trip there a month and a half ago. Aroma is amazing and constantly changing--I’m getting (in order of appearance) Sour Patch Kids, raspberries (flesh and seeds), cherries, grapes, balsamic, vanilla, light wood influence, almonds. It almost reminds me of Duchesse with that overripe dark fruit character, but it’s definitely a New World spin on that. Pours clear ruby red with a purplish-white head that falls pretty quick into a ring. Taste is sour (7/10), dry, cherry pits, not as good as the aroma let on, but still pretty tasty. Carbonation is champagne-level and I wish it was a bit lower. Overall, though, nice work.
Boutip (9769) reviewed Grand Rouge from de Garde Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle: Poured a reddish color ale with a good size foamy head. Aroma of vinous notes with some art notes and a light cherry flavours also noticeable. Taste is a mix of vinous notes with light grape and residuals sugar notes with some cherry and oak flavours with some tart notes. Body is about average for style with good carbonation. Flavours are very well balances and I loved how the grapes notes offset some of the more sour flavours.
djd07 (28882) reviewed Grand Rouge from de Garde Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
On tap at De Garde. Pours a cloudy ruby with small off white head that diminishes to nothing. The aroma is funk, oak, grape, berry. Medium mouth, jammy grape, funky, oak, light dry finish, very nice
mcberko (47456) reviewed Grand Rouge from de Garde Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at Saraveza Farmhouse Festival, pours a murky purple-ish link with a small off-white head. Aroma brings out loads of blueberries upfront, with light tartness and oak. Flavour is very dry and fruity, with lots of blueberries and oak. Complex, dry and oaky. Excellent.