Side Project Brewing Purpetua

Purpetua

 

Side Project Brewing in Maplewood, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸

Collab with: de Garde Brewing
  Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Special Out of Production
Score
7.78
ABV: 6.0% IBU: - Ticks: 3
Missouri Wild Ale and Oregon Spontaneous beer aged on Oregon Black & Red Raspberries

Another de Garde Collaboration! This year, we used an experimental Missouri Wild Ale that we refermented on top of Oregon Black Raspberries. Unlike Fencerow, this beer does not have any Flanders in the base and instead has a thoughtful construction of blonde base beers ranging from Grisette to the Fuzzy Base. The result has a lower perceived acidity which pairs beautifully with the slightly lighter fruit addition.

Then, just like previous years, we swapped half of this batch with half of a de Garde beer - 'The Purple' - a Black and Red Raspberry Spontaneous beer (from a base beer which is most closely inspired by a Lambic base) from our friends up in Tillamook. We think that just like Coex Purple and Floue Floue, this half and half blend of Side Project and de Garde turned out great and we look forward to sharing it with you!
 

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8.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9

375mL bottle drunk 10/29/25, as pictured.
Wow that's juicy as shit 5 years on. Salinity, tannin, rich mineral and big, bold, strong berry, but yet, not hugely acidic.
Soft, rich, juicy, nicely dry and tart with a huge salinity, probably unintentional? But absolutely stunning. Old, aged wine-like with rich, rich, juicy, tart and gently malty notes throughout.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Oct 2025 at 23:26


9

FLN, Nice jammy funk, definitely vibes from the purple with some side project pizazz without that degarde Tillamook funk that is common with their beers (but I dig most times for sure). Thanks Hernandes S. !

Tried from Bottle on 28 Nov 2021 at 21:39


8.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle. Pours a dark purple with pink head that diminishes quickly. The aroma is strong raspberry, cherry, earth, oak. Slick body, jammy, black raspberry, cherry, blueberry, oak, acidic, enjoyed this.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Sep 2021 at 05:51