Bière de Garde Ale
Ferment Brewing Company in Hood River, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Bière de Garde Regular|
Score
6.76
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Ferment Bière de Garde is brewed in a farmhouse style originating from the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. The subtle nuances of this malt-forward beer come together to make something truly unique. Wild yeast from the slopes of Mt. Hood are married with spicy, herbal hops from Europe, producing un véritable terroir.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Loyal Legion - Portland, pours a clear copper with a small white head. Aroma has a nice old woody mustiness that pervades: leathery, buggy, oaky, with slight mildew. Flavour is a little sweeter than expected, with some undesirable esters, a little wood, some mustiness, and sweet cereal. Ferment didn’t ferment this out enough. Good attempt for a difficult style, but it needs some work.
Tried
from Draft
at
Loyal Legion - Portland
on 17 Jun 2026
at 23:14
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Loyal Legion. Pours a clear deep gold with a white head. Very light rustic yeast on the nose, some must. Flavour has caramel malts, a bit of must, and a very light yeast character. It's okay, but not that interesting.
Tried
from Draft
at
Loyal Legion - Portland
on 17 Jun 2026
at 22:00
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Super hazy golden coloured body with a dense, three to four centimetre tall pure white head that's microfoamed and fades slowly, but leaves a subtle lace on the sides. Aroma of bright spontaneously fermented yeast with a lot of grass, hay, flowers and a bunch of stone fruits - very nice and super elegant. Medium-bodied; Strong grassy and herbal flavours dominate with a pungent spontaneously fermented, slightly soured and bretty yeast note with a great bite of fresh-cut grass and flowers - very nice. Aftertaste shows some sweetness with light fruits and a dose of grassy notes along with a herbal bite showing some lemon zest and a hit of curacao. Overall, a very nice beer with a nice spontaneously fermented, slightly bretty bite with some dry herbal and grassy notes, but very elegant throughout, while being fairly easy-drinking, but full of flavour. Great to sample and well worth trying to find if you are out here on the West Coast! I sampled this 50 cL bottle purchased from Whole Foods in Portland (Pearl), Oregon on 27-March-2021 for US$5,99 sampled in my hotel room here in the centre of Portland on 21-March-2021 with my family.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Mar 2021
at 00:58