(Sample @ CBC 2016 Red Session, Copenhagen) Pours a clear dark purplish red wine colour with a pink head. Nose of raspberry, blackberry, syrup/blackberry sauce, mulchy funky notes, earth. Flavour is berry forward, blackberry especially, lactic tartness, powdery, funky notes and a dusty yeast character, particularly at the finish, slightly murky and astringent in the aftertaste, lacking mineral zip. Light to medium bodied with soft carbonation. Like the bright fruitiness here, maybe the yeast character or whatever at the back end isn't quite for me but on the whole it's very nice.

750mL bottle drunk 7/8/17.
Confirmed purple. Clear, no head.
Big black raspberry nose is quite a bit jammier than either Friends Like These or Bluest. Again, though, the big burst of acid never comes on the finish, as in many De Gardes. Instead, a moderate lactic, perhaps lightly acetic character mirrors the bright acidity of the fruit but does not dominate. Lots of tannin here from the barrel but no toasted oak, thankfully. Again, the fruit is done very well, as it always is in De Garde's beers. No alcohol or flaw.
Light and bright in the mouth with moderate carbonation that is quite spritzy and carries the strong tannin and acid to through to the finish, warding off most of the potential maltiness and leaving the beer very dry. Great berry flavors, unsurprisingly and it's joined by light-to-moderate bacterial-derived acetic acids that add a brace of sourness and complement the berry notes well. Unfortunately, as was the case with The Bluest, it's a bit overly dry/tannic/acidic creating an impression of thinness. But here more pronounced than in the Bluest. Just needs a bit more softness and depth from wheat and/or malt. Clean and with no alcohol. Mixed acidity and long berry notes linger on.

Conor shared this 750 ml Bottle - color is a Violet purple in color. Aroma is strong raspberry and blackberry’s. Has a mild to jam a character to it. The flavor does show a moderate sourness. The fruit character is so dominant that it just slices the sourness and a half. Bey and mouthfeel are great. I understand the hype now!