The Purple
de Garde Brewing in Tillamook, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Rotating|
Score
7.91
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A golden wild ale aged in oak wine barrels, then transferred to oak tank and refermented with Oregon Black and Red Raspberries.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
750ML from Conor. Looks great. ruby red dark blood looking beer with a solid dark red head. Smells like tart raspberry jam with a bit of vinegar. whoa. too sour for me. vinegar, acid, raspberry, blackberry, cherries. intensity beyond belief.
Tried
on 08 Jul 2017
at 15:11
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught@CBC2016. Red colour, small head. Aroma is berries, some fruits, mild wood and some slight tartness. Flavour is berries, some tart wood, mild sourness from both as well as some earthy and mild spicy yeasty notes.
Tried
on 07 Jun 2017
at 23:12
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Sampled from a 0.75l bottle @ Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2016. A beer can hardly look any better than this. A purple warm red blurry colored body with a tall and dot-lacing pinkish head. Lovely looking. It smell really good also. Both wild, fruity, sweet with sour cherries, raspberries, cranberries and blueberries. Lovely aroma. It has a good oily texture in the mouth and it's just above average on the carbonation. Really fruity, lots or red berries in the taste also. Blueberries and sour raspberries. Mild blueberry vinegar. Acidic and sharp, yet somewhat lightdrinkable. inkable. Lovely sour. 14.05.2016
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2017
at 06:47
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Pour at Shelton Brothers. Tons of berry on the nose, with some lemon zest and tartness on the nose. Some vanilla and more blackberry and raspberry on the palate. Good acidity on the finish.
Tried
on 11 Nov 2016
at 15:56
8.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught @ CBC 2016 [ Red Session ]. - Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2016, Oksnehallen Vesterbro, Halmtorvet 11, 1700 Copenhagen, Denmark. [ As De Garde The Purple ].Clear dark red - purple color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy berry, tart berry, tart, funky, raspberry. Flavor is moderate sweet and acidic with a long duration, tart, dry, berries, funky, vinous, raspberry. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20160514]
Tried
on 30 Oct 2016
at 16:21
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle @ CBC 2016. Pours a deep red color with a small off-white pinkish head. Has a fruity sour tart raspberry aroma. Fruity sour tart raspberry flavor. Has a fruity sour tart raspberry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2016
at 14:15
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at CBC 2016, red session. Pours hazy deep red with pink head. Fruity, lots of berries, raspberries, vinous. Sour and juicy. Medium bodied. Good balance. Easy drinkable.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Oct 2016
at 06:07
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
750ml bottle courtesy of Toby. Deep, rich grape-y purple body with small bubbly head. Berries dominate the aroma, taste brings more berry sweetness, and the normal funk/sour of a de Garde beer. Oak barrel accents throughout. Nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Sep 2016
at 20:25
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Poured from a 750ml bottle. Aroma is super berry forward. Lots of raspberry notes with some moderate tannin notes. Light oak with hints of tannins. Light phenolics. Balanced jam and juice notes. Some light funk notes. Pours a very dark purple with a small, thick, dark pink head recedes fairly quickly and disappears. No lacing or legs. Flavor is fairly berry forward with a medium acidity that doesn’t come across as sharp. Some light phenolic funk. Quite a bit of berry skin and flesh notes. Light oak. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium to medium low carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, a nice berry forward "The" beer. The base comes through a bit and the acidity isn’t too sharp. Some light funk notes and good complexity form the berry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2016
at 19:47
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Pours a dark purple color with a medium white head. A big sweet berry nose, oak. Sharp berries, sour, also sweet dark berry. Very rich and natural. Looks awesome.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2016
at 00:50