de Garde Brewing

de Garde Brewingde Garde Brewing
de Garde Brewingde Garde Brewing
Brewery, Bar, Beer-to-go

114 Ivy Ave
Ste A
Tillamook, Oregon, 97141-8043
United States

(503) 815-1635 | map
degardebrewing.com
BEER STATS
Average:
4.27
Beers:
147
Ratings:
5,793
PLACE STATS
Average:
4.64
Reviews:
34
Ratings:
160
pDev:
9.91%
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Rated by pumptrick from California

1/5  rDev -78.4%

Jun 19, 2014
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Reviewed by The_Kriek_Freak from Pennsylvania

4.79/5  rDev +3.2%
vibe: 4.5 | quality: 4.75 | service: 5 | selection: 4.75
What an amazing place. The beers are beyond words, the service is wonderful and the place is spotless, full of character, and very inviting. I would be a regular if I lived in OR.
Dec 23, 2023
 
Rated: 4.97 by MJSFS from Florida

Nov 20, 2023
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Reviewed by WillieThreebiers from Connecticut

4.41/5  rDev -5%
vibe: 4.25 | quality: 4.75 | service: 4.5 | selection: 4
Cool little tasting room one block off the main drag. L-shaped service bar perpendicular to the entrance, open airy room with glass on 3 sides. Tables inside and on the front patio. 12 beers on tap, bottles for on premises or to go. Incredible beer.
Jul 08, 2023
 
Rated: 4.75 by Zekenyce from New Jersey

Oct 24, 2022
 
Rated: 4.57 by REVZEB from Illinois

Sep 13, 2021
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Reviewed by slander from New York

4.63/5  rDev -0.2%
vibe: 4.25 | quality: 5 | service: 4.25 | selection: 4.75
We survived the Festival of Dark Arts and bid Astoria adieu. I’m really kind of pissed off that I didn’t get to see the goddamn Goonies rock. As such, when I say “there’s a place I want to see, we should head back to Portland the loooong way around”, I shouldn’t get a fight, right? Obvi, I know what’s best for everyone; this is the way to play and soon they’ll know and agree and I’ll be hailed champion, but right now they want to debate the jaunt. And then the flip comes. Oh, so suddenly going to de Garde makes for a Tillamook hook for cheese and you agrees with mes, eh? Such is Sunday; running down the coast on Davo’s birthday...

It’s a funny little place with a slanted roof; just a single room tasting space fronting the brewery, I presume (I say that because we never actually saw the brewery proper). White walls with timber uprights, crossbeams, and hop lined rafters to the front & rear. Vertical paneled windows on the larger side wall, and the far smaller wall of the same with a panel garage door to an outside space. Black painted concrete floors, slant rafter ceiling, & drop glass ball single bulb lamps at alt heights & sizes.

Concrete slab topped ‘L’ shaped bar to the rear, barrel stave base, & phat wood beam foot bar. Seating for 4 on plastics. Barback wall is light blue with a 3-door bottle cooler on center. A row of 12 wood handle taps to the left on a white vertical slat tile backing piece over stainless. Draft selections are printed on horizontal slat boards above (beer, description, ABV, pricing for 6 & 12oz pours). Bottles to go shelved to the right including a Block 15/de Garde Amusement Series box set to go which I’m sure contains no suck. The bottles to go list sits alongside vertically on the wall there. Barrels, hops, baby lights, barrel bands, & a wooden man in a blue suit with a goat on his head on the ledge above the barback.

Nearly a dozen barrel top sized roundie tables mostly raised; a few larger and 1 lower. Outside, 4 tables under the slanted wood awning with sky lights. Wood barrels, some plantings, alt brick lay ground, & mounted lamps.

Map pieces to both sides of the door with stars and a colorful horizontal turquoise/orange rust metal piece above the door. Buvez Les Bieres De Garde (Brasserie Arnould Mochez) poster framed in the corner, a few more b/w prints, & a 4x6 painting on the far wall. Signed guest magnums & other 750’s, and the Pink Delirium elephant, unless I’m seeing shit. Light art, merch in the corner, brewery tins (hello, Tired Hands, nice to see you this far from home), and a large de Garde paddle.

12 taps; 6 house beers (Ivy, Spont Wild Ale aged in oak for 2 years, 6%; The Orchard, Spont Wild Ale aged in oak for 2 years with Peaches, Nectarines, & Apricots, 6.5%; The Bluest, Spont Wild Ale aged in oak for 2 years with Blueberries, 7%; The Kriek, Spont Wild Ale aged in oak for 2 years with Montmorency & Morello cherries, 7%; The Law of Winter, Spont Wild Ale aged in oak for 3 years with Cider Apples, Vanilla Beans, Cinnamon, Allspice, Ginger, & Orange Zest, 6%; Winter Amusement, Amber Saison blended with a Wild Red Ale, de Garde & Block 15 collab, 8%), and 6 guest taps; 5 beers (Baird Brewing Jubilation Ale, Winter Ale with Japanese Figs & Cinnamon Twigs, 7%; Fort George Cathedral Tree, Pilsner in oak barrels, 4.8%: Lindemans Jonge Lambik, Young Traditional Lambic, 5%; Moonraker Cool Cool, NE IPA, 7%; Block 15, Cosmic Cold Brew, Dry Coffee Stout, 7%), and a cider (Baird & Dewar, Farmhouse Cider 2017, 7.1%).

I started with The Orchard (because I’m a sucker for the Peach & Apricot beers and this one did not disappoint, more Apricotty than the other fruits but giant Peach just behind that, oaky, tart, and a real mother pucker), and then The Bluest (because, duh, just pure blueberry face here, tart, sweet, juicy, almost Lambic-like, amazing), and wound down with The Kriek (sweet & tart Cherries, oaky, funky, Crazytown). As we were looking to settle up, they put up another beer (The Botanique, Spont Wild Ale aged in oak gin barrels for 2 years with Lavender flowers, 6%). That was real damn nice. Juniper, flowery Lavender, wood, quite pleasant. Beers were all excellent, I’m saying The Orchard for the WIN of WINS but The Blueist was a close second.

Sick bottle list of to go and more so for on premise consumption (De Ranke, Cantillon, Drie Fonteinen, Tilquin, Boon, Oud Beersel, Vanburg & DuWulf LambicX PD, Hanssens, De Cam, Lindemans Cuvee Rene & Cuvee Rene Kriek, De La Senne Sparkling Vat, Fantome, ’98 Gales Old Prize Ale, 2015 Orval for $9, 2017 Orval for $8).

Ben says “There’s no Biere de Garde, false advertising, C+”. We have left him along the highway somewhere far from transportation. These beers are done really well; someone knows what they're doing here. I could do some time here and then come back and do some more time here. Just seriously wonderful!
Jul 10, 2021
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Reviewed by npolachek from New York

4.69/5  rDev +1.1%
vibe: 4.25 | quality: 4.75 | service: 4.75 | selection: 4.75
Fantastic brewery about an hour and fifteen minutes outside of Portland, Oregon. Solid selection of beers - nice inside section as well as outdoors section. Great staff and selection.
Jun 22, 2021
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Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado

4.7/5  rDev +1.3%
vibe: 4.25 | quality: 5 | service: 4.75 | selection: 4.5
kind of a dream realized to go here, apparently a new spot right in the center of this peculiar little town, i think it used to be more rural, but they have quite the space here and it looks like all the production happens on site. i was so thankful they reopened after the virus (or still during i suppose) just in time for our visit. obviously the beer speaks for itself here, but they have created a space that does justice to it, with a neat patio out the side with just a handful of tables, an open and airy feeling inside area with lots of natural light and a very impressive beer cooler, and the brewing and ageing presumably happening in the adjacent side of the building. its a sleepy little town, makes you wonder how they can support a place that sells beers for 30 bucks a bottle, but i guess they get a lot of out of town traffic through here, and have some better prices on site for sure, i was pleased with what we were charged, many of these are once in a lifetime kind of beers, so i dont mind paying. we had a couple of draft pours and were not blown away by the modest selection on this side of the menu, but maybe running a little lean with the reduced capacity due to the virus, no complaints. the bottle selection is absurd, including some of their most legendary offerings at what seemed like reasonable prices, as well as a very heady list of guest beers, lots of lambics and things like that, big time! we loved everything we had here, but were particularly impressed by bottles of the bluest and the blossom, both of which were oh my god good. these guys have some of the coolest fermentation profiles in the wild game, and their revered status among the nerds and traders seems very well earned to me in my experience with their beers. the service here was awesome, killer bottle presentation, information, and professionalism, prompt but not invasive, friendly and unpretentious, i love that in a place with beer this good. plenty of bottles to go too (and we loaded up!). this is a place worth going out of your way for, cool taproom, but world class beer, i hope to back here next time i head out to the coast. easily the beer highlight of our recent trip! absolutely not to be missed.
Jul 07, 2020
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho

4.43/5  rDev -4.5%
vibe: 4.5 | quality: 4.5 | service: 4.5 | selection: 4.25
Visited the new facility in town for their 6th Anniversary event. Bright and modern, lots of windows and rollup doors. Small bar, tables inside and out, patio. Service excellent. Bring your own food. Excellent sours and a few guest taps.
Mar 02, 2020
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Rated by oldmankoch from Tennessee

4.5/5  rDev -3%
vibe: 4.5 | quality: 4.5 | service: 4.75 | selection: 4.25
Just a super cool spot.
Nov 22, 2019
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Reviewed by snaotheus from Washington

4.18/5  rDev -9.9%
vibe: 4.25 | quality: 4.25 | service: 4.25 | selection: 4
Went yesterday with my wife and some of my inlaws. Had a couple beers, bought some to go.

I was surprised that almost half their taplist were guest beers, which was probably important for variety (I don't think de Garde makes standard stuff like an IPA). Their own beer of course focused on wild / sour.

Beers we had were really good. Prices are high, which I would expect from an industry darling.
Aug 26, 2019
 
Rated: 4.37 by jera1350 from Minnesota

Aug 03, 2019
 
Rated: 4.65 by Montanabeerz from Montana

Jun 03, 2019
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Reviewed by Radcpa from Washington

4.29/5  rDev -7.5%
vibe: 4 | quality: 4.25 | service: 4.5 | selection: 4.25
Very modern facility. Clean fairly quiet with plenty of places to sit and chat indoors and outdoors. Selection is De Garde brewed exclusively with a very highly rated brews.
May 31, 2019
 
Rated: 4.9 by Ajlvt from Washington

Feb 04, 2019
 
Rated: 4.91 by TrilliumFan from Massachusetts

Dec 01, 2018
 
Rated: 4.36 by PrynneCabin from Washington

Oct 13, 2018
 
Rated: 4.83 by jheimbigner from Washington

Aug 08, 2018
 
Rated: 4.54 by BarleyAndBrett from California

Jul 21, 2018
 
Rated: 4.8 by Dr_Fox from Utah

May 04, 2018
 
Rated: 4.73 by Aaron814 from Idaho

Apr 02, 2018
 
Rated: 4.07 by Needmorebeer312 from Washington

Feb 12, 2018
 
Rated: 4.5 by kjkinsey from Texas

Feb 10, 2018
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Reviewed by fmakalidude from Washington

4.03/5  rDev -13.1%
vibe: 4.5 | quality: 4.75 | service: 3 | selection: 4
De Garde specializes in sours. Obscure but very cool location on the Oregon Coast. Limited selection because it's not needed. Fruity and colorful sour ales. Be prepared to wait in line in the middle of farmland, behind a warehouse for some of the best sours Oregon has to offer.
Dec 04, 2017
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Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio

4.6/5  rDev -0.9%
vibe: 4 | quality: 5 | service: 4 | selection: 5
A memorable location of which, until I made the trip myself, its absurd remoteness I was blissfully unaware. I had longingly gazed at this picture on BeerAdvocate, imagining de Garde on a quaint, cozy small town street with a light dusting of snow, next to a Christmas themed store where shoppers would casually walk by while students sipped coffee behind the windows of a book store across the street.

Little did I know that de Garde was actually an hour and a half West of Portland, just beyond the mountainous forest, resting at the edge of a pastoral landscape behind a blimp hangar fifteen minutes from the stunning cliffs of the Pacific coast.

If you're hotly anticipating the funk, you won't even have to wait until you cross the threshold--you'll get plenty of barnyard goodness wafting off the grazing cows that seem to outnumber the people in this area, supplying the vaunted Tillamook cheese industry with what must be some extremely happy dairy.

For those on the fence of coming out all this way, it might be wise to check social media beforehand to see if they are releasing something special, or you can be adventurous like us and go in blind, and then be surprised that, "oh hey, there's a Side Project collaboration dropping today, and there's a line before open!" It might be a little busier than normal on such days, but even still, it wasn't anything absurd, with maybe 15-20 people waiting fifteen minutes before open. I've been in longer lines to buy widely distributed beer on a Monday in Ohio.

Once they opened the door, the line moved efficiently, mainly because the draft list is small, and so is the to-go bottle list. Almost everyone present seemed pretty experienced, or at least knew exactly what they wanted, got it, and promptly left or found a spot to sit. Once you do get your initial draft pours and to-go bottles, this is the perfect point in time to peruse the in-house bottle list. Take your time choosing wisely while the initial rush dies down--there are so many in-house bottles to try that your belly simply will not allow you to have them all if you're solo, or even with a sidekick. However, the great thing about the crowd is they're very much beer-share happy, so you will find people to share your bottle with who will likely have something to share with you. If not an in-house bottle, then something they brought from elsewhere.

The interior is small but makes good use of the space with barrels, benches and high tops to sit at, broken up by posters of beer festivals and breweries, as well as shelves of coveted empty bottles. The short hall to the bathroom affords a view of the foudres, the bottling line, and if you lean in, the insane amount of barrels they have in the back. Outdoor seating is available as well, if you can stomach the ever present smell of open pastures, and the occasional cacophony of a few lead-footed farmers pushing their diesel engines to max decibels.

de Garde has an overall pleasant and peacefully fitting setting to sit and drink a farmhouse ale. It's a real treat to be surrounded by actual farms, livestock, hills and mountains...and other extreme beer geeks. It doesn't hurt that the beer itself is second to none.
Oct 16, 2017
 
Rated: 5 by Sour_Lord from Missouri

Sep 29, 2017
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Reviewed by rustyjaw from California

4.45/5  rDev -4.1%
vibe: 4 | quality: 4.75 | service: 4.75 | selection: 4
A small space, split into 3 rooms. Taproom in front, and two rooms for seating adjacent, outdoor seating along the front of the space too. Sparse but bright and inviting interior with a collection of signs on the walls from various wild ale, lambic and guezue breweries around the world. Lovely place, great beer, and friendly informative staff. On the way to the restroom, you pass by their small but breathtaking room full of huge barrels.

6 taps, all wild ales (of course), 4 beers had the same base with different fruits/herbs, one of those was just the base with no additives. Excellent quality beer, all tart and on the dry side.

Also, 750 ml bottles of most of the taps were available to go. And a few beers not on tap were also available in bottles.
Aug 27, 2017
 
Rated: 4.84 by oriolesfan4 from Maryland

Jul 12, 2017
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Reviewed by shaemmerle from Pennsylvania

4.64/5  rDev 0%
vibe: 4.5 | quality: 4.5 | service: 4.75 | selection: 4.75
Helpful staff, pleasant vibe, and an outstanding on-site bottle list. This brewery is one of my favorite American breweries, and I'm looking forward to seeing how they continue to grow.
Jun 10, 2017
 
Rated: 4.9 by shoegaze from California

May 16, 2017
 
Rated: 4.75 by mattmarka1 from Minnesota

Mar 14, 2017
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Rated by KalbHOMEBREWS from Colorado

4.61/5  rDev -0.6%
vibe: 3.5 | quality: 5 | service: 4.25 | selection: 5
some of the best sours in the country, hands down.
Feb 02, 2017
 
Rated: 4.43 by ThirstyHungryLife from California

Jan 14, 2017
 
Rated: 5 by tblack4d from Georgia

Jan 07, 2017
 
Rated: 4.44 by lupercmda from North Carolina

Nov 15, 2016
 
Rated: 4.72 by cd34 from Illinois

Aug 25, 2016
 
Rated: 4.33 by crob3888 from California

Aug 07, 2016
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Reviewed by edhizdeid from Washington

4.53/5  rDev -2.4%
vibe: 3.5 | quality: 4.75 | service: 4.75 | selection: 4.5
Located in an industrial in Tillamook, I could have almost missed the place if I had not known what I was looking for. Inside, the place is no frills but has a good atmosphere. The 6 De Garde taps are what people are coming here for and they do not disappoint. I was particularly happy with "The Unblended". Quite close to a Belgian lambic. There are also 4 guest taps and a on site De Garde botles menu that was quite nice to pick from. The staff was super friendly and offered to take me and the other patrons on a tour of the premises explaining in details what they were up to.
The "to go" selection was succinct but not a surprise, so no complain from me here.
This place is definitely worth a visit for anyone into Wild Ales. The quality and love put into their beer is obvious and it should be tried once in person if you have the chance.
Jul 21, 2016
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Reviewed by stevesbeer from Washington

4.69/5  rDev +1.1%
vibe: 4.5 | quality: 4.25 | service: 5 | selection: 5
Really came in with low expectations with having read that only four bottles were available to take home with us, but when I saw how big the list was of what you can enjoy by stopping in I was taken aback a bit. Awesome staff on Thursday after the 4th of July. Great service and awesome list of things you can drink there!
Jul 15, 2016
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