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Imperial Boysen Bu
de Garde Brewing


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- From:
- de Garde Brewing
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- Berliner Weisse
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- 100
- Avg:
- 4.58 | pDev: 6.33%
- Reviews:
- 11
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 10, 2020
- Added:
- Dec 02, 2013
- Wants:
- 216
- Gots:
- 12
SCORE
100
World-Class
100
World-Class


Notes:
Formerly Imperial Boysenberry Bu Weisse
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Reviewed by BEER88 from North Carolina
4.75/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.75/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
No date on the bottle so I have no idea when it's from, poured gently into two tulips. Pour is dark purple jammy looking with a purple/pink fizzy head that eventually fades. The smell is incredible!! Berries, funk, and a strong barrel presence mainly. The taste follows the smell. Super jammy berries up front with oak midway followed by the tart funkiness. Feel is medium and fizzy. Overall this beer to me definitely deserves 4.75 if not higher! Cheers.
Apr 15, 2017Reviewed by EltonSean from Illinois
5/5 rDev +9.2%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +9.2%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Boysen berries for days. Nice tartness. Deep deep purple color. Smells like when I was a kid going to my grandmas to pick Boysen berries. Awesome beer.
Dec 06, 2016Reviewed by brentk56 from North Carolina
4.34/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.34/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Appearance: As others have noted, this is a massive gusher though I was able to save most of the beer; pours a very cloudy cranberry color, with a lot of sediment, as well as floaties and seeds; initially almost all foam, the head eventually fades without leaving much lace
Smell: Fruity and lactic, with strong boysenberry aromatics with a touch of lemon adding a citric edge
Taste: Assertive lactic sourness from the outset, with the boysenberry fruit building across the taste buds; citric lemon tones, through the middle, and a dry, oaky finish
Mouthfeel: Light to medium body and prickly, with low to moderate carbonation
Overall: Get the wild yeast under control here and this would be extraordinary all around; still, top notch
Thanks, JavaNoire, for the opportunity
Sep 11, 2016Smell: Fruity and lactic, with strong boysenberry aromatics with a touch of lemon adding a citric edge
Taste: Assertive lactic sourness from the outset, with the boysenberry fruit building across the taste buds; citric lemon tones, through the middle, and a dry, oaky finish
Mouthfeel: Light to medium body and prickly, with low to moderate carbonation
Overall: Get the wild yeast under control here and this would be extraordinary all around; still, top notch
Thanks, JavaNoire, for the opportunity
Reviewed by worldsworstextra from California
4.82/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
4.82/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
So delicious. Has somewhat of a red wine appearance, like a very dark ruby color. Good amount of sediment, full bodied like other imperial bu's I have had. Nice lemon, yogurt, and funk presence with the boysenberries being the dominant flavor. Say what you will about de garde bu's not being overly complex, but their Berliners cannot be matched and I would take their Berliners over most american wild ales. No other brewery is able to incorporate fruit into their beer as well as de garde.
Apr 08, 2016Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York
4.61/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.61/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
This one heavily gushed, nearly erupted on opening. Once settled, the beer revealed itself as a deep dark red, with many little floaties, and seeds. There's a big head, and a little bit of lacing.
Smells super strongly fruity. I haven't had this type of berry, but it feels kind of like a cherry and raspberry hybrid based on the aroma. The fruit is all I get in the aroma, other than some light lacto.
Like most of the bu's, this is fairly one note but delicious all the same. There's an outrageous amount of fruit, bold and expressive and very tart, with a bit of the typical Tillamook funk and the typical intense acidity. This is definitely classic deGarde.
This is lighter bodied, with a very crisp and juicy mouthfeel.
Another banger from deGarde. Like a lot of the Bu's, I crave a little more complexity. I can't complain too much though, with how tasty this is.
Jan 16, 2016Smells super strongly fruity. I haven't had this type of berry, but it feels kind of like a cherry and raspberry hybrid based on the aroma. The fruit is all I get in the aroma, other than some light lacto.
Like most of the bu's, this is fairly one note but delicious all the same. There's an outrageous amount of fruit, bold and expressive and very tart, with a bit of the typical Tillamook funk and the typical intense acidity. This is definitely classic deGarde.
This is lighter bodied, with a very crisp and juicy mouthfeel.
Another banger from deGarde. Like a lot of the Bu's, I crave a little more complexity. I can't complain too much though, with how tasty this is.
Reviewed by Ciocanelu from Romania
4.4/5 rDev -3.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.4/5 rDev -3.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Dark pink, murky color with pink head. Nice berry aroma with a lactic note. Taste is quite sour with the fruit more in the background. Light body and very dry. Another good Berliner from De Garde.
Aug 31, 2015Reviewed by UCLABrewN84 from California
4.17/5 rDev -9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.17/5 rDev -9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Thanks to jmgrub for sharing this one at the LA Beer Talk bottle share.
Pours a murky crimson red with a foamy reddish-tan head that settles to wisps of film on top of the beer. Small dots of lace drip into the remaining beer on the drink down. Smell is sour with grain, berry, berry juice, and acidic aromas. Taste is much the same with sour berry, berry juice, and earth flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of acidity on the palate with each sip. This beer has a good level of carbonation with a crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is a very good beer with nice fresh sour berry qualities all around.
Serving type: bottle.
Aug 24, 2015Pours a murky crimson red with a foamy reddish-tan head that settles to wisps of film on top of the beer. Small dots of lace drip into the remaining beer on the drink down. Smell is sour with grain, berry, berry juice, and acidic aromas. Taste is much the same with sour berry, berry juice, and earth flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of acidity on the palate with each sip. This beer has a good level of carbonation with a crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is a very good beer with nice fresh sour berry qualities all around.
Serving type: bottle.
Imperial Boysen Bu from de Garde Brewing
Beer rating:
100 out of
100 with
140 ratings
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