The Café
de Garde Brewing
- From:
- de Garde Brewing
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.1 | pDev: 4.88%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 16, 2022
- Added:
- Aug 06, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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A breakfast (or anytime) funky beer. This blend of spontaneous barrels averages two years in oak. Post blending, we introduced freshly roasted and coarsely cracked coffee beans from Heart Coffee Roasters in Portland. The delicate coffee inclusion provides a subtle yet rich earth and fruit component that complements the already existing complexity of fermentation character. This is not aggressive in coffee aroma or flavor. It is an attempt at subtly balancing the beautiful added ingredient with the already delicious beer components in a harmonious blend. Ingredients, working together.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.75/5 rDev -8.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -8.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Subtle be thy name of thy game. Anyways, I'm thinking this might be the last beer review from the Nevada football home opener tailgate in September '21. Was consumed early in the day, because, you know, like, coffee.
Pours dark golden leaning into light amber color territory. 1/3" white head. The aroma was lemon, grain, hay and coffee, in that order. Some dry oak effect beyond that, unlike Bob Dylan saying beyond here lies nothing.
Taste pretty much followed the nose. Subtlety was all over this, in terms of sourness and acidity, despite having coffee as an ingredient, it managed to be relatively tame. Still had that barnyard in Tillamook hay presence which you have to have a deft touch to get hay across while something is sour. Carbonation was pretty high but we just let it chill and it was all good.
Feb 16, 2022Pours dark golden leaning into light amber color territory. 1/3" white head. The aroma was lemon, grain, hay and coffee, in that order. Some dry oak effect beyond that, unlike Bob Dylan saying beyond here lies nothing.
Taste pretty much followed the nose. Subtlety was all over this, in terms of sourness and acidity, despite having coffee as an ingredient, it managed to be relatively tame. Still had that barnyard in Tillamook hay presence which you have to have a deft touch to get hay across while something is sour. Carbonation was pretty high but we just let it chill and it was all good.
Reviewed by augustgarage from California
4.12/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.12/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bottled in June, 2019, consumed on Thanksgiving, 2020. Poured from a 750mL bottle into my Drie de Fonteinen tumbler.
Clear (upon first pour) amber liquid supports a quarter finger of delicate highly active foam. Slippery lacing; thin but visible legs. Very good retention for the style.
Lovely wild aromatics suffused with tartness, and a touch of spicy funk. Lemon, white grape must, and a hint of ginger greens or lemongrass...
Bracing palate entry quickly gives way to a rounder sweet note reminiscent of manzanita berries and white chocolate. Fairly dry finish with subtle minerality and just a hint of "horse blanket." Faintly briny with a suggestion of olives - I expect this was a light roast coffee? No real hop presence, nor significant character from yeast.
Crisp, medium-light bodied mouth-feel with plenty of carbonation.
A nice, approachable, well crafted wild ale - would pair well with a number of cheeses, though it isn't especially potent on its own.
Nov 26, 2020Clear (upon first pour) amber liquid supports a quarter finger of delicate highly active foam. Slippery lacing; thin but visible legs. Very good retention for the style.
Lovely wild aromatics suffused with tartness, and a touch of spicy funk. Lemon, white grape must, and a hint of ginger greens or lemongrass...
Bracing palate entry quickly gives way to a rounder sweet note reminiscent of manzanita berries and white chocolate. Fairly dry finish with subtle minerality and just a hint of "horse blanket." Faintly briny with a suggestion of olives - I expect this was a light roast coffee? No real hop presence, nor significant character from yeast.
Crisp, medium-light bodied mouth-feel with plenty of carbonation.
A nice, approachable, well crafted wild ale - would pair well with a number of cheeses, though it isn't especially potent on its own.
Reviewed by Buck89 from Tennessee
4.33/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.33/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured into a tulip. A slightly hazy golden color with a thick, frothy and long-lasting white head. The aroma was complex and fruity with oranges, lemons, and even guava. There was a mild coffee presence with some chocolate and berry notes. Some funk and hay were also in the mix. The taste was about as expected. This was moderately tart on the palate with bright fruity notes. I picked up subtle coffee flavors on the finish, and there was a nice earthiness throughout that wasn't in the aroma. Dry and clean on the finish. Overall, a fun and well-made beer.
Dec 08, 2019
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