The Broken Truck Grande Cuvée
de Garde Brewing

The Broken Truck Grande CuvéeThe Broken Truck Grande Cuvée
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From:
de Garde Brewing
 
Oregon, United States
Style:
Wild Ale
Ranked #125
ABV:
5.5%
Score:
93
Ranked #4,308
Avg:
4.43 | pDev: 5.19%
Ratings:
11 | reviews: 5
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jan 26, 2026
Added:
Oct 11, 2021
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  0
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Rated by MJSFS from Florida

4.96/5  rDev +12%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5

Nov 19, 2023
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Rated: 4.33 by fthegiants from California

Jan 26, 2026
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho

4.49/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
750ml bottle at share. Pale golden pour with an airy bubbly white head. Aroma is tart and funky, fruity. Taste is fruity, wine notes, plenty of funk. A real treat.
Dec 27, 2023
 
Rated: 4.5 by 4DAloveofSTOUT from Illinois

Jul 10, 2023
 
Rated: 4.25 by xdtfx from Illinois

Mar 07, 2023
 
Rated: 4.11 by vfgccp from New York

Nov 19, 2022
 
Rated: 4.25 by acurtis from New Jersey

May 31, 2022
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Reviewed by DefenCorps from Oregon

4.49/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Thanks, Chris.

This looks like regular BT. The nose is pure cheesy funk. Rich Parmigiano, blue cheese, lactic funk, mild citrus, minimal wood. A really lovely rich, preserved lemon character. The palate is focused on soft, cheesy funk, deep and mildly creamy. Mellow, rich, a really good blend. I can't say that the 7 year old thread can be tasted here. Also, for something that spent as much time in wood, I don't get a lot of oak or wood notes, and tannins are relatively reserved. Lovely stuff.
Jan 02, 2022
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Reviewed by Stevedore from Oregon

4.55/5  rDev +2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Unfiltered golden body, slight copper hue. Lemon, cobweb, oak, touch of sherry and caramel. Bit of white wine grape sweetness. Touch of slick vanillin coats the palate then recedes behind a mild lemony acetic acidity, touch lactic. Medium body. Complex.
Jan 02, 2022
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Reviewed by Rub_This_BBQ from Massachusetts

4.21/5  rDev -5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Been waiting to try this one since I heard about it on Brewing Podcast.

big fluffy head when poring over flowed the glass pale yellow and touch of haze big tart on the nose taste follows has little funk on the end. Nice pour to sip and enjoy was almost a touch to sour for me but still drinkable
Dec 31, 2021
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Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio

4.59/5  rDev +3.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Foggy shimmering amber with a short white froth that stretches some curvy arms up onto the glass.

Always the most funky of the stateside spons, and so well done at that, this de Garde reserve bottle starts off with a sweaty aged peach quality that's simultaneously intensely woody and barnyardy.

The medium-light body has a firmly frothy yet airy carbonation coming to a just bone dry finish, where tons of apricot character seems to develop within the moderate acidity out of nowhere.
Oct 11, 2021