UPDATED: OCT 30, 2020
Bottle 750ml. @ [ El Catador Detour Grindsted Tasting ] - Guruhso House, Grindsted, Denmark.

[ As De Garde The Bluest ].
ABV: 7.0%. Hazy medium red colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, wheat, tart, berries, blueberry, light smoke. Flavor is moderate sweet with a long duration, wheat, blueberry, berries, tart, light wood - oak. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20201024]
7-3-7-4-15

UPDATED: OCT 25, 2020 Bottle. It pours deep red almost purple with a firm pinkish head. Notes of blueberries and blackberries. Moderate acidic. Light sour. Oak. Long fruity finish.

UPDATED: OCT 24, 2020 Bottle@ECG El Catador Grindsted. Aroma of citrus, blueberries, light smoky, oak. Light sweet and sour with lingering fruity acidity. Light and juicy.

UPDATED: OCT 24, 2020 Bottle at El Catador Detour Grindsted. Deep red body with a small white head. Red berries, light smoke. Hmm

UPDATED: AUG 13, 2020 08.08.2020: Taster at home, shared by Werckmeister, courtesy of Sander, many thanks! Pours a hazy wine read to violet with a pinkish white head. Aroma of lots of blueberries and distinct note of smoke along red wine, tannins and blackberries. Nice and rather unique smell. Medium body with a medium acidity and a light tartness. The flavor starts with quiet some lightly acidic blueberries, light lactic notes and sour and tart berries followed by wood and smoke. Finishes dry and again smokey with oak, and a woody tartness. Quiet unique - a nice melange of smokey notes and blueberries. Pretty good! Aroma: 8 Appearance: 4 Taste: 8 Palate: 4 Overall: 16

UPDATED: AUG 5, 2020 0,75l from bottle shared by Sander, big thanks. Bottled 4/19. Purple color, smell pink head. Smells blueberries, smoky, marzipan, light bacon, light tannins. Nice to very nice smell. Full body, soft carbonation. Tastes smoky, tannins, berry notes, bacon, blueberries, light sweetness, wood, bit grassy, almost citric. Finishes lightly dry and lightly sour with notes of blueberries, tannins and light smoky notes. Great balance, super smooth to drink, quite good complexity, interesting flavor profile, very nice one 7,4,8,4,18

UPDATED: AUG 4, 2020 750 ml bottle, bottled 04/2019, shared by Sander, thanks! Dark ruby-purple body, with a small, pink head. Beautiful aroma with loads of jammy blueberries, wood, moderate funk, some red apples, some smokey impression. Tastes pretty similar. Medium, slick mouthfeel, with an average carbonation. Finishes smooth, medium dry, moderate sour, a bit sweet, a bit wooden, a bit vinouswith apple skin, lots of long-lasting blueberries. Delicious! So much beautiful, jammy blueberries everywhere, with some surprising smokey impression, which isn't distracting at all though. Beautiful, smooth stuff, propably my favorite De Garde so far! Score: 9 / 4 / 9 / 4 / 17

UPDATED: MAY 9, 2020 750ml bottle. Smoky, oaky and funky sourish with loads of earthy blueberries, burnt wood. Quite heavy and intense, smoky notes are quite interesting

UPDATED: JAN 1, 2020 750ml bottle. Cloudy, dark purple colour with average to huge, frothy, diminishing, pink head. Funky, fruity, tannic woody aroma, notes of brine, tarragon, oak, some mustard seed, hints of blueberry, a touch of blue grapes, red wine, minimally cheesy overtones. Taste is dry, tart-ish, slightly tannic, fruity, mildly funky, hints of blueberry, fruit acid, oak, some mustard seed, tarragon, a touch of lime peel, red wine, subtle fruity sweetness; minimally astringent palate, prickly carbonation. Rather mild, quite complex, well balanced - but without the surplus to make me really enthusiastic.

UPDATED: DEC 21, 2019 Bottle from 2019. Aroma of cellar, light hops, nice nice funk, cheesy, parfumey blueberry, light vegetable. Dark red with pink head. Taste is funky blueberry, red wine tannins, oak, dry, light sour. Medium body, light feel and funky blueberry finish.