Isseki Nichō (Pinot Noir)
Brasserie Dieu du Ciel! in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦
Collab with: Tamamura-Honten (Shiga Kogen Beer)Farmhouse - Black Saison Regular
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Score
7.61
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Saison noire impériale élevée en barrique de pinot noir. Imperial dark saison with dominant bitterness, roasted malt tones and a dry, complex and spicy finish.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at BeavEx 2017, London. Colour is reddish dark brown with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Dryness, ripe fruits, wood, berries and malts. Deep beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Sep 2017
at 08:02
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
(thanks for sharing!) Sampled draft @ The Beavertown Extravaganza 2017. Day 1. Black dark brown, solid head. Nose is fascinating mix of umami, soy sauce & massive vinous character, tobacco. Taste is unique alcoholic, vinous, boozy syrup but also molasses, coffee, low soy sauce. Body is thick syrup, boozy. Unique, fascinating, very neat.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Sep 2017
at 03:36
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap. Black color with white head. Aroma is coffee, roasted malts, chocolate, liquorice, just a touch of wildness (of which I'd expect more from such a barrel, but then again, Dieu du Ciel knows how to use barrels in a restrained way). Taste is chocolate, coffee, a bit vanilla. Medium carbonation, viscous oily mouthfeel. Very nice!
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Sep 2017
at 07:32
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at beaverfest. Pours black, nose is smoky, plum, roasted, chocolate, taste is similar, juicy, funky.
Tried
on 09 Sep 2017
at 02:52
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
2017-05-11. 341ml bottle (thx, Alex G.!). Bottled on 2015-09-11. Pours an almost black with a dark beige head. Aroma is lots of barrel notes, fruitiness, and berries. Very nice. Taste is similar with chocolate, caramel, lots of grapes notes. Same aftertaste. Amazing stuff! 8-5-9-4-17=43
2017-08-04. 341ml bottle. Bottled on 2016-09-06. Aroma is very fruity, with barrel and winey notes. Taste is similar - winey, fruity, but with very noticeable woody and roasted malt notes. A little bit harsh. It seems it needs some more time in the bottle to get better. 8-5-8-4-15=40
2017-08-04. 341ml bottle. Bottled on 2016-09-06. Aroma is very fruity, with barrel and winey notes. Taste is similar - winey, fruity, but with very noticeable woody and roasted malt notes. A little bit harsh. It seems it needs some more time in the bottle to get better. 8-5-8-4-15=40
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 May 2017
at 02:17
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught at Steel Toad, Vancouver
Black color. Nice aroma of barrel, and red wine. Smooth mouthfeel, loaded roasted malt body, spices, funkiness, and the red wine integrates and complements, earthy in a positive way.
Very good, intense.
Black color. Nice aroma of barrel, and red wine. Smooth mouthfeel, loaded roasted malt body, spices, funkiness, and the red wine integrates and complements, earthy in a positive way.
Very good, intense.
Tried
on 22 Apr 2017
at 12:00
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Dark brown. Thin head. Deep fruity nose...vinous, woody, okinawan sugar, hint of toastiness, rasins. Sweet fruity, rasins, balanced with vinous, port, balanced. Really nice.
Tried
on 25 Feb 2017
at 16:21
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Sample, 2-ounce, Mondial de la bière, savoured on June 8 2016; eye: black, opaque, minuscule ring of beige head, light lacing; nose: red wine, light chocolate, small red berries, light tannin, fresh; mouth: red wine, light chocolate, small red berries, light tannin, fresh, light astringency, finale in red wine with light presence of roasted barley, medium-full body, good carbonation, lightly sweet, slightly bitter, vinous texture; overall: nice surprise FRANÇAIS Échantillon, 2 onces, Mondial de la bière, savourée le 8 juin 2016; œil : noire, opaque, minuscule anneau de mousse beige, légère dentelle; nez : vin rouge, léger chocolat, petits fruits rouges, léger tanin, frais; bouche : vin rouge, léger chocolat, petits fruits rouges, léger tanin, frais, légère astringence, finale en vin rouge avec légère présence d’orge torréfiée, corps moyen-corsé, bonne carbonatation, légèrement sucrée, très légèrement amère, texture vineuse; en résumé : belle surprise
Tried
on 31 Dec 2016
at 09:11
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft at Pro Pig, Half pour size, small dying off white head on a deep brown color. Aroma of pit fruits, black cherry, raisins, dates. Good wood element.
The wood is a lasting character throughout the brew. Light amount of roasted backbone, good red grape notes, again, dark fruits. Also a vinous depth. Mouthfeel is fuller, dry oak finish. Alcohol is barely noticeable. Good amount of complex flavors. Real good!
The wood is a lasting character throughout the brew. Light amount of roasted backbone, good red grape notes, again, dark fruits. Also a vinous depth. Mouthfeel is fuller, dry oak finish. Alcohol is barely noticeable. Good amount of complex flavors. Real good!
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Nov 2016
at 11:40
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pitch black with a tan head. The aroma has lots of heat with marmalade, mesquite and chocolate. The taste has heat, oaky wood, red wine, chalky dark chocolate and berries. Very nice stuff though I’d say the body has thinned out and the 2013 vintage has probably already peaked.
Tried
on 26 Sep 2016
at 21:42