Barrel Heart Night and Day, Both Sweet Things
Barrel Heart Brewing & Blending in Dundas, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Farmhouse - Saison Regular|
Score
6.41
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Aged Saison on Grapes
This saison was aged in wine barrels for one year, and rested on second-use appassimento grapes and Montmorency sour cherries. It’s inspired by Provence-style, pale, dry rosé wines.
The barrels selected for this blend displayed the characteristics of lime zest and floral notes that develop in our matured saison, but with a heightened barrel character of cellar must and flourishes of oak-vanilla.
To develop the blush colour and lightly tannic structure of a wine, we aged this blend on appassimento Cabernet Franc grapes for two months. We then transferred the beer onto cherries that displayed an exemplary aroma of our Brettanomyces house culture – bright citrus and dried flowers without the spicy phenolics that would flaw a wine.
Although Night and Day, Both Sweet Things is bone dry and inspired by rosé, it has a softness to the mouthfeel and roundness that identifies foremost as a beer. Drinking this beer reminds us of tasting the pale, blush wines of France.
This saison was aged in wine barrels for one year, and rested on second-use appassimento grapes and Montmorency sour cherries. It’s inspired by Provence-style, pale, dry rosé wines.
The barrels selected for this blend displayed the characteristics of lime zest and floral notes that develop in our matured saison, but with a heightened barrel character of cellar must and flourishes of oak-vanilla.
To develop the blush colour and lightly tannic structure of a wine, we aged this blend on appassimento Cabernet Franc grapes for two months. We then transferred the beer onto cherries that displayed an exemplary aroma of our Brettanomyces house culture – bright citrus and dried flowers without the spicy phenolics that would flaw a wine.
Although Night and Day, Both Sweet Things is bone dry and inspired by rosé, it has a softness to the mouthfeel and roundness that identifies foremost as a beer. Drinking this beer reminds us of tasting the pale, blush wines of France.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dullish amber. No head. tart, light vinous notes. Earthy. Mild wildness. Decent.
Tried
on 22 Aug 2025
at 04:14
4.9/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle pour at Farmhouse Fest 2025, pours a clear copper golden with a small white head. Aroma has a bunch of THP — big time Cheerios — with some jammy berries and light bugs. Flavour is full of Cheerios, some berries, and a touch of phenols. Messy and messed up.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2025
at 04:56