Solstice d'Hiver
(has 9 batches)
Brasserie Dieu du Ciel! in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦
Barley Wine - Barley Winter|
Score
7.32
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This deep-brown winter ale offers up complex aromas of fruit, alcohol and hops. The boozy mouth feel is vaguely sweet with hints of brunt caramel. Up-front bitterness accompanies a surprising element of complex red fruit, followed by an expressively hoppy finish. Solstice d’Hiver is brewed only once a year, and is then aged for 4 to 5 months before being sold. This aging process is necessary to achieve an ideal equilibrium between the sharp bitterness and the other flavours in the beer. After aging, it is then sold starting mid-December of each year, until stocks last.
This beer was first crafted at our Montreal brewpub in December of 1998.
This beer was first crafted at our Montreal brewpub in December of 1998.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
0,15l from tap at BXLBeerfest. bourdeaux like color, very small head. smells of raspberries, marzipan, bit earthy, very nice smell. full body, soft carbonation, slick moutfheel tastes of raspberries, marzipan, nutty, earthy, bit citric. finishes dry and medium sour with notes of raspberries, marzipan and citric notes. very nice one 8, 4, 8, 3, 17
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Aug 2018
at 06:49
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ Bishops Arms Savoy, Malmo. Hazy dark brown with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, dried fruit and alcohol. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish with warming alcohol. Oily and soft. 200618
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2018
at 18:49
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
33cl bottle
Brown color with a white head, medium retention. Aroma has light toasted notes, some dry fruits. Flavor with a high presence of alcohol, toasty, some chestnuts and nuts. Alcoholic final, unbalenced.
Brown color with a white head, medium retention. Aroma has light toasted notes, some dry fruits. Flavor with a high presence of alcohol, toasty, some chestnuts and nuts. Alcoholic final, unbalenced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Mar 2018
at 21:33
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
$5.99 bottle, Wine Warehouse. Pours murky brown with a very small beige head. Aroma is sharp dark fruit, caramel... smells a bit like a fruitcake. Flavor is dried dark fruit, anise, raisin, caramel, alcohol, nuts. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2018
at 20:08
3.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 1
Texture 6
Overall 0.5
hazy reddish brown colour, medium sized yellowish-beige-ish head; aroma of licorice, some anise, acetic acidy and woody-tannine notes; taste is dominated by herbal-gall-like bitterness - in a completely undrinkable way...pfffff - huge disappointment! :-(
Tried
on 18 Feb 2018
at 17:37
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
341ml bottle bought at Vinmonopolet Langnes. Close to clear amber coloured body, lasting beige head, clingy lacing. Dried fruity aroma joined by a touch of liquorice. Blended flavours of almond, raisin, mid-sweet fruit and bread. Warming, bittersweet fruity ending, lingering for quite a while. Fine depth. Well pleased. (Tromsø 10.02.2018).
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2018
at 19:56