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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6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Flaske 330ml fra Vinmonopolet Tromsø - Sentrum. Mørk amber. Høyt tett skum som daler veldig sakte. Lett bæaroma. Smaken bær & syrlig frukt på en bakgrunn av malt. Varmende alkoholisk ettersmak. Litt tundrikkelig.
Tried
on 04 Feb 2018
at 21:50
3.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2
30.01.2018, 0,34l bottle @ home:
Nice slightly bubbly-creamy longlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet and harsh yeasty, weeds, almond essence, harsh yeast, fruit stones, candi sugar, caramel malts, booze, minerals, sour grass, overripe banana. Taste is harsh mineraly, weeds, harsh yeast, candi sugar, booze, almond essence, fruit stones, caramel malts, bark, soil, medicine. Longlasting harsh bitterness, dry medical mouthfeel. Drainpour! Barley wine? No! Bad quad? Definitely...
Nice slightly bubbly-creamy longlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet and harsh yeasty, weeds, almond essence, harsh yeast, fruit stones, candi sugar, caramel malts, booze, minerals, sour grass, overripe banana. Taste is harsh mineraly, weeds, harsh yeast, candi sugar, booze, almond essence, fruit stones, caramel malts, bark, soil, medicine. Longlasting harsh bitterness, dry medical mouthfeel. Drainpour! Barley wine? No! Bad quad? Definitely...
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jan 2018
at 19:18
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle picked up by my brother for. An opaque orange-gold with a filmy tan head, typical barleywine really. The nose gave prunes, figs, raisins, bready with some sharpness from the alcohol (but not too much) and a bit of spice. A much maltier and richer body, not overly bitter. Not as complex as the nose but gives you some spice and breadiness. A nice beer. I have a few more cellaring at the folks from that same 2016 batch I believe... ap 4 ar 8 t 7-8 p 4 o 13-4
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jan 2018
at 14:59
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Vom Fass im Muted Horn Berlin 2017-07 getrunken. Ein richtig leckeres Barley Wine mit einem malzigen vollen Körper. Der Hopfen ist gut eingebunden und harmoniert mit der leicht alkoholischen Süße. 8/4/9/5/17 Aus der Flasche (bbe 13.11.2019) im 2020-03 getrunken. Hier findet sich einie typische Bitterkeit von 90%iger Schokolade. Es erinnert eher an ein Englisches Barley Wine mit einer schönen Portion Malz. 8/4/7/4/13
Tried
on 06 Jul 2017
at 14:15
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Muted Horn Berlin. Comes with a dark reddish-brown color and a nice off-white head. Nice nose of acidic grapes, old balsamico vinegar, roasted malts, caramel. Nice sweet taste. Roasted Malts and dried fruits at finish. Well balanced bitterness. Great one!
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Jul 2017
at 15:43
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
From the tap at FOB, Rimini, Italy on Journee Peche. Pours deep brown worth intense red reflections. Aroma is reminiscent of berries, but also nuts, and roasted malt. Body is medium with low carbonation. Taste is intensely bitter (for a barley wine), showing also some sweetness. Finish is long enough, but not extreme.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Mar 2017
at 12:34
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at Beer 4 Bunnies in Bologna-Italy. Reddish caramel pour, ivory lacing. Nose: under spirit cherries, alcohol is relevant, hint of chocolate far away. Mouth: brandy, amaro digestive, amaro herbs, menthol.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Feb 2017
at 12:40