Solstice d'Hiver - Bourbon
Brasserie Dieu du Ciel! in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.49
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Cette bière d’hiver ronde et liquoreuse à la couleur acajou propose des arômes complexes de fruits, d’alcool et de houblons. Élevée plusieurs mois dans des barriques de bourbon, cette version de la Solstice d’Hiver présente un profil boisé complémenté par la vanille et le bourbon, avec des tanins soutenus en finale.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
A deep dark reddish brown barley wine with a thin mocha head. In aroma, sweet fruity caramel malt with vinous notes, dark fruits, light bourbon barrel notes, woody notes, very nice. In mouth, a nice caramel malt with vinous character, alcohol warmth, boozy, licorice, Pinot de Charente, very nice and rich. On tap at l'autre oeil.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Picked up in trade. Lovely toasted malts, dry toffee and caramel, stewed fruits, understated bourbon, raisins. Good body, not overly sweet. Moderately warming to finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Mixed 4-pack from their Collection Hiver 2024 (production date 2024-12-03). Newer 330ml bottles this year, pouring a deeper amber colour with some tiny particles floating around, a big frothy-creamy light mocha-coloured head, leaving creamy-sticky lacing. Wow, what great aromas - which I did not expect. Some coffee notes, nuttiness, caramel, apples, vanilla and hints of alcohol. The vanilla-oak really comes out in the taste, with some light boozy-bitterness-grassiness in the finish. Pretty rich, but the dryness cuts things very well. A Barleywine with a great nose, and decent flavours which is not as sweet as you would think - and warms up your heart (in summer).
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Brown bottle, 330 ml, bought at Dépanneur Rapido on 19 December 2024, savoured on 24 January 2025; eye: brown, opaque, no effervescence, thin sheet of beige head, no lacing; nose : alcohol, malt, fruity, fig, woody, oak, bourbon, toffee, lightly burnt; mouth: alcohol, malt, fruity, fig, woody, bourbon, slight acridness, finale in malt with presence of alcohol, full-bodied, average carbonation, mildly sweet, alcoholic texture; in summary: fine
FRANÇAIS
Bouteille brune, 330 ml, achetée chez Dépanneur Rapido le 19 décembre 2024, savourée le 24 janvier 2025; œil : marron, opaque, pas d’effervescence, mince couverture de mousse beige, pas de dentelle; nez : alcool, malt, fruité, figue, boisé, chêne, bourbon, toffee, léger brûlé; bouche : alcool, malt, fruité, figue, boisé, bourbon, très légère âcreté, finale en malt avec présence d’alcool, corsée, carbonatation moyenne, moyennement sucrée, texture alcoolique; en résumé : bien
Sweet, caramel, old candy, toffee, alcohol, woody
Magus, linnaseline, lagrits, vanilje, mõru, alks. Ok.
