Winter Sour Ale
Brasserie Trois Dames in Sainte-Croix, Vaud, Switzerland 🇨🇭
Sour / Wild Beer Winter Out of Production|
Score
7.10
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Double-malted white beer with 30% wheat malt. This « Grand Crû » type white beer has an alcohol content of 7%. Sweet orange peel, lemon and ginger are added in the final boiling stage and during the lagering process in the fermentation tanks. These ingredients lend a note of citrus and spice, whereas the ginger, evocative of lemongrass, leaves an intense and racy flavour. The beer is slightly peppery but develops an aftertaste of freshness. No wonder we have decided to propose this beer in winter.
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9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
It is an excellent beer, in my opinion. The taste is with wheat, excellent touch of ginger, orange peel, a bit sour and creamy at the mouth, 18.04.17, at Porsel, in the house of Johanna, purchased at Boissons Service, Prilly.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Apr 2026
at 17:53
9/10
Best of the bunch.
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 18:34
7/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Early rating from Beer Buddy app
Tried
on 13 Nov 2021
at 04:11
7.5/10
Genuinely great stuff, especially considering its $1.30 cost. Sour in a natural way.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2020
at 23:06
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
330 ml bottle into tulip glass, no bottle dating. Pours slightly hazy pale golden yellow color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big tart/sour lemon, lime, orange, ginger, citrus peel/zest, peach, pear, melon, red/green apple, white grape/wine, oak, hay, straw, wheat, cracker, and white bread; with lighter notes of peppercorn, leathery/musty/lacto funk, white wine vinegar, and yeast/oak earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/funky/acidic/spicy yeast, oranges, ginger, wine barrels, and moderate pale/wheat malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tart/sour lemon, lime, orange, ginger, citrus peel/zest, peach, pear, melon, red/green apple, white grape/wine, oak, hay, straw, wheat, cracker, and white bread; with lighter notes of peppercorn, leathery/musty/lacto funk, white wine vinegar, and yeast/oak earthiness. Light-moderate fruity/lactic tartness, wine tang, herbal/grassy/zesty bitterness, and peppery yeast/ginger spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart/sour lemon, lime, orange, ginger, citrus peel/zest, peach, pear, melon, red/green apple, white grape/wine, oak, hay, straw, wheat, cracker, white bread, peppercorn, leathery/musty/lacto funk, white wine vinegar, and yeast/oak earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/funky/acidic/spicy yeast, oranges, ginger, wine barrels, and moderate pale/wheat malt flavors; with a great malt, tang, bitter, tart, spiciness balance; and no puckering/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering tart/sourness, wine tang, and bitter/spiciness after the finish. Medium-plus carbonation and medium body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy/acidic/sticky/tangy/tannic, and fairly crisp balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 7%. Overall this is an excellent fruited/spiced sour/wild ale. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/funky/acidic/spicy yeast, oranges, ginger, wine barrels, and moderate pale/wheat malt flavors; very smooth, easy, and fairly crisp to drink with the modestly acidic/tangy/drying finish; not overly lactic or spicy. Great balance of oranges, ginger, and Brett/Bacteria complexity; great wine barrel presence, and pale/wheat malt backbone against acidity. A very enjoyable offering, and well made style example. Not overwhelming on any aspect.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jan 2019
at 04:45
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 330ml. @ home. [ As Trois Dames Winter Sour Ale ].Clear medium orange yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, fully diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, tart pine - spruce, orange - citrus, ginger. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate acidic with a long duration, orange - citrus, tart citruc - pien - sruce, sweet malt, pale malt, fruit, ginger, artificial. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20170218] 7-3-7-3-13
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Feb 2017
at 05:59
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, 7% as "Winter Sour ale w/ oranges and ginger". Clear golden with small white head. Aroma is malt, floral, spices and lemon. Flavour is malt, fruit, spices, lemon, little sour, little citric, medium sweet, ginger and a little dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2017
at 13:38
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
33 cl bottle poured in to a Snifter. Hazy, golden colour with a thin white head. Tart, fruity aroma with lemons, ginger and oranges. Taste is sour. Medium body with a creamy texture and a soft carbonation. Finishes rather sour fruity. A good experience, however somewhat one sided tart fruity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2017
at 14:08
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Boxbeers. Hazy golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, flowers, light tart, fruity and light ginger. Flavor is quite sweet and light acidic. Dry and light acidic finish. 220117
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2017
at 14:31
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at Erzbierschof Liebefeld. Soft sour aroma, but almost no sourness on the tongue. Medium body, malt-forward, lively carbonation. Herbal, pepper. A soft beer throughout, but not boring either.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2016
at 13:12