Blanche du Paradis
Brasserie Dieu du Ciel! in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦
Witbier Regular|
Score
6.96
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Blanche du Paradis is a Belgian-style Wit brewed with coriander seeds and Curaçao orange peels, the spices traditionnally found in this classic style. Unfiltered and containing almost as much raw wheat as malted barley, it presents a veil of yeast and proteins giving this style its "Blanche" name. Round and light at the same time, it exhales fresh baked bread aromas, and reveals spices and citrus flavours, accompanied by subtle notes of acidity coming from the wheat.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 fl oz bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow with a white head. Aroma is citrusy and mild coriander spiced, light phenolic too. Smooth yeasty, wheaty and light citrusy flavoured. Citrusy and lingering spiced flavoured finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Dec 2009
at 09:58
6.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled at Bishop’s Arms Vasagatan, Stockholm. Clear golden with some sediment, coarse head. Aroma of buckwheat and coriander. Mid-sweet with clean, slick mouthel and light body. Some juicy orange togther with good amounts of coriander. Low bitterness. Drinkable and tasty enough, but the clean mouthfeel prevents it from being fully refreshing and get that extra kick.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Nov 2009
at 06:34
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a hazy yellow color ale with some white haze and a big foamy head with good retention and great lacing. Aroma of coriander and loads of wheat are the main point here. Taste is a mix between some orange peel, some coriander and nice bubblegum wheat malt. Loads of character for the style with a full body and great carbonation. Very well done and it would be nice if the beer was offered outside of their mix pack.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2009
at 12:55
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle - a soft and subtle wit, with everything in its right place, in the right proportion - too many wits overpower with one quality, but this has a creamy palate, and the flavors move across the tongue in harmony - the mellow spices and orange peel lend themselves well to the light, crisp hops in the background, and the light sweetness at the end compliments the floral notes that develop - an excellent wit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Aug 2008
at 21:11
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Smallish white head. Hazy yellow body with light carbonation. Citric, spicy mealy aroma. Dryish acidic spicy coriander taste, kind of mealy. Dry, spicy coriander aftertaste. Nice, balanced, not their best. (0.275l draft.)
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Aug 2007
at 23:03
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught, at the pub on August 14 2006; eye: straw with yellowish reflections and a whitish hue, nice white head made up of small and large bubbles, lacing no effervescence; nose: my nostrils are full of coriander, citrusy, freshness, wheat; mouth: citrus fruits, caramel, rather thin, almost fizzy or is it the coriander playing tricks?, finale in coriander, medium body, oily texture, no bitterness, lightly sweet FRANÇAIS Fût, bue sur place; oeil : paille avec des reflets jaunâtres et une teinte blanchâtre, belle mousse blanche blanche formée de grosses et petites bulles, dentelle, pas d’effervescence; nez : coriandre à pleines narines, citrique, frais, froment; bouche : agrumes, caramel, plutôt mince, presque pétillante ou est-ce la coriandre?, finale en coriandre, corps moyen, texture huileuse, pas d’amertume, légèrement sucrée
Tried
on 27 Sep 2006
at 15:32
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
On draught at the brewpub, 4/16/05 with MartinT, beerbuzzmontreal and his friend. Strong pencil-yellow-toned, gold-tinged body, hazy, with a medium-sized white colored head, fair retention and good lacing. The darker than usual yellow color of the body, looking back, was a good indicator that this wasnt going to be just a light, wimpy, simple wit; not that one would expect that from this brewery. Aroma of a well homogenized curacao, sweet orange, vanilla and yeast. And of course, don’t forget the coriander. Flavor begins with tangerine purée, light lemons and tart wheat. Belgian yeast abounds as the coriander begins to assert its dryness. But in good balance and with good timing, comes some lightly sweet malt. Honey and almonds set things to a perfect balance. If my ratings of McNeills talk about a fantastic mouthfeel, unique to the brewery, then I believe my notes about Dieu du Ciel beers should talk about a stupendous and predictable balance of flavors, which I think they do. This one is no different. The malt, spicing and yeast are all present in perfect amounts. Very solid medium body is both quenching and fulfilling. Smooth, creamy mouthfeel is slightly broken up by lightly pepper carbonation. Tingling tartness of wheat and tangerines finish the beer with light bubblegum lingering. Uncompromising tartness and a body much larger than usual, assert that this is not your grandmother’s wit.
Tried
on 20 Apr 2005
at 14:50