Dieu du Ciel Solstice d’Été aux Cerises

Brewed by Dieu du Ciel
Style: Berliner Weisse
Montreal, Canada

Serve in Bowl

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on tap at the brewpub. pours a deep red with a foamy pinkish head. aroma is dominated by sour cherries and wheat. the taste is where this beer blew me away. it is sour, very sour. the cherry really comes out. very dry and refreshing. lots of carbonation. this is an unbelievable beer. it is my favourite of the solstice d’été, very unique.

Tap @ DDC. My Big winner of what turned out to be quite a night at DDC brewpub. Bright red pour with a head that fades into a pink-white ring. The aroma is so sour, filled with sweet candy-like cherry smells. Lactic-dry taste that makes your tongue curl under all the cherries. Fizzy carbonation on the palate contributes to the overall dry sensation the beer leaves in the mouth. I was getting flashbacks of 3 Fonteinen Oude Kriek while drinking this. Truly an awesome beer great to see a quebec brewery make such a good sour product.

UPDATED: AUG 7, 2012 Très fruité en arôme, sûr. Couleur rose vif avec une tête rose délavé. Au goût les cerises se dévoilent bien, j’y retrouve également les framboises pas encore mûres. Extrêmement sûr de la langue jusqu’au fond du palais avec un fini très sec.

On tap at the Blind Tiger. Pours a beautiful ruby grapefruit juice color with a big soft pink head. Faint sour cherries and wheat on the nose. Cherry, a bit tart but not super acidic. Lovely, very different from most sours, gentle and subtle, very delicate. Tangy cherry on the finish, light tart wheat and a lingering tang.

on tap at brewpub. pour is clear pink with a nice white head, retention, some lacing. nose is acidic red fruit, leafiness. taste is tart red fruit, light wheat and malts. fizzy, light body, quenching.

UPDATED: SEP 12, 2010 The latest 2010, 6,5% abv version, was simply world-class. Even more so than previous vintages, which were also world-class. Am I making sense? This is world-class, period.

Delectable cherries and subtle wheat are involved in a lovely, soul-mate interplay with an oily lemon juice...Sweet and sour cherries take all the room to display their multi-faceted wonders...Like all of their berliners, this feels ultra-fresh, packed with the life of hundreds of sweet and tart fruit...Sourness is subdued compared to their vibrant Framboise, which is their best berliner weisse I think, but Dieu du Ciel is no doubt one of the best fruit brewers I have encountered...

On tap at the brewpub. Citric, wheat, and cherry acid aroma. There’s a smidge of Berliner Weisse left behind, and I don’t care, because some ass kicking cherry alcohol flavors remain. Bright fresh pie cherries played against that wonderful lactic acid base. Good cherry flavors like this come in so few beers, so I’m so pleased and happy to enjoy it in a base style like this. The acids never too strong, the cherry somewhat balanced against the wheat, really flavorful and beautifully drinkable beer.

UPDATED: AUG 11, 2010 In short: A nice sharp cherry beer. Very refreshing and highly drinkable.
How: Tap at brewpub (summer 2008 batch)
The look: Clear light-red body topped by a short-lived pink head
In long: Nose is cherries (duh!) . This one has a pure natural freshly picked cherries aroma, not maraschino cherries. Taste is sharp, surprisingly very little cherry sourness, slightly acidic, dry, a little lemony, nice astringency. Very refreshing beer. As far as cherry beers go this one is probably the exact opposite of the New Glarus Belgian Red (the most well-known example of the style). On one end you have the Belgian Red from New Glarus Wisconsin with its filling and sweet maraschino cherries character and on the other end you’ve got the Solstice d’ Été aux Cerises from Montreal with its sharp refreshing astringency fresh cherry flavour. And in between the two you’ve got… well… Detroit.

Un verre sur place. Version à 6,0%. Belle bière rouge avec une bonne couche de mousse rosée. Le nez est parfait avec des arômes et effluves acide, une touche sulfurique et un peu de funk. L’acidité de fruit fermenté est très agréable. En bouche cette bière se révèle comme étant un parfait thirst quencher, une bière d’été sans égal. L’acidité fait saliver. Une bière rafraichissante. 8/10

On draft at the brew pub. Light reddish color with almost no white head. Pleasantly tart and smooth. Very refreshing!