 Quevillon (1323), Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, Canada
Jan 31, 2006 Updated: Aug 9, 2007Au maître-brasseur de Dieu du Ciel, tu es un DIEU! Un bon goût de fruit et de caramel brulé. Je jouissais à chaque gorgé!
argo0 (6231), Washington DC, USA
Sep 30, 2003 (bottle dated 7/00) Hazy red with beige head (plenty of head despite age). Aroma is sweet, caramel, rich and sticky, vanilla, raisin, light chocolate. Taste is rich, malty, moderately sweet, caramel, raisin, some chocolate, light roasty. Full bodied. Fantastic beer, definitely more along the lines on an English-style barleywine.
Simon_Patrice (312), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Jul 20, 2002 (1 year old, aged in a bottle) Ahhhhh! Solstice d’Hiver. We are truly lucky to have such good beers here. Malt, Burnt caramel, blackberries, figs and plums in a voluptuous embrace.
whaleman (2168), North Wales, Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 18, 2004 Bottled July 2003. Cloudy brown to bronze body. Brown sugar nose with a very low hop profile. More brown sugar in the flavor but less residual sugar than anticipated. Perfect level of sweetness actually. Nice chocolate and oak notes. Ultra-smooth. Starts slow and unassuming but gradually becomes exquisite. Stylistically flawless and very elegant. Left me craving more.
HogTownHarry (3286), Toronto (Harbourfront), Ontario, Canada
Sep 19, 2006 Updated: Sep 21, 2006Draught (cask). At Dieu du Ciel. This was the LAST glass left from the anniversary party over the weekend, cask-aged for 3 years. Poured bright slightly hazy ruby with a 2 inger lasting creamy mottled white/beige head. Very subtle aroma, sweet and resiny, alcoholic but muted, slight woody funkiness to it. Taste? Smooooooth! soft resiny hop bitterness, moderately alcoholic, woody and leafy sweet malt - then as it warms the alcohol and bitterness slowly ramp up to a long, complex finish. The body was actually a tad light, but solid astringent/acidic/alcoholic mouthfeel, very soft on the palate - Smooth, subtle, elegant even - excellent.
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