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Dieu du Ciel Blanche Neige


Percentile
87
overall
Brewed by Dieu du Ciel
Style: Belgian Ale

Montreal, Canada

bottling
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
273.59/5.03.54/5.0Winter7.5%91.4Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
Brewed only once a year to keep you warm during the cold winter months, the Blanche Neige (« Snow white ») isn’t your typical wheat beer. Firstly, the level of alochol is surprising and is perceived rapidly both in the bouquet and in the mouth. The spices come through immediately, giving very little room for the usual wheat beer aromas (coriander and curaçao). Cinnamon and clove dominate and the flavours are generously well-rounded thanks no doubt to residual sugars. It is therefore a very sweet beer that is best appreciated slowly.
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 muzzlehatch (4427), Burlington, Vermont, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/517/20
Feb 16, 2004  
Creamy, pale and bright body. Enormous, enveloping aroma of cinnamon and cloves and caramel. Very sweet, apple and mince pie flavors, soft and lovely to the tongue. Clean and quick finish that stays with your head and heart long after it has left your tongue. Another wonder-beer from the magician.


 Rastacouere (5553), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/516/20
Mar 6, 2004  
On Tap, 8% alcohol winter 2004 batch. Cloudy light golden body with a small white head. Huge aroma of spices (nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, coriander), very complex. Cloves and banana remind a good german weizen, but such spices complexity is uncommon outside Belgium. This is a decadent wit that makes you wonder how all those flavours can blend together. Good creamy velvety body. Decadent and flavorful altogether, an imperial wit in which the alcohol remain unnopticeable despite being 8%.


 beerbuzzmontreal (2911), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Feb 4, 2006  
Pours a hazy golden color with a thin white head. Very appealing aroma of cinnamon, clove and citrus. The flavor is excellent with notes of coriander, cinnamon, clove, citrus and yeast, complex and enjoyable. The palate is light and dry with lively carbonation. Another excellent and original beer from DDC.


 rederic (1811), montréal, Quebec, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Jan 18, 2006  
Hazy orangeish hue, with a frothy white head, the nose is spicy, with a suggestions of pepper, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, coriander, yeasty, bready dough, even with a lactic note in the aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate, with a nice spicy character of coriander, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, with a hint of black pepper, with a fruity accent of candied orange peels, the alcoholic notes seem well hidden for 8% bière blanche, leading towards a nice fruity alcoholic and low biterness finish.


 Quevillon (1530), Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/517/20
Sep 17, 2006  
Bu sur place, à l’occassion de leur 8e anniversaire, en fut (10 oz). Blonde un peu foncée, petit collet. Arome intéressant d’épice sucré, un peu malté. Goût aussi intéressant de bonbon épicé.


 tiggmtl (4311), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/105/515/20
Feb 21, 2004  
Big sweet, spiced aroma. Apple pie in a glass. Cloudy white body with thick white head. Easy drinking, sweet banana flavour with just enough clove to balance. This is right on. Nice, thick, chewey mouthfeel. On tap.


 tupalev (2617), Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Feb 12, 2008  
On tap at DDC. Dark yellow, medium white head, looks terrific. Great aroma - very spicy, some dark fruit and sugar. Fantastic taste - tons of yeast, light wheat, ginger, alcohol. Very spicy! Full bodied. Really nice.


 MartinT (5055), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Oct 26, 2002    Updated: Feb 4, 2006
Banana and cinnamon bread and creamy yogourt for this strong witbier...Citrus trees covered by a milky, clovey dew...The 2004 and 2006 are much better than the first year’s and have evolved into another of DDC’s excellent, unique witbier creations...



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