Dieu du Ciel Été Indien

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

Not the most pleasant beer to look at, it pours an apparently flat muddy golden color, headless. Upon smelling, it is immediately juicy, tart and lemony with obvious wheat, graham crackers and white pineapple juice reminiscent. It is fairly sour, lactic though definitely not as much as it could be and the complexity seems a bit underdone. Hay-like, dry, quenching, but still leaving me hoping for more. Maybe next year.

(Served neat, taken neat)...A well-fed, silky body graciously releases an uncorseted citrus acidity...Sweet, somewhat lactic undertones impinge, but rather decide to carry the tartness a bit further...A gorgeously munificent cleansing fluid...4/5

The 2005 version was a lot wheatier in flavor and body, acitively lactic, and moderately acidic...You could almost bite that wheat...A strikingly different rendition of the same recipe, still pleasant and quenching, but maybe more approachable than it was...3.6/5

Re-rated at 6th anniversary party 11-Sep-04. Tart, yeasty character. Excellent wheat flavour shines through. Straw coloured and hazy with big white head that lasts nicely. Thirst quenching and flavourful with a pretty big mouthfeel from the wheat and high carbonation to excite the tongue. Posted new score as I have gotten to know the style a bit better.

Original rating (7-4-7-3-14=3.5) Tart, citrus yeast aroma. Opaque straw colour with strong white head. Mildly spicy, tart citrus flavour. Strong carbonation. Sampled 2003.

Almost non present crown, hazy gold ash below. Sweet grape, sour nose, late sugar finish. Medium, light bodied, sour but rather flat and gives impression of being a bit simplistic. Late sweet grape accent won’t save this beer.

Served neat. Hazy blonde color. Sour fruit aroma with wheat. Sour flavor of wheat, maybe spicy too. Sour finish that leaves a chalky feeling. Medium body, soft carbonation. Very good and refreshing.

Fruity, apple? aroma, hazy yellow/brown, almost no head. Tastes like non-alcoholized cider. Sweet. Ordinary.

Pinte provenant d’un fût dégustée lors du 7e anniversaire du Dieu du Ciel. Arôme: Odeur de foin et de fruits. Apparence: Couleur paille voilée. Aucun col. Aucune bulle. Aucune dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de pamplemousse et d’acidité. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture sirupeuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Arrière goût de citron surette. (Rating #285)

draught. light white-golden body with no head. aroma has some tart apple wheat properties. body is soft and thin with lemon tartness. it’s mediocre and I’d much rather have one of their other berliner weisses.