Dieu du Ciel Solstice dÉté aux Framboises

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

A hazy pink beer with a small disappearing pink head. The aroma contains notes of wood, raspberries, and pink grapefruit. The flavor has a nice sourness with notes of wood and raspberries. They could learn something in Berlin from this brew!

The first time I had this was from the tank before release, and it was a fun little beer with lots of tartness and bursting with raspberries. This latest sample, several years later, showed me again a bright red beer with a big, fresh, raspberry nose. The tartness in this second example was somewhat timid, more so than that first taste, and there is limited complexity. Really, I just want my berliner weisse straight up.

(RBSG05) Cloudy red body with no head. Aroma is sweet, raspberry, raspberry, raspberry, some tart/sourness. Taste is sweet, tart, raspberry, light lemon. For some reason this does not wholly work for me -- first time I have had a Berliner Weisse accompanied by fruit.

Totally red, almost pinkish. No head, but what a red.. Intense raspberry heart nose, slightly creamy, lactic, leafy and light like a berliner weisse ought to be. Extremely refreshing on the tongue of course. Lactic, malic, citric, astringent. Good focus on the raspberry flavor, sour, but not close to the point of being agressive. Mostly thin body of course, decent carbonation despite the absence of head. Excellent summer beer.

Draft...RBSG2005...This beer rocks!... This cloudy red lager was my session beer during my five day stay in Montreal as I visited Dieu Du Ciel each evening. It’s topped by a large, frothy, pink head. Good retention. Tart, barely-ripe raspberries, light lemon and vanilla in both the aroma and every sip. Medium-bodied with lively carbonation. Finishes very tart and dry. I really couldn’t get enough of this stuff. World class thirst quencher!

Pours a transparent bright ruby red with a thick, pinkish head than has good, thin lacing. Very rich, fruity, raspberry aroma has a nice balance between sweet and tart. Starts with a hint of candy-like sweetness, turning more dry, tart and sour with lots of raspberry fruitiness with a dry, puckering finish. Could use a little more sweetness, but a good, refreshing beer nonetheless.

A nostril-bending, lush, raspberry perfume of perfection lures to a moderately sour lemon juice elevator...Ripe, bulbous raspberries accompany your palate for the ride to the firmament as pomegranate seeds adorn the citrus lift...The door opens after this sublime ascension of authenticity and complexity onto a windswept wheat field surrounded by full clouds and a puzzling silence...Slowly, the cherished fruit reappear and soothe the soul as they had promised...Thought processes become futile and this estival moment reveals its stunning drinkability...

Bright glowing ruby red color with a clear body and a white head. The smell is distinctly candy-like: sugary jolly rancher candies, not really giving off any real fruit or wheat vibe, but the flavor is something completely different. Robust, semi-sweet deep raspberries with a good, solid sour quality and a crisp bite to finish it off. Lambic-like, with a somewhat watery body. A highlight of my DDC visit.