Solstice D'été Aux Framboises
Brasserie Dieu du Ciel!

2023-12-10
330ml screwtop bottle served in a little snulip. Bottled on 2018-07-17. I've had this beer for more than a year, but apparently it was on the shelf for almost four before I bought it.

Pours a clear purple-red with a small wispy head. Smell is berry jam that doesn't quite hit tart, but doesn't smell sweetened.

Taste is tart and jammy, just a little bit of kettle sourness. Really bright raspberry.

Mouthfeel is very light and clean. Overall, not bad, particularly for 5+ years.

 

Working on cleaning up the backlog of notes I have. Sample enjoyed at the Brewery.

 

Solstice D'ete is a lightly hazy, reddish pink colored ale. Head is pink and fades quickly.

As I take my first sniff, raspberry is not a descriptor that comes to mind. Rather, the first thing I think of is maraschino cherries, sitting in a jar in that artificial, radioactive red color. Fruit puree lends support, smelling of both fresh strawberry and ripe raspberry. Fresh, damp earth provides a nice through note, making me think for a moment I'm out on the farm, picking the raspberries myself.

Taking my first sip is where I get big amounts of raspberry. Solstice D'ete definitely tastes of freshly squeezed, perfectly ripened raspberries. Fresh, ripe fruit even lends its character to the mouthfeel, giving an impression of fresh fruit juice, beer with fruit flavoring in it. Fresh earth lends itself to the flavor profile nicely as it did with the nose.

Very well executed fruit beer. Has the flavor and mouthfeel of freshly squeezed raspberries. Tartness is just right given the dominant fruit is raspberry. Full of character and yet refreshing.

 

 

 

Pours cloudy hazy scarlet rose red with a creamy frothy light pink off-white foam head and loads of sediment. Smells like jammy pulpy fresh garden raspberries, wheaty malts, sour yeast, with floral earthy hops. Tastes tart with fresh whole sour raspberries, jammy, juicy, fresh picked berries, nutty raspberry pulp, wheaty malt, and some floral earthy hops. Feels medium bodied, creamy with smooth moderate carbonation. Overall a really nice raspberry sour wheat beer.

Excellent! Contrairement à beaucoup de bières, ça goûte vraiment les framboises

 

 

Bottle poured into a goblet. Beautiful reddish color, bright under some light, dark under other light. Very small white head lingers around the edges. Raspberry scent in the nose which is light. Raspberry flavor in the taste with a slight tartness. Great balance of carbonation, raspberry fruit and tartness. This was a very easy sipper! One of the better sours I've had recently.

 

Pours a clear raspberry color; nice look. A big thumb length frothy head displays excellent retention.

The raspberry imparts a dominant and refreshing aroma with tart notes of lemon, lime and sour apple. The malt base compliments the tart theme by evoking aromas of sourdough bread and wheat.

Strongly tart throughout and nearly acidic, yet, deftly balanced by the fruitiness of the raspberries. Flavors of lemon, lime, green apples, sourdough and wheat bread. There is no bitterness so to speak, however, there are some peppery yeast and earthy hops flavors that add a nice complexity and bite. The acidity mellows towards the end yielding a hint of doughy malt sweetness.

Light bodied, crisp and with a lively carbonation. Stinging tartness throughout, including in the finish, which is also bone dry.

One of the most refreshing examples of Berliner Weisse I’ve had. Despite drinking it in the winter, I’m nevertheless impressed.

 

 

12 oz bottle

Pours cloudy raspberry red, white lacing for a head.

Aroma is of fresh raspberry jam, cracker malts, and citrus tartness.

Tastes of fresh raspberry, tart cherry, red grape, citrus, cracker and cereal malts.

Medium body, stinging carbonation on the tongue.

Exceptionally good raspberry sour. The raspberry taste is very fresh and lively. The tartness is strong but not overwhelming. Goes down very easy and definitely worth trying.

Pours a dark purple with fine, pink foam.

Smell is tart and fresh with notes of raspberries, raspberry jam, cranberries and a little hint of grass.

Taste is tart and slightly earthy before an avalanche of fresh raspberries hits you. Notes of jam, grass and some lime. Slight bitterness and very refreshing.

Mouthfeel is medium, creamy and well carbonated.

Overall, a terrific raspberrry sour. I am a total slut for raspberries in sours.