Country: Canada
Style: Barley Wine
Abv: 10,2 %
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What about the beer?
Colour is dark brown with a tiny natural white lace. Aroma has caramel
malts, raisins and dark fruits. Taste begins with sweet fruity malts. Caramel malts and sweet raisins take over with gentle fruity alcohol
bitterness and dark chocolate. Towards the end
dark fruity bitterness gets through with strong piny-boozy kick. Aftertaste has lasting fruity bitterness and piny alcohol kick.
Rich and complex Barley Wine. Malts have their time in the spotlight,
but in the end hops and strength take control. Pretty delicious. Dieu du
Ciel keeps the Maple Leaf high, despite the
difficulties in availability here in Finland.
Ölbeat
Since it's named "Winter Solstice" - the day that has the shortest period of daylight - today is the right day in the Northern Hemisphere for this beer. In Finland, the darkness, and possibly the coldness, of winter often makes people turn inside their shell and interact with other people less than during the brighter seasons. I'm not considering it a bad thing. Quite the opposite: everyone needs some time with only oneself every now and then, so why not in the midst of winter?
Black Sabbath: Solitude (YouTube)
From the 1971 album Master of Reality, the song was written by Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne and Bill Ward.
