Dieu du Ciel Élixir Céleste

Golden color, with a frothy white head, the nose is one of floral hops, saaz seems evident, note of fruitiness in the aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a crisp floral hops, grassy note, nice hop fruitiness, pale malt, leading towards a fruity hop bittering finish.

On draught 4/16/05 at the brewpub with MartinT. Served in a large pilsener glass, this beer appears bright yellow-gold, shining and clear. You have to love natural filtration, as this one maintains a wonderful creamy mouthfeel and moderate carbonation, that is still natural and tingling. The white head is initially large and slowly dissipates to a ring. Good lacing on the glass is left behind. The aroma is of sweet honey and vanilla flavored malt, with a tremendous fuzzy, green and fresh hops nose, neither too overpowering nor too subtle. Flavor is lightly malty, moderately hoppy and the mouthfeel is smooth throughout, finishing crisp and lightly peppery. Lemons and honey, fresh mineral water, light cream, pears and light apples with a perfect balance of hops. I was surprised to learn that these can be made in a vertical ale fermentation tank, I had always thought they needed a horizontal lagering vessel. But I guess the low alcohol does not require as much activity as say a Maibock or doppelbock. Wonderful stuff. If they only sold this by the 30 pack here in Mass, I’d be all set with my beer needs for the summer. A lovely, smooth pils without all of the cookies and heavy dough. To me, what this lacks in sheer force of flavor, it makes up for in perfect balance and mouthfeel with a riveting appearance.

For a Tutonic malt lover my trip to Montreal has proven a good one...2 great marzens and now this wonderful Bohemian. This taps with a glorious hazed orange-yellow with a substantial white cap that laces well. A Saaz blast awaits the nose but there is more nutty-sweet malt present in this aroma. wonderful well rounded mouth feel..medium-light bodied...almost perfect balance between nutty/bready malts and grassy citrus hops....finish is clean and crisp with some bittering and a biscuit dough after taste....a well made bohemian lager.

Draft... Clear, light yellow lager with a small, fizzy, white head. The aroma is of corn, straw and white pepper. Generously hopped flavor with some citrus notes. Medium-bodied and fizzy. Lengthy, crisp, moderately bitter finish. Pretty darned good, but pilseners just aren’t my thing.

Misty orange-yellow with a nice head that formed lace and lasted for the whole drink. Nice malty aroma with some noble hops--could use a touch more hops, but the cigarette smoke could have been masking that (will have to re-rate). Also some graininess in the aroma. Flavour is well-balanced between hop flavour and malt, however there was some lingering bitterness that I don’t like in pilsners. Light to medium body with adequate CO2.