Dieu du Ciel Aphrodisiaque

Brewed by Dieu du Ciel
Style: Stout
Montreal, Canada

bottle, via trade with glouglouburp, deep brown with no head, aroma of flourless chocolate cake, macadamia nuts, flavors of vanilla, nutella, roast malt, nice malty coffee finish

Fantastic beer that I’ll try to do justice describing. Taste is all roasted malts and coffee and burnt chocolate, and vanilla of course. But the thing that sets this beer apart is that the vanilla is done to a point where it doesn’t taste at all like a bourbon aged vanilla, it’s rich and fresh and crisp. None of that extract super sticky icky imitation swill that most dark vanilla beers have, this one was the type of vanilla that’s in premium vanilla ice cream. I waited three years to try this one, and if it weren’t $6 a bottle and hard as nut to find, I’d drink it instead of water.

Nearly black with a medium brown head that leave lots of lacing on the glass. Aroma is of lots of vanilla and chocolate. Flavour is chocolate, hoppy and roasted malt bitterness, with small coffee, and some vanilla sweetness. Mid to low carbonation that sits nicely on the palate. One of my favourites.

Aphrodite. Black body with a small tan head that fades quickly. The aroma has some chocolate, raspberry, cocoa powder, and cinnamon. Roasted flavor, coffee bean, bakers chocolate, and some light vanilla. Medium body.

341 ml bottle from Trappe a Fromage, served at cellar temperature in a tulip glass.

App.: Deep brown-black with a large mocha head. Aroma: Heavenly. Lots of deep rich malts – coffee and dark chocolate, some milk chocolate and caramel, some coconut and vanilla, slightly ashen, a little grape fruitiness, slight bright notes, a touch of alcohol, Palate: Medium-ish body, fairly sparse and soft effervescence. Flav.: Even better than the nose, it is sweeter somehow with plenty of dark chocolate, espresso, vanilla, caramel, creme brulee, a touch of fruitiness and a bit of alcohol; dry with some bitterness and a fairly clean finish.

I would love a stronger, thicker, sweeter Imperial version. This is lovely.

11.5oz. Bottle: Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, light vanilla, slight bourbon, caramel, and cocoa. Poured black in color with a small, light brown head that diminished but lasted throughout. Opaque. Sparkling. Flavor is light to medium sweet and lightly bitter. Tastes of roasted malts, tobacco, light wood, light chocolate, cocoa, tar, vanilla, and a hint of bourbon. Medium body. Syrupy, dry texture. Average carbonation. Roasted malt, tar, tobacco, and cocoa finish is dry.

Aphrodite bottle. Pour is perfect for a stout, pitch black and full bodied, with a medium sized tan head. Aroma is mostly bitter chocolate, but with a foundation of roasty malts and espresso, and I fancy that I can smell a bit of the vanilla as well. Flavor seems a bit thin to me at first. Just a standard stout flavor. But the flavors begin to open up for me. I can taste coffee, bitter chocolate, roasted malts and nuts. I believe the vanilla does more to mello all the flavors out than to add any flavor of its own. This is a very good and well balanced stout. I’m glad I gave it a try. Plus the label is pretty cute.

2009 Bottle - Thanks dand645! - Pours dk brown with a medium tan head...aroma is sweet dk malt, cocoa and vanilla, roast...flavour is similar, vanilla and dk chocolate, lightly tannic but far from bitter...someone had mentioned this was the vanilla equiv to Peche Mortel and that totally fits, vanilla creme...tasty and rich, one to share for sure...