Dieu du Ciel Corne du Diable

Brewed by Dieu du Ciel
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Montreal, Canada

12oz bottle. Reddish copper color with a small tannish head that leaves a light lacing. Nose is sweet, sticky, melted caraml with a light hop bitterness. Palate is full, sticky and sharp, Flavor is caramel malts with a light hint of bitter hop note in the finish

341 ml bottle. Hazy reddish brown colour. Very tall off-white head that clings to the glass. Bold hoppy aroma with lots of sweet malts in the nose. Almost syrupy aroma. Crisp grassy flavours balanced by an appropriate amount of malts. Peach-like malty flavours. Medium-bodied. Lots of flavour, but I suspect that the beer is slightly oxidized.

Bottle at The Headkeeper. Pours a clear amber, creamy off-white head. Aroma promises hops, grapefruit, orange and subdued peach. Flavor delivers all that the aroma promised, peach, orange and grapefruit. Dry, hoppy, bitter finish.

11.5 oz bottle, pours dark brown with haze. My first from this brewery. Aroma of raisins and some sweet malt. Tasted like an aged IPA or Barleywine. This must have sat on the shelf for awhile? I just bought it. Not much hop at all, some bitterness. Maybe its supposed to be like this. But it’s a bit pricey ($7)for the quality.

11.5oz bottle. Thick, brown-red color. Like others have noted, this didn’t taste fresh, some off aromas and flavors sort of taint the overall effect. I am a huge fan of DdC beers and was very let down by this one. I’d expect it to be much better in Montreal. Some soapy, piny, lingering hop presence. Some amber malt tastes, and an intense amber malt aroma, give it a unique touch. Good, but not great.

0.34 l bottle at Pikkulintu, Helsinki. Amber color with creamy head. Sweet aroma with thick flowery, lemony, piney and grassy hops. Bittersweet honeyish, grassy and hoppy flavor with fruity-lemony hops and hint of soap. A bit too sweet and soapy for me. This one did not taste very fresh.

Deep hazy, chunky copper/brown coloured body with a thinnish tan head - wierd for an IPA! Aroma of metal, fresh hops, caramel, nuts and a bit of pine. Medium-bodied; Strong assertive hops up front with no backbone, just showing a pale grassy and pine hop flavour. Aftertaste shows some caramel, a bit of metal and a bitter malt flavour. Overall, a strong, sharp and potent IPA - not showing enough hops, rather more malt and a bit of sweetness. Decent to try, but I prefer more of an American-style IPA. I sampled this 330 mL bottle purchased from Ramsey Liquors in Ramsey, New Jersey on 19-January-2009, sampled at home in Washington on 29-January-2009.

Pour is a copper with an average white head. Aroma is a very nice floral hop. Flavor is again heavy on the hops with some caramel malts showing up at the end. Pretty straight forward and tasty IPA.