Dieu du Ciel Corne du Diable

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

Pours a five finger light tan head that fades quickly leaving some lace. Cloudy amber color. Piney nose. Light-medium carbonation and medium bodied. Flavor is caramel and grapefruit with a pine finish. Not bad for an IPA with the hops almost balanced by the malts. $5.75 for a 11.5oz bottle from Tully’s Beer & Wine Wells, Me.

Pour is copper with small head. Aroma of grainy malts, grass and earth. Tastes ok...slightly astringent. Pretty heavy malt. Decent, but nothing to try again unless I see it at the brewery.

Bottle from Crown Liqour, indy, In. Poured hazy copper color with an average to large frothy off-white head that lasted with excellent lacing. Moderate sour citrus and caramel aroma. Medium body with a slick smooth texture. Medium bittersweet flavor with moderate sweet finish of moderate to long duration. This solid complex beer did meet my expectations.

Bottle: Pours a hazy amber with a dense tan lacing head. Rich aroma of zesty pine needles, citrus/orange hints and a nice toasted caramel malt presence. Creamy dense carbonation on the palate. An IPA with nice malt depth, thank you! Rich, bready with some rye-like suggestions, toasted caramel, zesty pine notes, orangey citrus suggestions and a piny toasted finish. Has a great malt depth giving it nuances other than hop juice resins. Very tasty and cohesive.

Poured a cloudy reddish brown. Spicey, sweet, musty, grassy nose. Lots of tiny bubbled carbonation, with a fairly thin mouthful, which surprised me due to the color.Flavor is very similar to the nose. This beer is unique in that I can’t think of a beer that I would compare it to.Definitely more spicy than floral Finish starts smooth and dry, but lingers with some sweet bitterness.

Pours a hazy, scarlet color with a yellowish, moderately full, creamy, pillowy head which settles in a timely manner and leaves some drippy lace. Nose is quite sweet for an IPA; notes of caramel, toffee, vanilla with some pink grapefruit and resins and some tropical fruit notes (maybe mango). Flavor is similar with more resinous notes and a more than medium bitterness; notes of caramel, light toffee, lots of pine resins, and pink grapefruit. Palate is medium, soft to lively, and a bit oily. Finishes drying and fairly long with more bitterness and notes of slightly earthy pine resins and lingering grapefruit notes. A nice, sweeter IPA but still with good bitterness and hop flavors. Not quite what I would consider a West Coast IPA but still a nice balanced hoppy beer. Extremely drinkable.

on tap at volo cask days 2008. beautifully orange with a tight white head. big hop aromas with noticable caramel malt background. the malts take the lead in the flavours but the hops are there in plenty. the bitterness on the finish is nice but its held in check by the big maltiness. a nice IPA that i which i could get locally.

Dry with a very hoppy spike but an odd tea-like flavor lingers in the finish. Not a bad IPA though.