Dieu du Ciel Corne du Diable

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

Reddish-amber pour with a really thick fluffy white head. Very aromatic - floral and fruity hops. Grapefruit, melon and tropical fruits. Perhaps a bit of cotton candy or bubble gum. Dry bitter hop flavor with lots of fruit. Citrus and tree fruits, and even a little bit of cherry. Nice balanced flavor that leaves a lasting dry hop finish.

Tulip glass... deep amber... strong sweet aroma... hoppy and bitter, well balanced with a strong caramel/sugar flavor....

Location: 11.5 oz bottle from State Line, 8/30/09

Aroma: Powerful nose of juicy citrus fruit hops and resin
Appearance: Hazy caramel color, foamy off-white head, and leaves a decent amount of lace
Flavor: Sweet matly flavor with balancing from a huge hop backing, a well made IPA
Palate: Dry finish, creamy mouthfeel, medium body, long finish, and nice all the way down
Overall Impression: My second beer from Dieu du Ciel, and they are 2 for 2 for sure! Between these guys and Unibroue I guess I need to drink more Canadian beer... Anyway, as for this one, I’m impressed! This is a beer I could drink a lot of, and at 6.5% I probably really could drink a lot of it. A very tasty brew for sure, well down by our neighbors to the north.

Beautiful, almost floral hop nose. Pours a copper/amber with a decent head. Lots of great grapefruit and pine in the profile but also something complex and lingering that I can’t put my finger on. Lasts a good long while on the tongue. Probably one of my favorite Canadian attempts at a U.S. style IPA.

Dark bronze color. Woodsy hop aroma, with hints of pine and spruce. Flavor is very woodsy, maybe some Centennial or Chinook, some lemon. Pretty pure & raw and quite nice and impressive.

On cask at the brewpub. Pours a slightly cloudy dark orange-copper with a large lasting bubbly off-white head -- looks fantastic! The aroma is all hops baby! A gorgeous mix of citrus and earthy hops -- so fresh and juicy smelling. The flavour is pure liquified hops but somehow it’s in no way too hoppy, it’s just right for this hophead. It goes down incredibly easy and has a huge dry and very bitter aftertaste. Great body for a cask. This is, to put it simply, a fantastic cask IPA!

Reddish amber, with a nice thick head. It was white and fluffy like powdered snow. The poster boy for a CAMRA campaign!
Big, fresh hop aroma, like rubbing hop plugs between your fingers. Amazing how the cask can bring out that hop bouquet, most probably cascade and fuggle, with a hint of vanilla flowers, like walking into a florist boutique that moonlights as a homebrew supply store.
In the mouth, blooming buds and freshly cut herbs, gooey honey like malt, mandarin oranges, great astringent mouthfeel and hops, hops, hops. This beauty was made for cask, propulsing it with CO2 would sharpen the alpha acids too much. I remember having this Beer once or twice before without being too impressed, but this time it just floored me. Cheers to JF for brewing another winner, worthy to be called an American IPA.

Bottle, pours slightly hazy and amber with a beautiful, off-white two fingers large, creamy, mostly lasting head. Good lacing. Flowerish hoppy nose with caramel and citrus. Flavour of hops, caramel, light malt and grape. Medium bodied. Lovely bitter finish. Well balanced. A very enjoyable IPA.