Dieu du Ciel Équinoxe du Printemps 3.58 270

Dieu du Ciel Équinoxe du Printemps

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	92
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Brewed by Dieu du Ciel
Style: Scotch Ale
Montreal, Canada

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	Seasonal	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
270	3.6/5.0	3.58/5.0	Winter	9.5%	81.6	Thistle

Commercial Description:
Équinoxe du Printemps (French for "spring equinox") is the quintessential marriage of two great traditions: beer brewing in Scotland, and maple syrup production in Quebec. At the first draught, the mouth is overcome by woody, malty flavours, sustained by a discrete touch of sweetness. The aftertaste brings about the flavours of maple, which are sufficiently present to be appreciated, but never overwhelming the typical flavours of a Scotch Ale.

Equinoxe du printemps is brewed only once a year in January. It is aged for two months in order to attain a perfect balance in taste. Then, it is sold starting March 21st, until stocks last.

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MmmcKay (289), Brentwood, Tennessee, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	7/10	3/5	8/10	4/5	15/20

Sep 7, 2009

Dark amber brown in color. Smells like honey, maple syrup, pear. Tastes richly sweet but not cloyingly so. Nutty and yummy. I would have a hard time drinking more than one though.

markwise (1200), 15 Minutes from Kuhnhenn in, Florida, USA

3.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.2	6/10	4/5	6/10	3/5	13/20

Sep 4, 2009

Thanks kiefdog for the share. Pours yellow-brown with an off-white head. Nose is booze, maple, honey, banana, clove, and floral hops. Flavor is maple, banana, booze, cloying sweetness, and lingering banana-clove. Light-medium body and lots of boozy sweetness. Borderline too sweet.

bu11zeye (5621), Frisco, Texas, USA

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	13/20

Sep 3, 2009

( 12oz bottle ) Pours an amber body with a small white head. Aroma of peat, maple, nuts, dried fruit, and toasted grain. Flavor of maple syrup, caramel malt, raisins, peat, herbs, and wood.

kiefdog (1637), Tampa, Florida, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	7/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

Sep 1, 2009

11.5oz bottle from Knightly Spirits (Orlando, FL). Pours a generally clear amber brown with tan white head. Aroma is sweet and malty with notes of banana, clove, wheat, grain, nuts, boozy, light notes of spice. Flavor is sweet and malty with notes of ripe dark fruit, banana, grassy wheat, hops, light floral fruit, Generally medium body with a pleasing malty boozy finish.

ukoolaid (572), Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	7/10	3/5	8/10	3/5	17/20

Sep 1, 2009

Bottle. Pours a brown amber with tan head. Decent lace. Banana, bready, caramel, creamy. Not bad.

ericandersnavy (1139), crossroads, Texas, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	8/10	4/5	8/10	3/5	15/20

Aug 31, 2009

bottle thanks to bu11zeye. poured amber with an off white head that laces the glass. aroma was bazooka joe and banana pudding. flavor was banan, caramel, alcohol, and pepper. light body.

ilovedarkbeer (1367), Dallas, Texas, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	8/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

Aug 31, 2009

Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Notes of bananas foster, sake, booze, and dark carmelized syrup over melons.

ScottyP (314), Brentwood, Tennessee, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	8/10	3/5	8/10	4/5	15/20

Aug 30, 2009

Pours a dark amber with beige head. Aroma of caramel, vanilla, scotch malts, alcohol. Similar taste, nice syrupy finish, alcohol balanced by the sweetness. Warm I want to pour this on some flapjacks with some powdered sugar on a cold day.

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