Dieu du Ciel Équinoxe du Printemps

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

11.5 oz bottle, label states that it has 9.5% ALC/VOL. Color is a hazy brown with a touch of amber. Carbonating is very good with a thick tight off white head that clings to the sides my glass with beautiful lacing. Aroma is a sweet maple scent with yeast and alcohol showing. Taste is clean, smooth and a little sweet. Starting with a medium body it goes down easy with a smooth clean feel. Finish is just amazing with dried fruit flavors coming out and a nice Belgian yeast taste then a gentle maple and I think a little orange drifts by near the end. After taste is a little more citrus with the Belgian flavors riding along for a bit and the alcohol showing to cap things off. Holy crap this is a good brew, one of the best Scotch Ales I have ever, and the best brew with Maple I know of. It’s big and complex yet easy to drink and comes off clean. The Sky God put heaven in a bottle.

Bottled. This one is a smooth drippy sweet amazing beer! Rum butter and barley sugar candies abound in this malty murky beer. The perfect blends on scotch and ale breadiness. A masterful rendition of the best ingredients.

Bottle... RBSG 2005... This beer rocks!... Hazy copper ale with a mid-sized, frothy, white head. Very good retention. Notes of brown sugar, light smoke, maple syrup (maybe more from the power of suggestion, though), caramel and oak in both the aroma and flavor. Medium to full-bodied with a lightly oily mouthfeel and moderate carbonation. Lengthy, bitter-sweet finish. Have I ever mentioned that I like scotch ale?... a lot? Especially this one. Reminiscient of Alesmith Wee Heavy Scotch Ale... but it’s difficult to beat perfection.

RBSG 2005... Poured a reddish brown color with a thin, light tan head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of light fruits, maple syrup, scotch, oak, cherries, yeast, and alcohol. Taste of maple syrup, caramel malts, cherries, light bitterness, and a touch of alcohol.

Great zinging carbonation. Big malty, sweet profile, with some subtleties in the fruit and spice dimension. I didn’t have the details on this beer when I drank it and I thought it was a Belgian double--am I wrong in thinking this could pass for it? Excellent. (on tap at Mondial de la Biere, 2008, Montreal)

THOUGHTS: Wow. This was great. You could put this on pancakes. Can’t wait to have this during a snowstorm this winter. Just enough alcohol burn. It did get a little cloying, but with this it didn’t matter. And my bottle said 9.5% ABV not 8. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a dark brownish orange with reddish, orange highlights and an average, off-white head that mostly diminished and left fair lacing. The aroma was moderate to heavy molasses, caramel, and malt, brown sugar, mostly maple syrup, brandy and Canadian Club Whiskey. The initial flavor was sweet; while the finish was very sweet, slightly bitter with a hint of sourness. There was maple syrup, brandy, raisin, more malt, hints of chocolate syrup and caramel. The medium to full body was syrupy and sticky on the lips with lightly fizzy carbonation and a light astringent finish.

[January 2005 version - sampled July 2005] A hazy deep red beer with a small orange head. The aroma is sweet with lots of wood, but also some maple sirup. The flavor has the maple syrup running in the cheeks, while the wood dries out the tongue - add to this notes of cherries, and You have a wonderful beer.

Bière vieillie 3 mois en fût de chêne et ensuite 2 ans et demi en bouteille de 341 ml dégustée lors du 7e anniversaire du Dieu du Ciel. Arôme: Odeur de caramel, d’alcool et d’érable. Apparence: Couleur ambrée avec des reflets rougeâtre. Aucun col. Aucune bulle. Aucune dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût d’érable, de caramel et d’alcool. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture huileuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Arrière goût de liqueur d’érable. (Rating #280)