Dieu du Ciel Équinoxe du Printemps

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

11.5oz bottle. murky, thick red-brown color underneath a fluffy off-white head. The aroma is sweet, with a touch of woody earthiness. The taste is quite maple syrupy sweet, with some mild soapy bitterness. Subtle dark fruit in the aftertaste. Almost a year old at this point if it only brewed in January, it has probably mellowed some carbonation wise,as it is a little soft. Quite complex, similar to a Wee Heavy or Doppelbock, but with that distinct Canadian Maple Syrup taste. A touch of smokiness in there as well. Quite unique, another great beer from DDC.

Aroma is alcohol, scotch, and wood. Sweet and malty with syrup. A little too sweet, but it has some smokey caramel notes. Definately a slow sipper due the high alcohol. A bit too sweet, and could use some more malt.

Whoa taste that maple syrup right off the top. Nice pour with a viscous body and leaving a decent head with good lacing. Syrupy sweetened body also gives way to an earthy distantly peaty smoked out quality and a touch of a woodsy spice. this one certainly made me stop and say "oh" wih its surprising depth in character. nicely done

11.5 ounce bottle purchased at Knightly Spirits Orlando, FL on 10/10/09 Very good.

11.5 oz. Bottle from spring 2009. Poured into a snifter, it settled with a murky brown color with zero head and no discernible carbonation. Aromatics are definitely sweet and subtly complex. Nose is dominated by malt sugars and has notes of wet wood, vanilla, maple syrup and caramel. Tastes largely the same as the nose, but with a bit of banana bread and dark fruit character. No trace of hops anywhere. This actually seems to be more of a sweet brown ale in style and lacks any peat or smoky flavor typically associated with a Scotch ale. The texture of this one is thick and rests heavy on the tongue with almost no carbonation. Has a bit of alcohol heat combined with some sweet maple syrup at the end. Overall its not a bad beer, but maybe a bit too sweet.

Bottle. Pours mahogany with a small, fizzy light brown head, some retention with spare lacing. Aroma is banana, dark bread, candy, no hops, doughy yeast, plum, bubble gum, and light maple syrup. Heavy sweetness, creamy banana nut bread batter, maple syrup, and alcohol flavor. Full bodied, creamy and alcoholic palate with a spicy and dry finish.

Bottle.
Pours a lifeless, thin, murky tea brown with an assertive aroma of well-aged single malt with caramel bits swirled in old basement air. Flavor is an intense rush of oaky whisky and musty dark fruit with a subtle yet noticeable finish of maple. Sits heavy on the tongue, leaving an oily yet dry finish. Well-balanced and delicious. Definite repeat.

Bottle at chris_o’s "smash kook’s granny tasting". Alround rating: Scotch ale eh, i put anyone from any period in time to take this beer to scotland and give it to people and ask them if they recognise it as anythign like any scotish beer has ever been. Fuckin north americans making up bloody styles to try and market beer. Massive maple syrup character, very sweet indeed, sugary mouthfeel. Not good in any respect, i think everyone at the table poured the remainders away.