Dieu du Ciel Péché Mortel

Bottle. Pours a deep blackish brown color, with a lingering espresso foam colored head. Flavor is, well, lets break down everything I taste in here. Fresh black coffee, chocolate malt, dark chocolate, black licorice, a hint of smoke, ripe fruits, a hint of earthy wood barrel. Full bodied, sticky and chewy on the palate. The more this warms up the more flavor comes out. Ends on a dry note. Damn, as a good coffee lover, this is delicious.

Tasted 11/1/08. 12oz bottle. Pitch hue with two fingers of beige head, Chocolate and fruity aromas. Notes of cocoa and toffee with a touch Belgian yeast character. Spicy anise. Very complex and layered aromas. Full bodied with a big palate. Whole lot going on. Initial chocolate maly flavor that turns into red berry fruit, then dried fruits. Finishes with a woody warming alcohol note. Sticky palate. Flavors of coffee and dark chocolate with a decent alcohol note. Touch smokey. Mildly cloying, but that just fits the palate. Trace hop profile. Somewhere a slight plum note crosses the tongue. Big and smooth and warming. The coffee note really permeates as it warms. Biggest coffee stout I have ever had, but not quite the biggest imperial stout. This is one to share.

Absolutely one of the best beers I have tried, and stout is not one of my favorite style. This is a deep red/black beer with a deep tan head. Beautiful! Aroma of coffee, more similar to Starbucks than Dunkin Donuts. Taste is coffee, coffee, coffee. I rarely drink the same beer twice, but I want to savor another bottle of this beer!

bottle. pours a deep black with a 2 finger tan head... great lacing throughout. lots of coffee on the nose as well as dark fruits and licorice. its almost like sticking your face into a jar of ground coffee. thin to medium body, very smooth. sweet up front and bitter on the back. excellent finish. top notch, well balanced coffee stout.

Bottle. Aroma of roasted malt and coffee. Tastes of coffee, dark chocolate and roasted malt. A nice hop bitterness in the finish. Good Imp. Stout.

Bottle. Aroma is lots of coffe and dark chocolat with some vanilla notes. Taste is lots of coffee.roasted malt and some chocolat. Great beer!

11.5 ounce bottle purchased at Archer Liquors in Chicago, IL for $5.99 Excellent.

Black pour with a 1 finger tan head that fades quickly to a thin ring. Coffee, brown sugar, molasses and semi-sweet chocolate aroma. Lots of bitter black coffee and dark chocolate flavor with hints of raisins, alcohol and some faint vinous quality. Great depth and balance of flavors. Oily full body with lots of carbonation.