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Dieu du Ciel Péché Mortel

Dieu du Ciel Péché Mortel  - Imperial Stout

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100
overall
Brewed by Dieu du Ciel
Style: Imperial Stout

Montreal, Canada

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
10024.16/5.04.15/5.0Special9.5%96Snifter
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Commercial Description:
Péché Mortel (French for "Mortal Sin") is an intensely black and dense beer with very pronounced roasted flavours. Fair trade coffee is infused during the brewing process, intensifying the bitterness of the beer and giving it a powerful coffee taste. Péché mortel is brewed to be savored; we invite you to drink it in moderation.

This stout style, high in alcohol and bitterness in order to favour preservation, was historically brewed to support the long and arduous voyage necessary to export the beer from England to Russia. The word Imperial comes from the fact that the beer was specially brewed for the Russian tsar’s court.
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 jmikolich (405), Athens, Ohio, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/58/104/518/20
Jul 27, 2008  
11.5oz bottle, pour is a nice black, not motor oil though, thinner not as syrup, but the big creamy head that forms is something to behold. definitely sealed the perfect appearance for me... smell starts like Founders Breakfast stout, but also adds a touch of tobacco smoke??? which i find weird but acceptable to me, taste is more of the some loaded with coffee, chocolate and traditional stout type flavorings, but that tobacco/smoke is still present... hmm interesting, but still darn good.


 malrubius (969), Valley Stream, New York, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/515/20
Jul 27, 2008  
12 ounce bottle in pint glass. Black with puffy brown head and full lace. Frshly ground coffee and dark chocolate aroma. Rich dark chocolate and strong espresso flavor with mild underlying bitterness and surprisingly dry finish. Medium-full body and medium-low carbo. Excellent mouthfeel. Complex and rich but a great imperial stout (Yeti, Ten-Fiddy, Rasputin) doesn’t need to be overwhelmingly coffee flavored. I guess coffee makes this one different, but I wouldn’t drink it regularly.


 roder60 (1019), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/515/20
Jul 27, 2008  
Had at International beer festival in seattle. Pours very dark black with filmy brown head that lasts. Aroma is sweet and very earthy. Lots of charcole in both aroma and flavor. Mouthfeel suprisingly light. Flvor had lots of sweet slightly dry chocolate that totally disguises abv. Very nice balance.


 PhillyBeer2112 (2084), Orange Park, Florida, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/518/20
Jul 26, 2008    Updated: Jul 28, 2008
Thanks Santa! OMG, a new candidate for darkest beer I’ve ever seen. Barely showed anything but opaque black even at the pour. Produced a voluminous thick brown head. Aroma is ripe with coffee coffee coffee, plus a little chocolate chip cookie. Nice, the palate is full and velvety with a rich dry roasted malt along with plenty of iced espresso flavor. Light acidity in the coffee. Beats the crap out of many coffee stouts that seem weak and watery, as this is neither. Long lingering coffee flavor, along with a resinous hop and black malt.


 plovmand (1590), Helsinge, Denmark
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/517/20
Jul 26, 2008  
Bottle. A black beer with a nice brown head. Aroma is coffee all the way with some roasted malts in the background. Flavour is cold espresso with chocolate, vanilla and caramel. Its fantastic. Very creamy cocoa like palate. I need more of this.


 LearninBeer (194), Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/518/20
Jul 25, 2008  
The aroma is coffee, a little toasted caramel.The head is light brown, creamy, mostly diminishing with good lacing. The color is black. The initial flavor is coffee, bitters - nice. Hits the back of the tongue with a nice long finish. The body is light to medium, the texture creamy, just a hint watery and the carbonation soft.


 zappafan99 (462), Ascension Island
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/519/20
Jul 25, 2008  
Taste 7/8 bottle(date on bottle not marked) Looks: Dark opaque brown with a thin yeasty clinging head. Aroma: Roast, mocha, freshly ground coffee. Taste: Full flavored coffee with acidity. Mild hops spice, felt along with the alcohol. Very smooth. Really nice, no unneeded flavors. Great for coffee fans.


 blipp (1631), Newark, New Jersey, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/516/20
Jul 21, 2008  
Bottle. Pours near black with a tan head. Coffee/espresso aroma, with dark chocolate and floral hop notes. Medium/full body. Flavor is roasted malt and coffee beans, with a light smoky note. Also has fruit and dark chocolate. Finished with a lingering bitterness from both floral hops and roasted malt. Very nice.



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