Dieu du Ciel Péché Mortel

Brewed by Dieu du Ciel
Style: Imperial Stout
Montreal, Canada

Thanks to JaBier for sharing a bottle. The beer pours completely black with a medium thick light brown head that dissipates slowly. Top craggy ring of lacing with spots underneath. Strong black coffee aroma with notes of semi-sweet chocolate and malt. Rich body with flavors of espresso, roasted malt and hops. The finish is intensely roasty with a moderately bitter coffee and hops aftertaste that lingers for some time. Very good overall.

In short: A roasted coffee stout like no other. A wonderful straight-forward beer.
How: Tap, nitro-tap, cask, bottle. Many many many times.
The look: Opaque black body with a tan head (long tasting nitro-tap, short-lived from the bottle)
In long: Intense roasted coffee beans nose. Taste develops chocolate flavour reminiscent of powdery extra-high % (99%) cacao black chocolate bars along with the roasted coffee beans. Medium-high roastiness level. The high roasted level makes for a semi-dry beer that is surprisingly highly drinkable for a 9.5% brew. I can drink bottle after bottle without getting tired of it. Alcohol is well hidden and more importantly there is almost no sweetness apparent. I must be a real immoral person because I’m not stopping after seven Deadly Sins.

2004 Bottle. Full roast coffee nose, hint of chocolate, black as night, big cappuccino head, oily lace. Roast coffee flavour, chocolate and liquorice too. Full bodied, bitter as can be, oily, resiny. Majestic! The 2003 must have been heavenly?!

Courtesy of wetherel who opened this gem at the fordest tasting sharing it with fordest, toncatcher, padrefan98 and wetherel. Pours very dark with deep amber and thin head. The aroma is a fist full of coffee grounds and cigar ash. There’s mild roasted malts and burnt malts out the back. The taste is an initial bolt of rich chocolate followed closely by coffee grounds, some mild astringency from the coffee and a hit of licorice. It is smooth and ends rich and creamy. YUM.

12-oz. Thanks, FranksnBeans! Black. Thick, bubbly tan head with tiny bubbles. No lace. Enormous coffee nose--doesn’t even smell like a beer, no matter how long you wait. Thick, creamy body. Acrid acetic coffee hits you as soon as the beer hits your lips, and immediately starts drying out your mouth. So sharply atringent and coffee--laden that it doesn’t really taste or drink like a beer. Long ashy finish.

Thanks to Jeff for this bottle. Pours very dark brown, close to black, with a tall brown head leaving lots of lacing as you drink. This brew had an amazing fresh roasted coffee aroma, very espresso-like, reminded me of the freshness of Bells Java Stout. Some chocolate was found at up front with a more of a burnt coffee in the finish. Very smooth creamy mouthfeel. This was a very nice coffee stout, very smooth with a well hidden alcohol content.

Bouteille de 660 ml vieillie 2 ans dégustée lors du 7e anniversaire du Dieu du Ciel. Arôme: Odeur de café noire, de torréfaction et une pointe de chocolat. Apparence: Couleur noire opaque. Aucun col. Fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de café torréfié et et de chocolat. Long arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est plein avec une texture minérale. Forte effervescence en bouche. Arrière goût de café. (Rating #281)

Thick pour, black, with a slow-to-rise brown cap. Sweet coffee cake aroma, very intense! Palate is heavy and velvety, rich layers of sweet chocolate and strong french roast coffee. Finish is long, dry, and a little salty. Wow this is fantastic! Thanks for getting this to me Trev-- a fitting brew for my last Canadian beer for 6 months! Off to New Zealand...