Dieu du Ciel Péché Mortel

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

12oz bottle during the Super Bowl. Pours black with a medium tan head. Coffee nose with some creamy vanilla and chocolate character. Malty and creamy sweet up front, with a huge coffee finish. Should not have started off with this one because I have a feeling nothing is going to top it.

Poured black with a tan head. Aroma of chocolate and coffee. Roasted coffee flavor with some chocolate.

My personal creed is "Life is short. Drink good beer". Therefore, any highlight of my day and a blessed moment of my life is when I come across a beer which lives by a similar creed of "Life is short. I will be the best damn beer possible" and the craft brewery from Canada, Du de Ciel does just that with their Peche Mortel.
Coffee + Beer = Nirvana
My Peche Mortel poured a dark black with touches of deep earthen brown along the very edges of the glass when held up to the light. A thick soft head of cappuccino colored foam blankets her body below. Her nose is sweet and creamy with fresh brewed coffee and milk chocolate practically bursting out of the glass. A promising start as I delve into my first quaff of her luscious body. A minor bitter bite which immediately makes way for rich milk chocolate and fresh brewed aromatic coffee. A touch of molasses and caramel holds the coffee esters together while the succulent chocolate and toasted malt notes balance out Peche Mortel’s palate. A light and dry body with a clean mouthfeel as brussels lace coats my glass from the first quaff to the last.
I’ve been a coffee drinker far longer than a beer drinker, but both are pleasurable passions of mine. To marry the two is a perfect union and Dieu du Ciel’s Peche Mortel is the result. I could easily drink a couple three of these in a row, maybe even start off my morning with a Peche Mortel instead of my usual coffee. Magnificent.

Pitch black pour. The nose is coffee and deep roasted malt. The flavor is coffee and cream with a subtle sourness that mixes well with the alcohol warmth of the finish. Good juice.

On draft at brewpub. Deep black with medium but persistent tan head. Loads of roasted and coffee notes from this one. coffee predominates with some malty sweetness and a mild bitter aftertaste. really chewy full palate. A monster of a beer.

Bottle from the depaneur near the brewbub. BIG foamy dark beige head that leaves big lacing. Aroma is all coffee and some chocolate. The flavor is all coffee...really good coffee. Bitter, salty mouthfeel. Coffee and beer. God loves me.

Black as ink, thin brown head. Huge coffee aroma. Tastes like a coffee milkshake made with dark chocolate. Syrupy and thick mouthfeel. Bitter and long finish. One of the best imperial stouts i’ve had.

Notes of coffee and vanilla in the smell. Coffee comes in at the end. Lingering bitterness. Head for days and stays the entire drink. Very nice lacing. I don’t know how they manged to have so much head retention with all of the coffee oils. This is my new favorite coffee stout.