Dieu du Ciel Péché Mortel

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

22oz bottle. 08/2005 bottle. Aroma: Packed with roasted malt aroma. Coffee jumps out really strong. Lots of grape and plum. Chocolate, vanilla, and a subtle spiciness. Alcohol is certainly there, but not intrusive. Appearance: Black and oily with no highlights. Dark tan head was full and creamy with great retention. Great lacing. Flavor: Rich roasted maltiness with strong coffee overtones. Chocolate, molasses, smoke, vanilla, grape jam, light spiciness, and some light hoppiness. Medium bitterness. Medium dry finish with some coffee and roast carrying over. Palate: Full bodied and creamy. Medium carbonation. Pleasant alcohol warming on bottom of mouth. Overall: Amazing beer. Intense coffee, but enough other flavors going on to keep it interesting.

22 OZ bottle via PineyPower (THANKS!). Bottled 08/2005, sampled 11:28 pm on11/18/2006. Pours black with ruby accents and a large tan head. Nose is mega expresso, chocolate and roasted barley. Taste starts out with some sweet malts, molasses, a hint of vanilla, then turns to roasted chocolated and a heavy espresso aftertaste. Medium bodied, creamy mouthfeel. Easier to drink than many of the thickier chewy Imp Stouts. I could down this 9.5% abv bottle easily and quickly. Alcohol is hidden well. Very nice nightcap!

Rating 500, booyahkahsha. 22oz bomber via trade with MotorToddHead. August 2005 Vintage. I’ve been holding this for a special occasion and I think this is it. Sharing with bikesandbeer. The pour is black with a thin third finger light brown head. The aroma is intense amazingly nicely roasted coffee. Its like smelling a big bag of fresh beans. Damn, the taste is humongous, with lots and lots of coffee, some chocolate and lots of smokey roastiness. This is a hell of a beer, extremely coffely bitter, so much coffee its hard to know where the cofee ends and the stout begins. Little vanilla on the back end. Damn this is good. Thank you Todd for searching Wisconsin for this.

THOUGHTS: I had been this sitting around for over a month when I finally tired it. I mad a large beer run and wanted to save what I thought would be the best for last. It was worth the wait. Incredible beer. It hid the alcohol well. A great Imperial stout that had a little coffee instead of just a strong coffee stout. I was amazed by the quality from a twist-off-cap bottle. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured an opaque, very dark brown that was black in the glass with an average, tan head that kept a thin sheep and left excellent lacing. The aroma was moderate to heavy, roasted, milk chocolate and mild coffee, light yeast, dark fruit, very slight banana, and then slight alcohol for the ABV. The initial flavor was very sweet and lightly bitter; while the finish was extremely sweet, then bitter and sour with and average to long duration. There was chocolate, dark fruit, coffee, roasted and burnt malt, and sour, bitter coffee. The full body was fairly oily then dry with fizzy carbonation and a light alcoholic finish.

Pours black with a one finger brown head. Lots of coffee in the nose along with some hints of caramel. If you like coffee then you need to try this beer. Big coffee flavor all the way through with subtle caramel and chocolate. Medium to full bodied. Awesome Stout.

Ashy aroma (in a good way) coupled with ground coffee beans, chunky chocolate and roasted nuts. The abundant scent is welcoming. Opaque, dark brown color with an inch thick brown head that lasts for the duration. Thick/heavy lacing coats the glass, this beer looks awesome. Bitter-sweet, thick and silky. There is a great lingering aftertaste, very hearty. Flavors of rich, freshly brewed coffee, baker’s chocolate and fudge. A nice smoky taste (similar to the ashy aroma) followed by lots of roasted, nutty malt. Exceptional, only the price will keep me away from going back and obtaining the rest.

Poured black with a creamy tan head. Aroma of chocolate and roasted coffee. Big roasted coffee flavor with some chocolate hints. Wonderful brew all around.

2007 Vintage. 21st birthday present (among others) from my amazing girlfriend! Pours quite viscously into my Stone Old Guardian Snifter. Huge, tight, creamy, light brown head covering an absolutely pitch black body. Immense rings of lacing left by each sip on the glass. The head remains fully intact throughout the entire expiriance. Intense fresh roast coffee aroma, accompanied by French Vanilla, sweet chocolate, and some smoke. Taste is, wow, amazing if you even remotely like the taste of coffee. Naturally sweetend coffe up front followed by a chocolatey and coffee bitterness, with a light brandy aftertaste. Best tasting cold expresso that I have ever had. Thick, syrupy, mouthcoating mouthfeel, with light, playful bubbles. Alcohol is well hidden. Great stout!