Dieu du Ciel Péché Mortel

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

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.

Bottle (brewed 11/07): Near black pour with a large, creamy brown head. Tons of lacing. Aroma is rich with coffee, bits of chocolate and roast. Flavor is true of a coffee stout. Bigtime coffee flavors, light chocolates, and bits of roast. Light smokiness. What I like best was what wasn’t there; that bitter/sour coffee grounds kick of lesser coffee stouts. Very pleasant. Top tier coffee stout. Thanks Ucusty!

BB 2011. Pours coal black with a full, tan, creamy, frothy, somewhat rocky head; longevity is great and lace is sporatic. Nose is nice with lots of rich mocha notes to match molasses, a lightly scorched maple wood, and some chocolate shake notes; coffee beans which are nicely roasted BALANCE the sweet notes and are not overly roasted. Flavor is less sweet than the nose suggests but still nice; burned maple wood and lots of moderately roasted coffee beans are most dominant with underlying notes of mocha, resinous hops, and faint molasses. Bitterness is moderately high from the coffee notes and only a bit of itterness noticable from the hops; the acidity is moderate from the coffee but not offputting, it fits in the style well. Palate is nice with a soft carbonation, a full body, and a coating, silky feel; somewhat chewy but falls shy becoming syrupy. Finishes long and dry with plenty of burned and roasty notes including roasted coffee, burnt caramel, and faint burned maple wood. A very nice example of the style and certainly a coffee lovers dream but not the most complex, considering the style. A little more dry than I like in an Imp, but certainly carries enough sweet malt notes to balance the dry coffee notes. While it’s not my favorite of the style, the intense coffee notes create an interesting twist on the ever-expanding syle.

On-tap 5/2007 at Spuyten Duyvil. Pours pitch black with almost no head. Nose is heavy with the coffee. And the flavor is definitely that. Caramel also is in there as well. I will agree with my friend and say that it is like an iced coffee in character. Caramel is on the flavor profile. Alcohol on the back end and kicks in fairly strong. Feel is pretty low on carbonation and thicker on the liquida bit. Overall a very smooth beer. Very drinkable. Well worth trying. I thik even people not too keen on the huge beers might find this one a little more approachable.

Bottle gift from Stegosaurus. Beautiful black motor oil pour with generous beige head. Mild aroma of Roast, chocolate and hop. Good mouth feel with a strong but balanced roasted malt flavor a hint of coffee and a nice bitter hop finish. Well done and the cerimonial bottle hump is about to take place.

Bottle. Pours a very dark brown with a big, beautiful brown head. Aroma is a phenominal gourmet cofee and a touch of chocolate. Flavor is again, gourmet coffee, a little creamy and bitter chocolate in the background. I was so glad to finally try this beer, it certainly lived up to the hype. Good thing I have 5 more to get my fix again in the future.

Sampled at Hellbilly’s Hellraiser II. Deep black pour with a thick creamy tan head that lasts and laces nicely. Beautiful beer! Lots of dark roast coffee in the aroma, along with dark chocolate and roasted malt. Great coffee flavor as well, giving away to sweeter chocolate and vanilla. Creamy on the palate. Very nice stout!

Bottle @ Gingerman.... from mr . Jaffey. Thanks !! Pours black with brownish highlights and an espresso crema like head. Aroma is roasted malts and sweet coffee. Mouthfeel is thick and satisfying, look at the glass and the color is impenetrable, no light shines through. Serious imperial stout, seriously delicious. Would drink it all day and night if I could !