Dieu du Ciel Rigor Mortis Abt

Brewed by Dieu du Ciel
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Montreal, Canada

Bouteille de 341 ml. Arômes de levure belge fruitée et de fruits mûrs (raisins). Belle robe rubis foncée, belle effervescence. Plutôt fruitée en bouche, la levure et le malt (Special B ?) se combinent pour donner des accents de raisins et de pruneaux. On remarque également une touche chocolatée et caramélisée. Finale alcoolisée et relativement sèche.

Bottle split with AndyReynolds. I’ve been wanting to try this one for awhile now. It didn’t let me down. Nice sweet aroma of malts and chocolate. Flavor is complex, with all kinds of fruit and sweet undertones on top of thick malts. All complimented by a wonderful, smooth feel and finish. My only regret is that I shared half of it! I’ll definitely give this one another shot eventually. Probably put a few away in the cellar as well.

11.5oz bottle, from Capone’s (Norristown, PA). Pours a deep chestnut color, capped with a moderate sized tan head. Aroma is fairly sweet, with notes of caramel, melon, candi sugar, and a little spice. Flavor is sweet as well, with caramel, plum, white grape, chocolate, earth, and brown sugar. Medium bodied and a bit syrupy. Finish is a bit boozy, with dark fruit clinging to the palate. It’s a bit too sweet for me.

Pours a very dark brown with a nice off-white head. Aroma is sweet malts with notes of brown sugar, dark fruit, and Belgian yeast. Very complex taste, unlocking more sweet mals and a nice alcohol burn. Thanks to Bigmmartin for hooking me up. This is a great beer that really surprised me.

Very murky brown color with a whisper of a head. Quite a lite aroma of molasses, figs and brown sugar. The taste is quite complex. Strong, thick and chewy malt. Bready, but a dark, country bread. Grapes, maybe brandy. Molasses. Candi sugar. Light floral hops. Yum.

Bottle: Poured a clear deep amber color ale with rather large foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of cookie dough, with sweet Belgian malt and some light dry fruits. Taste is also dominated by some sweet Belgian malt, some candi sugar and some dry figs. Body is about average for the style with good carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Very well done but additional complexity and more dry fruits ester would have benefited this one.

Bottle. Pours with a deep ruby brown body and a large, long lasting off-white head that leaves good lace. Aroma of chocolate, caramel, dark fruits, some smokiness and ripe banana. Taste is rich, with bandy, Grand Manier, fruit esters and chocolate. Not much alcohol heat. Lively bubbles with creamy carbonation.

Bottle from SL. A flat out nearly perfect example of this style on my first tasting (bought another two bottles already). The pour was brown with some orangey-reddish hues to it. The head was small for the style, probably my only knock on the beer. The aroma was dark fruits, chocolate, some coriander, caramel and yeast. The flavor was a great blend of grapes, plumy type dark fruits, coriander, cherries, caramel, candi sugar, other phenolic type spices, a touch of chocolate, and a noticeable barley/grain undercurrent that reminded me that this was "beer," kinda like my first experience with Westvleteran 12. Mouthfeel was smooth and moderately big, amply carabonated, not sure why the head didn’t impress more. An excellent Abt.