Dieu du Ciel Alba Nedved

Brewed by Dieu du Ciel
Style: Amber Ale
Montreal, Canada

On tap at brewpub, earlier this fall. More than decent amber ale, with some discreet sweetness in the malt. Leafy and citrusy hoppiness acting on different layers of taste but I thought it was far from being the kind of DDC brew that would have me drive Terrebonne-Montréal for it while many of their beers would. I don’t know who Alba Nedved was, is or will be but this is a little uninteresting. They could name the Corne du Diable the Bedainedebiere, though...

Amber color, with a beige head, mild grainy toasted, biscuity malt nose with a light caramel, toffee, faint nutty accent, and a cookie dough note with some faint floral hop leafy aromas follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a toasty, grainy malt character, with an earthy floral hop grassy, piney, faint leafy minty, citrusy undertone, leading towards a toasty, lingering hop leafy bitterness finish.