Dieu du Ciel Aphrodisiaque

Brewed by Dieu du Ciel
Style: Stout
Montreal, Canada

Serve in English pint

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Thanks to Chipalsa for getting me another one of my most-wanted brews. Nose is lots of roast with some coffee and light cocoa notes. Overall, this one is creamy with a black body and fine bubbles on the head. Quite a dry stout but rich in flavors. Lots of cocoa and coffee notes with some light vanilla. Good stuff.

(341 ml bottle courtesy of GothGargoyle, thanks!) Pours black with little, toffee head that fades quickly leaving a little lace. Aroma is pleasant vanilla complemented by a subtle roasted malt as well as hints of coffee. Softly carbonated, oily texture, medium bodied with a roasted, slightly dry and bitter finish. Initial flavour follows the aroma but the roasted malt weighs in at the end. Very well balanced and good use of vanilla in a beer. Girlfriend says: "It’s pretty good. It’s well balanced, not too boozy. There’s a lot of flavour in it. I like the vanilla."

Bottle
Appearance - Deep red, thin head
Aroma - Stale water, cocoa, fresh coffee, vanilla beans
Taste - Dark chocolate, earthy, roasted malts, vanilla

This stout wasn’t as sweet as I thought it was gonna be, and that’s a good thing. The body was actually quite dry, but with a mellow vanilla character that builds up sip after sip.

Aroma of chocolate, vanilla. Pours black with small head and some lace. Taste Chocolate and vanilla are well balanced with some malty roasted flavors. Slight bitterness medium body dry finish. Outstanding stout!

Tap at CBC. Black with a beige head. Aroma and flavour of roasted malt, vanilla and chocolate.

Sample at Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2012. Black with a small beige head. Aroma is vanilla, chocolate, toffee, dates, hint of coffee. Medium body, well balanced, slightly dry finish. Taste is coffee cake, vanilla, chocolate, hint of booze. Nice.

Sample from tap, CBC 2012. Black with a tanned, foamy head and a good lacing. Sweet aroma with chocolate milk, vanilla, and roasted malts. Taste is sweet with a hint of with roasted malt. Medium body, creamy texture. Long lasting, sweet and roasted finish with notes of milk chocolate, vanilla and some coffee. Very delicious stout.

Black with small film of tan head Tonnes of coffee vanilla and chocolate, also sweet malty notes. Alot of vanilla in the taste, sweet maltyness and some nuts. Sweet finish, full body.

Black. Tan head. Little lacing. Big vanilla aroma overpowers most anything else. Nice chocolate and vanilla in the mouth. Smooth drinker.

12-MAY-2012, draft @CBC. Black with lasting light brown head. A touch of malty astingency, loads of coffee, and cocoa. Thin body, long roasted finish. Really nice brew.