Dieu du Ciel Charbonnière

Brewed by Dieu du Ciel
Style: Smoked
Montreal, Canada

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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Mondial de la Bière 2011, Strasbourg - hazy dark brown beer with a persistent dark beige foam left; correct lacework; a fair aroma of smoked bacon; medium-bodied and tasty, some late tartness and pretty dry; long malty and smokey aftertaste with some dryness - complex and very good

[3852-20110802] 341mL bottle. Charcoal bacon aroma. Clear, red brown body with a long-lasting creamy off-white head. Smoky bacon bark flavour. Medium body. Nicely intense, not overpowering. (7/3+/7/3/14) 3.4~
(w/ jerc, others)

Bottle. Dark brown, small to average and mostly diminishing light brown head. Moderate, malty and sweetish aroma, smokiness and some roasted malt, faint bacon and faint caramel. Body is medium, malty and sweetish flavor, caramel, some roasted malt and faint smokiness. Finish is average, malty and lightly sweetish, caramel, faint smokiness. Nice smoky aroma with some bacon, but flavor/finish lacks the bacon - smokiness, too much caramel in the finish. Aroma and flavor/finish not in balance.

Bottle. Dark amber with a beige head that fades to a coat. Aroma of beech smoke and toasty caramel. Taste is sweet and smoky with meaty/ cheesy notes. Finish not bitter, but the sweetness is cleaned up and gentle smoke lingers. Very nicely balanced - the smoke is big but not sharply intense, it opens out though the beer. Classy.

Hazy, red brown colour with a thin but creamy biege head. Heavy smoke aroma, almost smells like a smoked ham. Heavy smoked taste, slight sweetness on the end.

From a 341ml bottle on 11/9/2011. AVB listed as 5.4%. Pours a slightly cloudy amber with a big head. Smells like a cross between an extinguished campfire and a pan full of bacon. A rich smokey bacon is the most prominent flavour, but there’s also a touch of fruit, a little roasted malt and a nice dash of hops. A very nice, distinctive smoked beer.

Creamy small head cola coloured pour mild medium carbonation aromas lovely smokey influence bacon burnt toast ham nuttiness flavours burnt wood smoked ham nuttiness smokey peanuts liquorice medicinal taste like cough mixture a sweetness noreal bitter aftertaste burnt wood strong bacon nuttiness ham goes down nicely

Pour brown amber off white head. Aroma smoke, sodium, wood, campfire, smoked Gouda. Taste wood, smoke, earthy, roasty, salty. MF medium body fine carb. Good beer not great.

Pours brown with a large lasting head. Immediately noticeable in the aroma is smoked ham, campfire and bacon in large quantities. Underneath is some barely noticeable caramel. The smoky character is nor as overpowering as a flavour, allowing sweet caramel, nutty malt and a soft roasty character to come into play. Carbonation is a little full on. Got nothing on Aecht Schlenkerla, but nice stuff none the less.

Poured from 330ml bottle into snifter glass. Lovely brown-black apperance with a slight red hue. Small-to-medium creamy head that falls away quickly. Aroma is huge, smoke smoke bacon smoke...beautiful! "Campfire" is a good interpretation of this aroma. The taste continues the big smokey bacon character, along with some caramel and roasted malts. The finish is relatively short with some spice. It is quite light in the mouth with a light body. It lacks some depth but is still plenty drinkable and very interesting because of the way the smoke works throughout the beer.