Dieu du Ciel déCIBeL

Brewed by Dieu du Ciel
Style: American Pale Ale
Montreal, Canada

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

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On tap at Dieu du Ciel. Pours a lightly hazy golden orange with a medium sized beige head. Soft caramel, big malt and a touch of hops. Nice and earthy hop presence. Malty and a bit toasty. Sweet, moving into a large earthy bitter finish.

Very sweet matly aroma wine some light piney soapy hops. Thick lacing, loads of retention. Almost no bitterness, caramel malts and soapy hops end it off. Meh.

February 15, 2011. Shared by blankboy with garthicus and me. 341ml bottle. Slightly hazy amber with a decent off-white creamy head. Aroma is floral, with citrus zest, alcohol and a bit of light background generic fruitiness. Taste follows, seems to have a bit of the Belgian golden character (spicy, sweet, yeasty), definitely dry and floral, some alcohol, not too sweet - seemed more Belgian than APA -ish to me. Thick body, decent carbonation, a wee bit astringent, a medium-bitter finish, quite dry, no residual sweetness.

Une odeur mielleuse, Une robe brune pâle brumeuse assez attirante; seule faibless; la mousse part vite. L’amertume domine mais ce n’est pas très fort, pas une IPA. Le sucre mielleux arrive en arrière goût. Ça fait un contraste mais pas trop violent. Il y aussi un petit peu d’agrume dans le mix. Probablement houblon cascade. Très bon au final. Un bel équilibre et le genre de bière que tu peux boire toute la soirée dans un party.

From tap at the brewpub. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is fruity, crisp hoppy and light malty presence. Bitter, crisp hoppy and light citrusy. Medium dry and bitter into a mild malty finish.

My Bottom Line :
Toasted, nutty malt accents construct a compelling flavor profile where fruity, citrusy hops yield wooden bitterness.

Further Personal Perceptions :
-A sheet of foam tops the pale amber.
-The toasted, caramelized malt flavors are beautifully sustained into the finish.
-The mouthfeel is a tad rounder than your average Pale Ale, but then again this is DDC...
-Soft effervescence makes this quite drinkable.
-I love a Pale Ale which is as memorable on the grain bill side of things as it is in the hop signature.

Bottle.

[3991-20110924] Tap. Smoked dry toast grains aroma with a bit of poopy mud. Slightly hazy, amber orange body with a quick foamy off-white head. Smoked toast grains and peat moss earth flavour. Medium body. Good. (6/3/6/3/14) 3.2
(DDC Tap Takeover @ Volo, Toronto, ON)

2011-09-24. Orange amber body with a nice off-white beige head and lace faces. 3+ Odd grainy flavour, toasty Earthy malt accents, light bitterness throughout, medium fruity touches. Earthy grainy malt aroma. Average plus bodied palate. Sort of an English character to the malt? Not to my tastes. On tap at Volo, Toronto

A little underwhelming but still enjoyable. Caramel, biscuit malts, balanced by citrus/floral hops. Some pretty intense bitterness. Improves with warmth.

Draught at Dieu du Ciel, Montreal. Golden - orange, hazy, small to average and mostly diminishing head. Moderate, malty - grainy and sweetish aroma, caramel and and some herbal hoppyness, some bread. Body is medium, malty - grainy and sweetish flavor, caramel, some vegetable hoppyness, some bread. Finish is average, malty - lightly grainy and lightly sweetish, some caramel and vegetable hoppyness, faint bread. APA with bread and herbal/vegetable hoppyness.

On tap at DDC 13th aniv party.
Aroma grainy, dusty with honey . fruity follow up. Rather basic approach.
Appearance hazed amber , mid light creamy top. Sparse lace. 3+
Flavor and Palate : medium bodied. Nutty, earthy , woody bitterness. Leafy full feel. Slight hints of caramel malts with good bitterness on top. Reminded me of German Alt beers.