Dieu du Ciel Dernière Volonté

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Huge, very dense & fine, just-yellowish head over hazy golden beer with an orange to amberish shine; well-carbonated. Quite hoppy nose, C-hops, but not as overpowering as from an APA or IPA. Clearly dry-hopped, with a bit of ureum, and some citruspeel aromas. Nice. Very dry & hoppy flavour, in the taste noble UK hops, rather than C-one. Gently, nice crystal malt and toasted notes, lightly sweetish creep in, counterweighed by a citrussy fruitiness. Very balanced. Medium bodied & very slick, discreet alcohol warming. This kind of hoppiness will take another decennium to be called Belgian, I fear. In the mean time, the beer is beyond reproach. Grand merci, Sylvain!

Last will? Yes, this will be my last. A huge disappointment from one of north America’s best. Compared to Peche Mortel, this is as clumsy as a Mr Bean sketch. Looks fine: bright lager-gold with a tall head and extraordinary length. Yeasty aroma with botrytis-like sugars. The spritzy palate is too fizzy for the style. Fat malts and marmalade sugars fill the mouth but the finish jars. Coriander and a salt shaker of all-spice. Dunno what the hop mix is but the result is an overpowering spiciness that, to paraphrase Spinal Tap, goes all the way up to 11. (11.5 fl oz bottle from Down Under Cellars, Leura)

Tap @ Copenhagen Beer Celebration. Pours clear light golden with a white head. Aroma of malt, yeast, honey, flowers. Taste is malt, yeast, honey, fruity, flowery hops. Medium body, lively carbonation. 120512

Poured into a snifter. 4.0 A: Orangish brown color. I poured all the yeasty goodness in and that seems to be settling slowly on the bottom. Two fingers of creamy white head. Retention is good and plenty of lacing is left. 3.5 S: Lot of peach in this. Apple orchard-type funk. Flowery, earthy, and mildly spicy hops. Some light pepper from the yeast. Moderately yeasty and bready. 3.5 T: Tastes like the nose. Peachy fruitiness with a light apple funkiness. Flowery and earthy with a touch of spice. Peppery and yeastiness from yeast. Bready maltiness. 4.0 M: Medium body. Lightly spritzy with a nice creaminess. Good here. 3.5 D: It’s a tasty beer, but it’s ungodly expensive for what it is so I doubt I’ll ever buy it again. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 04-27-2012 23:27:51

Amazing intense nose of flowers. Exhuberant aromatic mouth built on a strong bitterness and a malty palate. Great hybrid Belgian style. After 3 or 4 sips, the aromatic profile is a bit heavy. What hop variety is used in that beer? Sorachi? Enjoyable by connoisseurs.

Nice orange/amber colour with off white head. Lively spicy aroma. A quality belgian ale.

CBC 2012, Copenhagen. Clear golden beer with a offwhite head, Hoppy, floral, fruity aroma. Floral, grassy flavour with fruity notes.

Tap at CBC. Hazy golden colour with an off-white head. Aroma and flavour of hops, yeast, spice, caramel and malt.

CBC 2012. Pours cloudy golden with a small off white creamy head leaving lace. Aroma is citric a bit piny malty fruity hoppy spicy. Flavor much similar to aroma, nice dry bitterness with hints of grapefruits and pines. Finishes bitter piny.

Sample from tap, CBC 2012. Hazy, dark golden colour with an off-white head. Aroma with floral hops, Belgian spicy yeast, and caramel malts. Taste is fruity and light sweet. Medium body with a long lasting fruity finish with malts and flowers. A really good beer for this style.

Draught at CBC. Pours clear golden with a white head. Nice but rather regular belgo + hops.