Dieu du Ciel Équinoxe du Printemps

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

Bottle. Brown with a hint of plum. Smells of hops, butter, malts, wine and fruits. Short taste, heavy and intense. Smooth when it was cold.

Bottle from Quebec, land of the Scotch Ales (at least this season). Steady carbonation but minimal head. Dirty orange colour but clear enough to see the shadow of a finger on the other side of the glass. Syrup blends with the malt to create a sweet malt aroma with maple notes and some Christmas spice scents. As it warms the aroma evolves to a maple fudge blend. Flavour: Sweet start, dark malt, molasses cookie, maple beer and hops finish. Feeling while drinking is more sweet molasses and beer. Maple comes up stronger in the finish and is light enough with enough hop contrast that comparisons to a bottle of table syrup do not arise. The alcohol is well hidden unless you bring it near room temperature and then the alcohol mixes into a delicious maple scotch. Perhaps my favourite maple syrup beer but not one of my favourite Scotch Ales.

Bottle. Look: Brown plum. Smell: Butter, spices, flowery, citrus, raisin. Taste: Chocolate, plum, some hops. Not much of an aftertaste. Overall: Vinous and spicy beer.

Bottle, bought in Ølbutikken in September 2008, drunk on the Spring Equinox, 2009. Mid brown with a firm creamy head. Soft toffee, maple and caramel taste. Maple dominates the nose (wonderfully). Well balanced palate, no hint of the alcohol. A nice beer that doesn’t try and do too much but which is a treat for sweet-toothed maple syrup lovers like me.

Bottle thanks to Gouglouburp!
Pours ruby-mahogany, small white head. Nose has vanilla, caramel, and dark malt. Flavor is very balanced, great stuff: maple, dry wood, earth, and alcohol. Sticky and slightly salty, the palate is big without being cumbersome, some nice maple balanced with wood through the finish. A controlled, balanced scotch ale, which doesn’t seem to be easy, but this one succeeds, especially in the flavor.

Bottle, $2.75 in Montreal. Pours brown with a wispy white head; classic Scotch Ale. Aroma is herbal, earthy, and a touch caramelly. Flavor starts with rich caramel and dark fruit, then reveals soft maple syrup. Some soft roasts in there too. Aftertaste is long, warming, and complexly sweet. Good beer overall, though it doesn’t quite capture a balance of flavors the way some of the best Scotch Ales have.

Bottle at home from Copenhagen ... light brown ... small off white head ... almost no nose but a light malt ... over fizzy ... rich toffee malts ... light hop... quite prominant alcohol ...Id not have guessed the Maple syrup but it can be identified once i knew it was there ...

Acheté au paradis de la bières et dégusté dans un verre de fin du monde. Apparence brune ambré caramellisé avec de léger dépôt et une mousse tenace. Arômes d’érable, de noisette, de caramel, de vanille et de levure fraiche. Goût de sirop d’érable et de caramel avec une petite touche de canelle et de muscade, encore une fois très léger. Une bière merveilleuse.