Dieu du Ciel Grande Noirceur

Brewed by Dieu du Ciel
Style: Imperial Stout
Montreal, Canada

Serve in Snifter

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UPDATED: DEC 15, 2012 Nitro...RBSG2005... This beer rocks!...Pitch black ale with a mid-sized, creamy, well-tanned head. Excellent retention. Nose and flavor is all milk chocolate, vanilla and espresso. Burnt, malty and rich. Full-bodied and very creamy with mild carbonation. Finishes chocolatey and dry. Simple, but delicious. Chocolate cake in a glass. Another world class beer from a world class brewery!

07.09.05 tap at brewpub, RBSG. Black with dark brown head. Aroma is big coffee but also tons of dark, bittersweet chocolate. It’s all creamy love, no overhopped hate. Thick, extra creamy, very, very, very nice all-around brew. Maybe the best balanced impy stout I’ve ever had. Some toasted marshmallow. This is the little brother of Sam Smith’s Impy Stout that’s all grown up and kicking big bro’s butt. For me, it throws a big beat down on Peche Mortel, too. Wow, the highlight of my summer of 2005!

Black colour with dark brown head. Rich coffeeish, chocolatey aroma. Nothing unusual here, but done very nicely. Creamy body..luscious...with lots of chocolate and espresso this is a very decadent take on the style, without any stinging roast or rich fruit. Beautiful. A rare beer that seems to actually work well with nitrogen.

RBSG Nitro pour at brewpub This one starts with a down cascading nitro head of creamy tan that finally settles into a black body below. A coffee less Peche Mortel here. Roast malt and chocolate in the nose are followed by a somewhat bitter flavor profile ending with a dry palate. Just enough sweetness in this one.

(draught, RBSG05) Lovely tan head atop a black body. Aroma is rich milk chocolate, light roasty. Taste is rich, chocolate, some roasty, light alcohol. Creamy full body. Sort of a dry imperial stout.

UPDATED: MAR 31, 2009 Another DDC beer with a tongue scorching oak wood dryness... very scratchy and dry. Pungent, smoky flavor full of yeast, with some cream and soft coffee. Creamy, smooth on the front end but then exploding on the back of the tongue with a shot of wood and liquor. Regardless of that, I had to go back for another glass. The body was a little thinner than I prefer, but the flavors were spot-on.

RBSG 2005. Black body with a small dark tan head. Mild roast, muted milk chocolate and malt in the aroma. Flavour is dominated by roast malt but much less dry and roasty than it could be. (This is a good thing in my eye.) Underlying sweetness with notes of dark chocolate is intermittent. Smooth creamy body is quite nice. Very nice beer that is not one I would drink often, but a must try for stout lovers.

Pour is black with a huge dense brown head...smell is mild coffee and chocolate...very subtle aroma...the taste is a great swirl of chocolate and coffee...this is world class...the nitro pour made it a little thin...

2005 RBSG - Toasted malt, burnt malt, alcohol is evident. Burnt malt flavors, dark chocolate. Slightly vineous, roasty smooth, very drinkable. Silky mouthfeel, barely any carbonation.

RBSG 2005 at DDC: Pours black with a creamy brown head. Mostly cocoa powder aroma and very little carbonation. Somewhat oily texture but it left a chalky feeling in my mouth.