Dieu du Ciel Grande Noirceur

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

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle, thanks gikinji! Pours pitch black, medium dark brown head, great lacing. Aroma is very roasty, coffee, dark cbocolate. Flavor is the same, little sweetness, light bitterness, very roasty. Bitter finish. Full body, creamy. Wonderful if you don’t like sweet stouts.

UPDATED: JUN 16, 2013 Draught @ Sorbon. Pours pitch black, with a brown head. Complex, roasted aroma, licorice, chocolate, coffee, ash, chestnut, tobacco, leather. Off-dry, full bodied, high bitterness, creamy CO2. Compact, roasted taste, chocolate, licorice, coffee, ash, tobacco, caramel, smoke, eucalyptus, toffee. Thick, complex, long finish. Excellent. (2013-06-12)

Bottle at beer bistro. Beautiful black pour with dark tan head. Dark chocolate and roasted malt aroma. Not as flavorful as expected. Roasty and chocolate it not gathering too much beyond that. Good not great

Bottle compliments of Tommy in VT shared with Simon and Keith, pours pitch black with medium coffee colored head. Aromas and flavor of heavy roasted malt, dark bitter chocolate, wood, cashews, and fig. Flavor is much of the same. Body is medium to heavy. Never got sweet rich is a rarity with russian imperials these days.

bottle hooked up by the man who still doesn’t realize that the HF 3rd anniversary party was cancelled and it was all just a dream. definitely one of the best imperial stout i’ve had in quite some time. this beer lifted hard. awesome deep clean roasted character, dark chocolate, touch of molasses. some deep fig and date adds complexity. super tasty. quite the beer. canada rocks.

12oz bottle pours a fairly viscous opaque black with some lacing, creamy, foamy, beige head. Nose has a ton of licorice, burnt molasses, caramel, dark toast, some toasted grains - rye mostly, lots of chocolate too, some dried fruit lurking as well, raisins and dark mission figs. Flavor has a touch of smoke, plenty of sweetness, both milk and dark chocolate, a little rubber, some bread crust, some coffee grounds, mostly just licorice. Full, slightly astringent, also sweet finish. Smells really nice, but the flavor is a bit of a let down.

Lovely huge beer! Pours jet black with no head and minimal lacing. Nose is muted, some fruit some espresso. Aromas are roasted espresso, some burnt toast, some bitter chocolate. Mild dark fruit and some grassy bitterness in the background .tastes are heavy sweet and medium to high bitterness. A bit light in the mouth given the overall size of the flavours. Some carbonation. Nice beer!

11 of 12 bottling date. Absolutely thick, dense black pour with a huge reverse cascading dark tan head that sticks for ever and leaves great lacing. Flawless appearance. The scent is fantastic, caramel, toffee, chocolate, roast, coffee, bread, dark fruit, light spice, it’s all here. Teh flavor is similar. It is not as sweet and caramally as I was expecting rather roasty, nice bitter cacao, but there is a noticeable caramel and dark fruit but it is only in the start not the finish. Such a complex beer.

Bottle thanks to pushkinwow. Dark black pour, with a light tan head. Dark roast, dense chocolate flavors, char, sweetness, and bitterness reminiscent of coffee. Good imperial stout.

Imposante, presque intimidante avec son apparence noire opaque, sa mousse brun chocolat et ses arômes puissants, voire envoûtants, la Grande Noirceur est une costaude, même parmi les Imperial Stout. Saveurs explosives (espresso, chocolat très noir, amertume tenace), effervescence plus haute que la moyenne (mais ça ne la diminue pas, étonnamment), elle est à la fois fidèle au style et audacieuse. Une sorte de "double Imperial Stout", et le tout est vraiment délicieux, même si elle ne convertira personne qui n’est pas amateur du genre.