Dieu du Ciel Grande Noirceur

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

Serve in Snifter

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RBSG 05. Pours a deep dark black with a long lasting deep beige head that almost glistens in the light. Aroma of some chocolate malt and roast barley with lots of coffee. Flavor is a light burnt chocolate, lots of roasted barley, dark roasted coffee, burnt malt, molasses and caramel along with some fruits and a hop bitterness in the end.

Unlabeled bottle, from october 2006. 3rd LCRBM. Milk, roasted malt and coffee in the aroma. Sweetish at first, but this is beaten by the warm alcoholic, and full bodied malty flavor. Hint of licorice. Earthy hops. Long creamy bitter aftertaste. Great balance. World class beer!

Sampled from bottle aged 6 months at the brewpub. Black in colour with a tan colour head, yeast floaties. Wonderful aroma of bittersweet chocolate, some coffee and vanilla. Flavour of chocolate, coffee, espresso, very creamy, slightly bitter. Huge body, wonderful mouthfeel with no alcohol to be found. Finish is very dry and long. A lighter Péché Mortel? Excellent imperial.

Black w/ thick, creamy finger of cascading brown foam. Rich, chocolately aroma w/ some roasty, bitter notes. Aroma also has a light hoppy fruitiness to round things off. Creamy, soft, full-bodied feel. Complex, roasty flavour of chocolate & coffee w/ some nice fruity aspects. Finish is very bitter & warm w/ alcohol.

3rd LCRBM. Aroma has chocolate, licorice, roasted malts, some wood. Opaque black coloured, with a brown fluorescent head, slick stuff on the glassware. Taste has chocolate bitterness and is a litlle sweet. Has prunes, licorice, some wood and hops. Full bodied and thick. Nice Imperial stout.

Draught at CBC. Creamy light brown good mostly lasting head. Black colour. Heavy malty and hoppy aroma. Heavy bitter fantastic flavor. Long heavy bitter wonderfull finish. Superb palate. World class.

Bottle at LCRBM3. My first Dieu de Ciel beer. Black, tan lasting head. Good intense impy stout. Oily in mouth. Good intense espresso coffee, charcoal. Not too heavy on the hop and quite superb.

UPDATED: SEP 21, 2006 Draught. At Dieu du Ciel. Opaque ruby-black with a decent lasting tan head. Deep dark roast malt aroma, hints of baker’s chocolate, roasted coffee beans, nutshells - very mysterious and restrained. Taste - oh, God this is good - smooth, dark and not very sweet at all but the bitterness is so restrained, as the aroma promises, that it’s balanced, creamy, with a long finish - wow. Thick, smooth and creamy body, lovely and long-finishing, only vaguely acidic and alcoholic. Top-notch, this is a winner.

Crazy deep black colour with a tan frothy head. Roasted malt aroma with a lovely texture. Rich chocolate malt flavour. Roasted malt, smooth gorgeous beer. Easy on the palette. Great stuff.

On tap at the brewpub. Jet black pour, big mocha head. Huge aroma of roasted, burnt malts. Sme hops are present, but this is a big roasted malt, smoky, intense stout. Quite bitter, and there are notes of coffee and licorice. A wonderful roastiness grabs your throat and doesnt let go. Very nice!