Dieu du Ciel Hors Saison

Brewed by Dieu du Ciel
Style: Saison
Montreal, Canada

Serve in Tulip

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Very floral, citrus-lemon character to the sweet rye aroma. Hazy golden coloured body is topped by a very generous, pillowy, meringue-like, long lasting white head that laces the glass beautifully. Fresh sweet flavour focuses on the rye and malts but also offers some citrussy lemon flavours and a fair finishing bitterness that keeps it from becoming cloying. Medium body with lively carbonation that engages the tongue. Enjoyed on tap at the brewpub.

Robe blonde légèrement voilée surmontée d’une mousse blanche en dentelle persistente. Arômes acides et de fruits secs. Saveurs de pêche, de mandarine, de houblon aromatique, de malt caramélisé, de sucre, de levure et de seigle.

Tap at VBF, off white head, nose of rye. This beer reallys shows it’s grains. I had this outside on a really hot afternoon and it was perfect.

Any first impressions?
-Served with a meringue head atop hazy straw golden, admirable lacing will garnish the glass all the way down.
-Prominent coriander is perceived at first sniff in an otherwise fruity and humble approach.
-A superb balance of haystack dryness, fruity sweetness and grassy hoppiness luxuriously lasts.
-The creamy, nourishing mouthfeel evokes the overall wealth of the rye and barley maltiness.

What if you dig deeper?
-Hay and citrus are revealed in the aroma under the spicy sweetness.
-Sweet banana fruitiness aptly follows into supportive wooden back hop bitterness.
-Carbonation is active, and had to be to push along the scrumptious malts.
-Another expertly-crafted ale from DDC, exposing their obvious love for generous maltiness. Palate-licking good!

On tap at the brewpub.

Lightly hazed blonde with a thin white head. Light cloves in aroma with bananas. In mouth, good notes of herbs, citrus, chalky notes, light crisp oranges, and thyme. Medium bodied. Smooth herbal saison! On tap, Feb. 9, 2006.

Hazy blond body with low carbonation and a thick, lasting white foamy head. Nice malty/hoppy aroma with bready, coriander, herbal and spicy hints. Taste is well balanced. It carries rye, herbal and coriander notes. Ends with a sharp hoppy finish. Very well done.

Hazy honey gold hue, with a rocky white head, yeasty, pineapple and grapefruit fruitiness, spicy coriander, citrus floral hops and a lemony note in the aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a bready, grainy buckwheat note, but well hidden, hint of pepperness, touch of caramal malt, candied apples fruitiness, leading towards a lingering bitterness finish.

Cloudy blonde pour with a thin white head. Aroma of rye with banana esters and grassy hops. The flavor has the same eclectic elements with some citrus put in the mix and maybe clove. The body has a light to medium thickness with a comfy, creamy texture and moderate carbonation. Interesting, intriguing, well-done.

Appetizing foamy white head stays with us until the very last sip. The body shows golden, cloudy and moderately carbonated. Strikes me first as a pretty round example with generous fruity maltiness that appears even beefier with the rye influence that shows some of the spicy stickiness that was so envelopping in their corpus christi - must have been a mess to clean up the tanks. Back to business, citrus fruits and flower petals bathe aboard this estery pool. Growing grassy bitterness comes by spikes, making its way through the cutting spices. Finishing perfumey, aftershave-like and strong on the cerealic aspects. Full bodied, efficient carbonation reduces stickiness. Deserty. An healthy alternative to grandma’s lemon pie.

On tap at DDC. Zest orange aroma. Cloudy yellowish orange, medium white head. Great zesty citrus taste with a neat malt background. Spicy. Good refreshing stuff.