Dieu du Ciel Mea Maxima Culpa

Brewed by Dieu du Ciel
Style: American Strong Ale
Montreal, Canada

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

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Tap nitro pour at ddc. Takes crazy long to settle the nitro. Decent head retention for a nitro beer. Slight lace. Hazed medium amber body. Aroma is sweet light dusty earthy hops with fruit- slight grape ester. Flavor sweet sugary marshmellow fruut light grape toast and light brown sugar. Sweet smooth finish. Not bad for an imperial cream ale! Haha

In short: A heavy and very resignous/bitter cream ale. Good
How: Tap at brewpub
The look: Cloudy dark amber body topped by a medium beige head with good retention
In long: Nose is moderately hoppy with resinous citrusy hops. The attack has a lot of sweetness and with the creamy fluffy mouthfeel you start with a crème caramel taste. Then the potent resinous bitterness take over with also a condensed citrus fruits juice flavor. The bitterness is of medium-high intensity and this makes it one of the most bitter nitro beer I’ve ever had. Nothing aggressive, everything is smooth and with no sharp edges. However I thought the beer was a bit heavy with a big thick doughy mouthfeel. I love the beer so much at Dieu Du Ciel that I can’t stop at just one, and I end up spending half my evening going from my table to the bathroom, oh man, I’d give a kidney to have more control on my bladder.

Dark amber-copper color, with a creamy thick white head, light floral fruity, zesty lemon rind english hop nose with some faint earthy toasted, caramel malt notes, with a subtle toffee accent in the aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a smooth flowery earthy leafy, grassy, zesty citrusy hop character, with some lemon, grapefruit rind, faint lemon pie flavors, with a fruity toasty, caramel maltiness undertone, leading towards a mild zesty lemon, lime, leafy, grassy hop bittering finish.

Un verre à Montréal. De l’azote à travers un corps cuivré. Une mousse crémeuse, évidement. Un bouquet fruité à travers des malts doux. Une levure qui me rappelle les bières anglaises. Une bouche fruitée. Des fruits du verger, essentiellement. Une présence des houblons qui n’est pas négligeable. Un profil amérisant qui s’accompagne d’un alcool goûteux. Une belle expérience sur les papilles. Un corps transformé par les bulles. Une texture crémeuse à souhait. Une finale qui propose de bonnes notes amères. Une autre ingénieuse proposition d’un brasseur émérite.

Style et résumé: Imperial Cream Ale gazéifié à l’azote.
Comment: Un verre de dégustation sur la rue Laurier.
Description: Une bière dorée cuivrée avec une mousse crémeuse par l’utilisation de l’azote. Le nez est bien fruité par l’utilisation il me semble d’une levure britannique, il y a un léger houblon sous ce malt. La bouche est aussi fruitée, elle est ronde et amère. Les agrumes sont forts agréables. Il y a ce qu’il me semble un alcool amer.
Note: 6/10

A hazed dark amber ale with a thin creamy lacing Nitro mocha head. In aroma, a smooth grassy floral hops, with caramel malt and butterscotch. In mouth, an oily sweet nutty caramel with lingering metallic hops, butterscotch, and strawberry notes, a bit cloying. On tap at brewpub, Feb. 24 2012.

Tap, nitro charged. Moderate malt and hop notes of roasted, caramel and cooked orange, light dough for the yeast, with hints of date, peach and dark honey. Head is average size, but full and cascading, creamy, off-white with excellent lacing and is mostly lasting. Color is hazy orange/red. Flavor starts moderately sweet and lightly acidic, then finishes moderately bittersweet. Palate is on the fuller side of medium, creamy, with an almost flat carbonation and a lightly alcoholic, sticky/chewy and drying finish. This American Strong Ale is enjoyable on so many levels, the texture, the aroma, the flavor and just the sight of it. It screams "Drink me!"

Drank on tap (12 oz) at the Montreal brepub on February 19, 2012. Honey amber, medium head. Aroma of sweet cream and barley hops, hints of peaches. Taste of hoppy peaches and herbs hoppy, very bitter, dry aftertaste. Nice but a little too much!

Enjoyed on tap at the brewpub. Noted as an Imperial Cream Ale. Super lacy, cloudy brown bodied. Very creamy mouthfeel, a full dessert experience. And good hoppiness,Very smooth drinker. Third in a series of very good beers here.

On a nitro tap at Dieu du Ciel prior to our trip to the ice cider Mondial. Pours a hazed brown with a medium sized dense white head. Sweet candy on the nose. Medium bodied, roast, cocoa. Light sweetness, phenolic. Sweet cream. Super creamy. Malt and toast.

My Bottom Line:
This Imperial Cream Ale seduces the dessert lover with its orange confit impressions, its caramel coulis and whipped cream of a mouthfeel leading to moderate resinous bitterness.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A whipped head of foam finally settles atop the misty amber glow.
-The mouthfeel is so creamy it much turn off some who aren’t sure they like nitrogen.
-The overall flavor profile is rather delicate for something billed as ’Imperial’. Which is nice for once.
-The aroma is redolent of citrus zest on cake icing.
-Hops also offer spicy angles.
-I can see this getting very popular with the brewpub crowd. Appearance and mouthfeel are truly memorable, and the hop signature is very pleasant.

On tap at the brewpub.