Dieu du Ciel Péché Mortel

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

Aroma is absolutely magnificent - like unsweetened chocolate with an undertone of rich roast coffee. It pours like motor oil and comes out opaque sable, just a shade this side of black, with a thick, fine, persistent tan head. Fabulous flavor is chocolaty but not sweet, with tones of coffee and smoke, nutty hints, and a touch of hops. Texture is tingly and lively so it practically dances down the esophagus. Strongly recommended, especially to Stouties.

12 oz bottle. Pours dark dark body with great lacing. The aroma is strong coffee and something sweet, maybe hazelnut or mocha beans. The taste is very coffee dominated, but great beer - no alcohol in the taste.

very strong coffee and chocolate aroma! deep black color with a mocha head and thick lacing. flavor starts with chocolate and ends with a heavy slightly bitter coffee taste. espresso aftertaste lingers on nicely...excellent beer!

Nice semi-chocolate head. Nice pour. The viscosity was nice looking. Pretty good looking beer; although, I would have enjoyed a darker head. The head is nice and fluffy. This beer has a great aroma. Very nice coffee aroma. Nice sweet chocolate aroma as well. This aroma is just so nice because it has many distinct smells. You can smell the roast in the background .The beer has a nice complex aroma. Also, a hint of vanilla comes through. Wow, an awesome flavor. There is that hop profile that leaves a bitter taste at the very end, but that roasted coffee flavor is everywhere. The beer also has that vanilla flavor that comes through to compliment the coffee and roast. Leaves a nice lacing, but I don’t really care about that. Nice sweet coffee taste. The palate is nice, but I disagree with most of you and think it has an average imperial stout palate. Overall, this is an awesome imperial stout. Such a strong and delicious beer that comes in such a small bottle. I would recommend this to all imperial stout lovers.

Pours an opaque black espresso color with thick rich tan colored head that dissipates. Aroma is dense to the point where not much overpowers. Aroma is roasted malts and coffee. Flavor is coffee but the flavor that comes from the rich head of the espresso. There is a thick sweetness that is present that reminds me of a caramelized brown sugar or a simple syrup. Definitely notes of bittersweet chocolate beans. The flavors blended together remind me of a rich mocha that is not taken over by sugar but deep espresso and bittersweet chocolate. Truly an intense imperial stout. Very happy with it.

pours opaque black with a thick light brown head that is as dense as they come, and seems to be sticking around, but leaves lacing as it passes. the giant notes of coffee are evident even from a distance. i don’t much care for coffee, but i love the smell, and i tend to really enjoy beers brewed with it or that smell like it (plain old roasty stouts)--with the exception of speedway. this is closer to jah va in the smell, which i appreciate. just huge hits of black coffee, tempered a little by the dark malt smells of roasted and chocolate malts. the complexity is certainly there in the smell. it’s the sort of thing you wish they made air fresheners of. the coffee notes are more subdued in the taste, which i again appreciate, though they definitely dominate. there is still a ton of roast and chocolate malt character there, and the hops seem to be primarily for bittering, as it seems to have a coffee bitterness without any hop notes. so, a lightly bitter finish, with a thick but airy, with tons of carbonation to give it that creamy but coarse feel. very well done. i like it every bit as much as jah va, which i really enjoyed. and oh so much better than speedway. great stuff.

This is 300 for me! Bought April 2008 in Philadelphia. Poured pitch black, like motor oil. Nice caramel head. Velvety and glistened on top. Nicely lacing the side of the glass the whole time. Aroma heavy of roasted coffee and malts. Taste of sweet roasted coffee. coffee hits first and subsides to oats in the end. As the beer warms in brings out more sweet caramel and vanilla notes. Warms throat as it goes down. Gives away to smooth velvety mouthfeel. Full bodies. Mild carbonation. This is the best coffee stout I have ever had!

Strong sweet vanilla citrus and coffee aromas. Some milky chocolate as well. Opaque dark brown with part foamy and party bubbly tan head. Rich iced coffee flavors, acidic bite, bitterness, dark rich malt, some dark chocolate, good long flavor duration,. Medium rich palate, not at all syrupy or overly heavy. Lively carbonation and long duration. I think this bottle was a little too fresh and it will improve with aging. Quite good.