Dieu du Ciel Péché Mortel

From Skjold Burne, Aarhus, DK. Bottled, 010808. Black with a brownish head. Aroma of choclate and coffee. Flavor is complex of roastes and malt sweetness with notes of smoke, liqourice, coco and red fruits.

12 oz into sniffer. Black oil pour with a huge frothy dark mocha-colored head (fitting) that holds well and leaves thick lace as it slowly recedes. This is definitely all about the coffee. Rich bitter roasted coffee on the nose with some vanilla, molasses, and bitter chocolate in the background. The flavor is just like the aroma, but with a subtle hint of hop bitterness, which, when combined with the coffee bitterness, almost forces you to pucker. This brew would be great early in the morning. Full bodied and coating on the palate. Soft carbonation, a bitter drag, and a warming finish on the stomach. Overall: this is a great and unique imperial stout. However, if you don’t like dark black coffee, be sure to steer clear of this. ... And whats up with the twist off?

11.5 oz bottle. Ok, this is one crazy ass beer. Seriously, it is like taking a trip to Starbucks. I am not sure I have ever tried a stout that had such a pronounced aroma and flavor of coffee. There is also a subtle smoky profile that blends nicely with the coffee flavor. Poured a thick black with a creamy brown head. A creamy mouthfeel and alcohol is well hidden. Props to the Canadians.

Bottle. Black with a nice thick brown head. Lots of coffee as well as sweet roasted malt, mild hops, chocolate and a hint of alchohol on the finish. If you love coffee, you’ll love this!

12oz bottle, poured aggressively to rouse a 2.5 finger head that is medium-fine bubbled, as it recedes it leaves a sticky coating on the glass. The coffee is obvious in the aroma, smells of the acrid grounds as well. A bit of sweetness poking through, some roasty grain and bittersweet chocolate. First sip is dominantly rich, dark roasted coffee bean, some malt body and sweetness mid tongue that quickly recede leaving a combination of hop bitterness, astringent burnt grain and mild alcohol vapors sailing through the nose. You will have to love coffee to enjoy this one, and if so, it will be a real treat. Bravo.

11.5oz bottle, pour is a nice black, not motor oil though, thinner not as syrup, but the big creamy head that forms is something to behold. definitely sealed the perfect appearance for me... smell starts like Founders Breakfast stout, but also adds a touch of tobacco smoke??? which i find weird but acceptable to me, taste is more of the some loaded with coffee, chocolate and traditional stout type flavorings, but that tobacco/smoke is still present... hmm interesting, but still darn good.

12 ounce bottle in pint glass. Black with puffy brown head and full lace. Frshly ground coffee and dark chocolate aroma. Rich dark chocolate and strong espresso flavor with mild underlying bitterness and surprisingly dry finish. Medium-full body and medium-low carbo. Excellent mouthfeel. Complex and rich but a great imperial stout (Yeti, Ten-Fiddy, Rasputin) doesn’t need to be overwhelmingly coffee flavored. I guess coffee makes this one different, but I wouldn’t drink it regularly.

Had at International beer festival in seattle. Pours very dark black with filmy brown head that lasts. Aroma is sweet and very earthy. Lots of charcole in both aroma and flavor. Mouthfeel suprisingly light. Flvor had lots of sweet slightly dry chocolate that totally disguises abv. Very nice balance.