Dieu du Ciel Péché Mortel

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

Serve in Snifter

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UPDATED: AUG 17, 2008 First 11.5oz bottling exported into the US: Much sweeter and smoother than the earlier 22oz bottles. More reminiscent of the tap versions at the brewpub. Good residual malty sweetness melds well with the coffee flavors throughout. Very enjoyable and similar to Founders Breakfast stout.

Second batch made for export to US, tried on tap at DDC 7/9/05 (8,5,9,5,17): Now this is what I remember. Very smooth and creamy with great coffee balance. Much better than the first bottled batch and more true to recipe. Good coffee and roasted malt complexity throughout.



US bottle shared by goldtwins first batch (7,4,9,4,15): Pours a viscous, nearly opaque with a tan head. Aroma is very tobacco smoky and ashy with lots of roasty bittering coffee. The flavor is nice and full with decent complexity, but the body could be thicker. This doesn’t come anywhere near the tap version.

On tap at the brewpub 11/10/2003 (8,5,9,5,17): Pours a rich thick dark black with a creamy nitro dark tan head. The body seems to have a certain shine to it. Aroma is complex, but subdued slightly by the nitro tap. Thick dark chocolate, plum, molasses, plenty of bittersweet coffee and even strawberries are all present in the nose. Body is rich and robust and has an almost gritty sugary, yet viscous texture. A very unique imperial stout with a great emphasis on dark chocolate and coffee. I’d say this has more coffee flavor than Speedway Stout. Good complexity and nice balance of a lot of malty sweetness and coffee bitterness. The finish is a more subtle continuation of the body. A near sensory overload and very enjoyable.

Tap @ CBC. Deep brown color with no head. The nose is light bitter chocolate and roasted malts, booze-soaked wood. The taste is chocolate espresso beans, cherry liqueur, Very sweet and heavy. Brown sugar. The body’s full, plenty of sugar (diiiiabeetus!) and booze. Soft, viscous and oily. Very nice, though a bit flabby.

Tap @ Copenhagen Beer Celebration. Pours pitch black with a creamy tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee, dark chocolate, nuts. Taste is roasted malts, coffee, dark chocolate, caramel, nougat, sweet chocolate ice, light booze. Full body, smooth creamy mouthfeel, low carbonation, light alcohol in the finish. 120512

Strong coffee smell, almost a bit of bourbon or dark chocolate. All follow in the taste, extremely dark, rich and strong. Almost impossible to stop drinking, one of the best stouts out there. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

On tap @ Copenhagen Beer Celebration. Pours a jet black body with a medium creamy beige head. Nose is intense mocha/filter coffee tones with powdery chocolate hints. Nice, but I’d like a bit more complexity. Taste is mocha, filter coffee, dark chocolate and hints of nougat. Velvety mouthfeel which feels occasionally disrupted by bursts of carbonation. Strange. A very nice coffee-based imp stout, but I do feel it’s a bit overrated.

Fantastic coffee stout. Rich earthy sweet coffee flavors along with some chocolate and toasted malts.

En riktig höjdare. Intensiv, kraftig och fyllig smak av framförallt kaffe och då menar jag kaffe på riktigt. Len och krämig och med en balanserad eftersmak. En liten efterrättspärla till stout.

Sample at Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2012. Black with a beige head of large bubbles that leaves behind dime nice lacing. Aroma is coffee, licorice, oak, vanilla. Medium body, slightly slick mouthfeel, bitter coffee finish. Taste is coffee, chocolate, vanilla, toast.

Black with nice tan head. Heavy coffee in the nose, roasted malty notes and chocolate and vanilla. Sweet and roasty, loads of coffee, some vanilla and nutty malts. Full to medium body, nice carb

Aroma, light with alcohol, roast coffee, pours black with persistent brown head with some lace. Taste coffee right up front with chocolate, malts. some alcohol comes through. Palate bitter, dry. Excellent imperial lives up to hype

(Sample from tap at CBC) Pours pitch black with medium, toffee head. Impressive retention and lace. Aroma is roasted malt, licorice, coffee and something chalky? Oily texture bordering on creamy, full body, soft carbonation and a dark, roasted finish.