Dieu du Ciel Quintessence

Formerly brewed at Dieu du Ciel
Style: American Strong Ale
Montreal, Canada

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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A dark burgundy red brown ale with a thin off white head. A pleasant blend of caramel and maple aroma, alcohol, musty notes. In mouth, a superbly attenuated mix of malts, licorice, treacle, rich and maltey. An intriguing and complex ale. Bottle of Quintessence X at DDC 12th Anniversary, Sept. 11 2010.

Dark brown with a thin beige head. Aroma is caramel, peacan pie, coffee, figs and maple. Flavor is figs, dark caramel, peacan pie, very sweet, alcohol, maple and burnt toffee. Full body with a silky mouthfeel.

As Quintessence X 2 year old bottle at DDC’s anniversary. A sweet boozy aroma with some dry hops comes off this monster of a strong ale. Taste is rich sweet and boozy with a relatively strong alcohol presence. Palate is rich and creamy. A good beer, but this still smelled and tasted overdone to me.

Bottle. Thin head on very dark reddish copper. Rich complex aroma with maple, alcohol, strong woodiness makes you want to taste. Flavour is scotch ale, maple, hops, barley wine, toffee and wood. A great complex beer for sipping and ruminating.

On tap @ DDC. Pours dark brown/grey. With a medium head, short retention. Nose is yeasty esters, sweet. Vry fruity.Taste is very fruity, some bitterness and lots of alcohol. Very complex brew.

On tap at Dieu du Ciel. The color is a dark rubis with a thin beige head. The taste is of malt some hops and the swet taste of fruits. It also has a smoky aroma and taste toit.The 10% alcohol is very noticeable but not overpowering. The aftertaste is very pleasant.

En fût vieillie 5 ans au 10eme de Dieu du Ciel. La bière se présente avec une couleur orangée et une mousse fauve onctueuse et imposante qui reste longtemps. Au nez on découvre un parfum boisé de vanille et de caramel. On respire aussi des arômes de grain fumé et d’alcool. En bouche on goûte des saveurs boisées et fumées avec en finale une pointe d’érable et d’alcool. Excellent

UPDATED: OCT 10, 2008 Glass, cask, 2003, at Dieu du Ciel! on their 10th anniversary, savoured on September 13 2008; eye: brownish blood, suspended matter, opaque, no head, no effervescence; nose: "barley wine", hops, caramel, grapefruit, light vanilla, pepper, alcohol, smoke; mouth: "barley wine", hops, caramel, nice bitterness, liqueur-like, finale in hops with a good presence of caramel, mildly sweet, rather bitter, full body; overall: orgasmic FRANÇAIS Verre, cask, 2003, bue chez Dieu du Ciel! à l’occasion de leur dixième anniversaire, savourée le 13 septembre 2008; oeil : sang bruni, matière en suspension, opaque, pas de mousse, pas d’effervescente; nez : « barley wine », houblon, caramel, pamplemousse, léger vanille, poivre, alcool, fumée; bouche : « barley wine », houblon, caramel, belle amertume, liquoreuse, finale en houblon avec une bonne présence de caramel, moyennement sucrée, plutôt amère, corsée; en résumé : jouissif

Draft at DDC. Amber pour with a tan head. Maple, Belgian sugar, rum, licourish and smoke dominate this beer. Etoh comes at you full speed. Great Beer.

Cask 2003 and draft 2008 at the DDC 10th Anniversary Party. No way these were the same beers, but OK. For the 2003:

Whoa. A bit chemically in the aroma, some sherry and hammy smoke. Flavor is very old and oxidized, thin but distinct, a lot of cardboard and sherry. Some fig and stone fruits, some residual smoke. 6/4/7/4/3.5

2008 (X): Big candi sugar, vodka, rum, celery, tomato, roast aroma. Odd. Flavor has some smoke, cherry tomato, sherry and rum. Complex but not necessarily enjoyable. Very strong. 7/3/7/3/3.4