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Dieu du Ciel Rigor Mortis Abt

Dieu du Ciel Rigor Mortis Abt - Abt/Quadrupel

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 Percentile 
98
overall
Brewed by Dieu du Ciel
Style: Abt/Quadrupel

Montreal, Canada

bottled
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on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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2733.89/5.03.87/5.0Winter10.5%87.7Trappist glass
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Commercial Description:
Strong brown ale inspired by the beer brewed by Belgian Trappist monks. Very little bitterness, this beer has intense malty and sweet flavours, mixed with the taste of chocolate and caramel. It presents complex red fruit and spice flavours due to the type of yeast that is used during the brewing process. This beer is at its best only after it has aged for six months. The Rigor Mortis are complex beers designed and brewed with patience and care in the tradition of the great Belgian Abbey beers.

Rigor Mortis Abt is brewed only once a year, and is sold in April until stocks last.
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 jujubeast6000 (761), Houston, Texas, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/512/20
Nov 1, 2009  
Reviewed 8/2/2009 (bottled): Pours a dark brown colored body with a small creamy whitish head, somewhat lasting. Strong aroma of dark fruit, fig and plum. Some alcohol too. Creamy mouthfeel, some warmth. Dark fruit in the taste too. Some acidic bitterness. Some more sugary sweetness as it warms up. Some roasted flavors too, more as it warms.


 bblack99 (194), Kansas City, Missouri, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Nov 1, 2009  
Murky, pondwater brown with a thin (and thinning) off-white bubbly head. Smells funky and yeasty with a little red wine/grape. Flavors are the typical belgian mix, but with complex layers on top, red grapes, cherry, liquor, more liquor, booze, liquor...(get it?), and candy sugar sweetness.


 dkachur (2307), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/104/517/20
Oct 30, 2009  
12 ounce bottle from my summer secret Santa. Pours a dark bronze color with a thin tan head. Moderate head retention and lacing. Aroma is very malty with notes of brown sugar, bread, berries, plum, yeast. Taste is toffee, brown sugar, bread, alcohol, berries, plum, cherry, maple syrup, leafy hops and chocolate. Medium-full bodied. Slightly warm and very smooth. Very good beer. Dieu du Ciel! impresses yet again. A worthy choice for my 2300th rating.


 curly (548), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/515/20
Oct 29, 2009  
Pours a beautiful ruby amber with a thick light tan head. Aroma of lemon, Belgian yeast, ripe fruit, berry, and toffee. Taste is some alcohol, caramel and berry. Thick molasses body with a roasty finish.


 bitbucket (2022), Kirkland, Washington, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 28, 2009  
12-oz. poured blind. Clear and dark amber. Lightly sweet and softly nutty/smokey aroma. This was my favorite after the westy, beating St. Bernie by a point.


 tennisjoel (923), Shakopee, Minnesota, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Oct 28, 2009  
11.5 oz bottle rating. Pours a dark brown with a creamy vanilla head. Huge particalia noticed while pouring. Aromas of caramel, bread, dark fruit, vanilla. Definitely to style here. Very good sipper on a nice cold evening in front of the fire. It would be fun to see how this fares head to head against some of top belgian quadrupels. I’m guessing it would hold its own.


 pantanap (1305), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 27, 2009  
12oz bottle from west lakeview..... pours a dark caramel and raisin mostly opaque brown with a thick fluffy very light beige head.... aroma of dark and red fruits, raisins, toffee, and some added yeast notes... flavors continue on the same path with more robust sweet toffee and roasted malt. smooth medium to full body with softer carbonation which works well for it. finish adds a slight spicy bitterness. a nice quad that almost rivals the midnight sun one that i had a couple weeks back but falls just a bit short of that.


 Soonah (895), Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Oct 27, 2009  
One of my favorite labels of all time, so it gets a bonus point for that. The pour was brown and cloudy into a Chimay glass. The head was off-white and creamy but quickly receded and left little if any lacing behind. The aroma was roasted malts and dark fruits. Minimal yeast. The flavor too was dominated by what tasted like roasted malts, maybe it was burnt sugars? Again very little yeast profile. Some old chocolate. Medium in body with pleasant warming alcohol towards the end.



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