Dieu du Ciel Rigor Mortis Double

Brewed by Dieu du Ciel
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Montreal, Canada

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

On tap at Dieu du Ciel prior to our trip to the ice cider Mondial. Pours a hazed garnet ruby with a thin to medium sized white head. Sweet caramel, toast, light roast. Sweet caramel and dark plum, roast and more caramel. Sweet candy malt, light roast and a soft bitterness on the finish.

Draft. Dark brune pour with tan head. Light fruit, slight bitter tones, and some chocolate and caramel flavors as well.

On tap at the pub. Hazy copper with an average head showing ok retention. Aroma is toasted malt, nuts, yeast. Flavor is toasted malt, bread, yeast, spices and moderate bitteres. Medium body and moderate carbonation.

Drank on tap (12 oz) at the Montreal brewpub, on December 12, 2010. Burgundy dark, little head with lace. Barley malt aroma with notes of juicy berries. Raw barley taste slightly sweet, really malty, aftertaste of bitter cereal. Really malty this Rigor Mortis, but it has not a lot characteristics of a trappist ale!

Has a decent amber colour with oh so modest head, and a faint malt aroma. Taste is light malts with a dry hoppy finish. Drinkable, but I’m not feeling the trappist connection.

Draft. Pours an amber body with an off white head. Belgian fruit toned ester sweetness. Caramel malt, light fruit. Hints of chocolate malt that come across a bit roast y. Mild spiciness. Solid.

Tap at BT. Pours a nice clear clean amber with a thin lasting head. Aroma is caramel malts, toffee, sweet candi sugar, earthy tones, some fruity esters- plum raisin, even pear.. Flavor is molasses, toffee, light tobacco earthy hint, phenolic belgian yeast- peppery, spicy, but mostly clean, not too sweet overall, and a fairly dry finish. Pretty good for a dubbel.

Draught, 7.8% at the brewpub. Sweet Belgian yeast aroma. Hazy red copper colour. Small creamy tan head. The flavour has some fat yeast. Medium bitterness. Good maltiness.