Dieu du Ciel Rigor Mortis Tripel

Brewed by Dieu du Ciel
Style: Abbey Tripel
Montreal, Canada

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

Draft. Light golden pour with tan head. Barnyard, clove, spice, fruit aromas. Flavor is dry, citrus, spices and light hop tones.

On tap at the pub. Clear golden, average white head and good retention. Aroma is sweet pale malt, herbal and fruity notes, fruity notes, yeast and alcohol. Similar flavor. Medium body.

Aroma is hops like an IPA beer and not much like an abbey tripel if you ask me. Has a dark orange body and okay head. Flavour is very hoppy with some malt, okay finish. It’s a decent blonde style, but far from a proper abbey tripel.

Draft. Pours a hazy golden body with a white head and good head retention. Fruity Belgian hop tones. Citrus sweet and chewy initially. Big etoh note that furthers the fruit character and the spiciness from the yeast tones. Bit of drying from the hops and additionally from a spiced addition, pepper like in nature. V good.

Tap at BT. I dont normally like many Tripels, but this one was pretty damn good. Pours a hazed bright golden with a nice white head- good lace. A roma is spicy phenolic belgian yeast- peppery, almsot clove, yet smooth and restrained- light doughy pils malts, cracker, some yeasty musty notes, medium fruitiness- some pear, slight lemon, some grass. Flavor is biscuit, doughy - real fresh crisp crackery pilsner/fresh pale malts, phenolic, yeasty, light spice, pepper, medium sweetness in the middle, and dries out nicely in the end. Very well made- restrained and enjoyable. mostly on the peppery side- but seemed fresh. Good stuff.

Enjoyed at the brewpub itself, November 2008. Poured a clear golden-copper colour with a nice head, good retention, but no carbonation. Had a Belgian yeast smell with different malts and cereal. Mild milky scent. The mouthfeel was creamy, but dry, and full-bodied. Flavours that were fruity, and of grain malts that are very well-blended. A very nice tripel for those who do not like it cloudy. Nicely brewed.

BQ2010. Sampled on Draft at the Brewpub. Pours a nice hazy, golden body topped with a white, creamy head and good lacing. Aroma is pleasantly fruity, sweet malt, flowery, and herbal notes. Taste is relatively mild. It is mainly fruity (peach), and has some hints of alcohol. Good Tripel.

on tap at Dieu du Ciel. pours a hazy dark amber with a small but lasting white head. aroma is very yeasty, with lots of citrus. grapefruit in particular. taste is pleasantly sweet, with a wine like finish. the alcohol is very apparent, giving it an aged taste. low carbonation, and sticky on the palate. an excellent Tripel, and another DdC success.