Dieu du Ciel Rosée dHibiscus

Sample from BOMC shared with a friend. Floral aroma on a slightly pink amber color beer. Tart, sweet, and citric, with flavor of rose hips and spices. Interesting, but strictly a novelty. Not bad.

Let’s clear something up off the bat: this shouldn’t be classed a Spice/Herb/Vegetable beer. It’s a witbier. Lots of witbiers use mystery spices, and this one happens to use one that’s pink. That said, it pours a slightly hazy pink-amber, with a thin, bubbly pink-tinged head. Aroma is yeast-spicy, with witbier-wheat aroma, tropical fruit (lychee), hibiscus, and coriander. Flavour is floral, with tropical fruit, strong phenolics, mild citrus. Slightly sour. Nice light silky mouthfeel. The hibiscus is very well integrated; in a black glass this would be classic witbier with a hint of something exotic. The main flaw as far as I’m concerned (in an otherwise wonderful beer) is the heavy phenolic profile. It’s a testament to psychosomasis that so many are writing this witbier off as alcopop.

A bit tart, has some great herb and spice flavor, a bit tart at the end yet very good.

The aroma is actually like flowers and is very sweet with malt and sugar. The appearance is reddish with a pink head. The flavor is like the aroma and somewhat yeasty. The palate is average. Overall this is a good beer.

AWESOME aroma! Really smells like flowers. Very sweet and pungent. Appearance is an amber color that’s slightly pink. Thin, light pink head. Flavor is of rose hips and citrus. Thin palate. Overall- girly beer.