Dieu du Ciel Rosée dHibiscus

Brewed by Dieu du Ciel
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Montreal, Canada

Holy shit this beer is beautiful. One of the most gorgeous red colors I’ve ever seen in an ale. The aroma is neat, sweet and sort of grapey. The flavor......ehhh. Sweet. Hints of grape skin. Dries out at the end. Just not something I dig. It’s unique so it gets some points for that but I don’t want to drink this ever again.

can definately taste the florals - murky and lightly red with viirtually not head - enjoyed it but would prefer more if I could taste the alcohol.

8/30/08: Bottle.
Murky rose-brown body with a quickly dissipating white head. No lace. Aroma is very refreshing and clean - predominantly wheat with notes of fruit (peach and melon), spice and grass. Flavor is delicate, light and smooth - wheat, florals. Sour and acidic finish.

12oz bottle, courtesy of ryan. Thanks! Pours a bright, slightly red-raspberry color; very light pink head with fine-bubbled lacing. Loads of soft, generous floral notes in the aroma; white pepper, soft honey and ginger. Lively carbonation. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: lots of sweet sugar, floral notes, white pepper, and spicing upfront; overly sweet altogether, and lacking some of the legitimate complexity and clarity expressed in the nose; white pepper and ginger at the periphery. Decent, but slightly muddled and sweet. Lengthy finish: toasty malts, floral notes, and honey; plenty of white pepper.

Clear amber/ruby body with a small beige head. The nose is loaded with hibiscus, sweet cotton candy and light citrus. The flavor is mostly just cotton candy, there’s light some light citrus and floral notes too. Overall, it’s sort of bland and lifeless overall. Medium body is round with moderate carbonation.

12 oz into pint glass. A slightly hazy copper pour with a bit of a pink hue with a big very light pink head. The aroma is very subtle but also very tempting - soft pale malt with a lot of flowery notes - not in a hoppy way, but rather almost like a perfume. The flavor is soft and refreshing and definitely unique - flowery, wheaty, sour, and a bit fruity. It is soft and light on the palate. Overall: a unique brew and a fresh approach to wheat beers. If you like wheats and sours this might be your beer. It isnt funky like a sour ale but actually sour in a way that reminded me a bit of DFH festina peche.

Strong refreshing aroma of spices. Initial taste is very sweet almost to the point of bitterness. Not fruity, but definitely plantlike with hibiscus flowers... Very bitter in large doses. The more I drink the lower I want to rank it.

(Draught) Sampled at the brewpub on August 22, 2008. Pours a dissipating white head atop a deep orange body. Nose of wild yeast, orange peel and lemonade tonic. Flavour of tart oranges, wet wheat and sour lemon zest. Very interesting, perhaps not to my palate because of the sour/tart play.