Dieu du Ciel Rosée dHibiscus

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.

11.5oz bottle from Kingdom Liquors (Tampa, FL). Pours a hazy dark copper, reddish-pink with a thick and creamy white-pink two-finger head that settles slowly. Nice lacing on glass. Aroma is sweet, ripe fruit, bread, yeast, hints of a floral/plant aroma. Flavor is light and sour fruity with a slight tanginess on initial taste. Light-bodied with a slight sweet and sour finish. Some citrus and flower petal notes are present as well. Interesting but not one I will be trying again soon.

Bottle. Pours with a pinkish color that makes it look more like juice than beer, in particular since there is no head. Aromas are light, mainly some sweetness. Flavor is more of the same: very sweet with a light body, flowery. lacking is any yeastiness it probably gets overpowered by all the add ons. In this case simpler would have been better. The beer is not even refreshing on a hot day since it is too cloying.

12oz bottle. Very reddish-copper color with light carbonation. Fairly clear. A honey sweet/floral aroma with Coriander (?) perhaps. The flavor is lightly spicy and flower additions are believable. A touch acidic which gives it a citrus crispness that sits atop a touch of light Belgian musty yeast and candy. The mouth feel is carbonated and though it initially heads towards musty, it quickly does a 180 and heads towards crisp (almost refreshing). It’s certainly interesting but not an everyday brew.

Bottle: Poured very light brown/reddish color with a very fast dissipating head. Strong hits of bread and citrus scents. Taste is very disapointing alcohol (the low amount there) is over powering. Lacks definition. BOM 2