Dieu du Ciel Route des Épices

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

its like a spice market in Marrakesh, simply awesome. like a black pepper martini but its rich like ripe cheese. great aroma and a long slow burn of a finish. nice dense head that holds up against the powerfully spices. the rye complements and ads stability to the malt.

Dark copper, effervescent beer, with a frothy, lasting, off-white head - quite a bready malt aroma, with very apparent rye, some caraway, and gentle underlying pepper notes - she starts off nice and malty, with caramel, rye, buttered toast, some fruity hints underneath - however, a strong, biting black peppery flavor quickly develops, completely annihilating any other character the beer has - rye and other grains try to come through again in the finish, but the peppery burn just continues to sting the tongue - they overdid it on this one, but everything underneath the spice is really nice.

Bottle. 11.5 fl. oz. Hazy mahogany/ruby color with slightly off-white head that never fully diminshes. Aromas of caramel malt, with light hops and light peppercorn . Mouthfeel is initially smooth with a prickly, spicy finish.The flavor starts out sweet and malty but ends with a very strange and unique peppery hot ending. Unlike any beer I have tried.

Dark amber with a frothy head. Nice dark grain rye malt aroma with spicy peppercorn. Medium body. Mildly sweet rye malt flavor at first quickly turns to spicy hot peppercorn in the middle, with even more spice heat into the finish, wow. This was like eating hot peppers, you don’t know what you’re getting into until it’s too late. enjoyed this one.

12oz single bottle purchased for $2.49 from somewhere in Montreal - that "King of Beers" depanneur near the brewpub, I think. Pours a dark ruby red with little head. Not much aroma to speak of. First taste is tangy and spicy - and definitely a pepper bite going down the throat. It is difficult to discern any particular flavours while it’s in the mouth - but there is an unmistakable, and unpleasant, pepperness going down the throat. I think I need another beer to have along with this in order to wash it down. I gotta say I’m surprised at some of DDC’s choices of beers to bottle.

11.5 oz. Translucent chestnut with ruby highlights and a two-finger, lasting creamy head. Aroma is light pepper, spicy earth, and dried wood. Flavor is caramel-coated rye bread with a big, fresh cracked-pepper accompaniment, some slight dark fruit, and earthy molasses. Near-medium body is smooth, very peppery-tongue-tingly, and slightly dry. Very strange beer, but I like it.

The beer was picked up in a 330 ml. bottle, and was poured into a pint glass. The pou looked amber to orange-brown in color and the head was two finger thick. The smell was quite malty with sweet maple syrup aromas. The taste was malty up front with the spicy sweet rye grains quite apparent, some honey showed up in the middle, while the finish was pure peppercorns. I love all of these flavors so it worked for me wonderfully. The aftertaste lingered on for eternity. The body seemed sticky and creamy. This was a rare find, a beer that pushes the envelope, but still remains very drinkable.

Bottle from Sam’s. Pours a cloudy amber with a nice tan lace and head. Aroma shows a nice rye malt character upon first smell. As it warms, the peppers really starts to show itself. Flavor, like aroma, shows the rye malts at first and the pepper lingers in the back of the throat. As it warms, the pepper becomes more and more dominant. A very unique and interesting beer, no doubt.