Dieu du Ciel Route des Épices

Highly enjoyable beer. Dark amber pour with a small white head. Sharp aroma of rye, pepper and malt. Flavor is spicy and tangy/sweet. An interesting mix of sweet malt and earthy spice. Very good.

Bottle: I can’t believe this Montreal microbrew is available in Buffalo but not frigging Ontario. Thankfully the LCBO is here to protect us from tasty beers. Pours dark amber, good white head. Aroma of rye, sour fruit, and black pepper. Light mouthfeel with a taste of lots of pepper, light rye and hint of demera sugar. Dieu du Ciel never disappoints.

This bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a medium sized head of foamy finely sized tan colored bubbles that were long lasting and left behind a hazy with floating yeast chunks brown colored body. The mild aroma was malty and spicy. The crisp mouth feel was tingly at the start and at the finish. The flavor contained notes of peppery hot mild burning stuff. A strange brew indeed.

Pours dark copper with a 1 finger, creamy, beige head. Aroma is sweet grainy malt, caramel, whole peppercorns, light floral and citrus notes, nose is somewhat weak, but very interesting. Flavor is strong caramel, earthy notes, light rye notes, nice pepper melange notes, sweet grain and dusty straw. Finish is sweet malt, toast and pepper. Palate is medium bodied, creamy entry, very dry finish, with a slight peppery burn. I like it, off the beaten path in a good way, not fantastic stuff, but interesting.

Flaske: Brun let gennemsigtig øl med et fint skumhoved. Diskret duft af peber og humle. Smagen er først let maltdomineret, men peberen slår hurtigt igennem på en flot og meget komplementerende måde. Virkelig en anderledes og spændende øl.

12 oz bottle at Caliente in Richmond. Caramel maltiness, rye crispness and a very nice pepper spiciness. Unique, but definately in the Belgian style. Steak au poivre in a bottle.

Dark amber color, opaque, filmy head. Fresh ground black pepper, cinnamon, and nutmeg on the nose. Malty backbone with a strong pepper bite. Very carbonated, very peppery - sort of burns the throat.

bottle thanks to ballewblake. poured amber with an off white head that laces. aroma of caramel, citrus, and orange. flavor was caramel and white pepper. light body with high carbonation.