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Dieu du Ciel Route des Épices

Dieu du Ciel Route des Épices - Spice/Herb/Vegetable

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 Percentile 
79
overall
Brewed by Dieu du Ciel
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable

Montreal, Canada

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
3983.35/5.03.35/5.05%85.6Lager glass, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
Routes des épices (French for "Spice Route") is a rye beer brewed with both black and green peppercorns. Initially, the beer reveals flavours of fresh grain and malt, which give it notes of chocolate, caramel, and fruit. The pepper flavour and aroma is fully revealed in the finish, which leaves a pleasant, spicy, tingling sensation on the tongue.
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 pforei (338), USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/102/58/20
Jun 2, 2008  
Bottle. Dark amber good beige head. Bready malt and way too much BLACK PEPPER. Smooth body, but pepper coats and burns the palate. Interesting, but difficult to drink.


 Angeloregon (2024), Portland, Oregon, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jun 2, 2008  
From a 12 ounce bottle purchased at Belmont Station in Portland, OR--Poured a light amber body with a medium whitish head. Sweet nutty, earthy, and spicy nose. Grainy, spicy, peppery body. Lots of great pepper presence. Balanced out with some sweet caramel and a great rye spine. Very very good!


 ChainGangGuy (2523), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/515/20
Jun 2, 2008  
Appearance: Pours a clear, medium brown body with a medium-sized, frothy, ivory-colored head. Smell: Sweetish, grainy malt scent with only very, very minor hints of rye and pepper. Taste: Pale malts, a touch bready, though with not much sweetness present. Though mild in the nose, the peppercorn taste is very distinct once you start drinking it down. Sure, you got your spicy rye character, but the pepper really leads the charge and lasts all the way, unyielding, till the finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: Unique and interesting in its shocking display of peppery punchiness. A beer that begs, along with the drinker, to be paired with food.


 elihapa (1033), Honolulu, California, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Jun 1, 2008  
bottle form Rahmen Dep. Pours brown amber. Aroma of spices, little else. Palate featured prickly carbonation. Flavor slightly sweet of malts and caramel, balanced with black pepper spiciness. Definitely a novelty, but flavor didn’t have enough complexity to complement the pepper flavor for me.


 SSSteve (2048), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/57/103/515/20
May 30, 2008  
aroma of fresh spices(rosemary, pepper, rye), light licorice and caramel. flavor is totally pepper. some nutmeg, anise, caramel. burns. dark brown, murky, medium tan head. never had anything like this. this would taste good with a steak.


 pantani (1894), Salinas, California, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/511/20
May 28, 2008  
Brown amber with a cream head. Aroma is rye, pepper, caramel, faint coffee. Taste is pepper tons of it, just mainly the spice.


 Shag (1922), Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/54/103/510/20
May 27, 2008  
An amber color with an off white head. The aroma is malty with some rye and loads of black pepper. AAAAHCHUUU! The flavor is really hot with some caramel, rye, and loads of ground pepper. Why make a beer like this? Overall it sucks hard.


 durhambeer (1187), Durham, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
May 27, 2008  
Bottle from Sam’s in Durham. Amber pour with relatively small head. Yep, there’s pepper in it, but it’s not necessarily dominating unless you think about it too much (case in point: my wife liked it for a couple of sips until I identified the pepper and then she didn’t want anymore because that was all she could taste). Rye, biscuit, caramel, and yes, pepper on the nose with added caramel and cola on the palate. Somehow fruity even. Nice spicy pepper on the finish. A great brew, even if a bit of a novelty.



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