Dieu du Ciel Vaisseau des Songes

Brewed by Dieu du Ciel
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Montreal, Canada

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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On cask. Excellent golden color, nice fluffy bubbly head. Great aroma of what smells like english hops, goldings maybe......... Excellent compliment to the good malty notes, very nice on the hand pump.

En cask. Robe blonde aux reflets cuivrés surmontée d’une mousse blanche épaisse. Arômes de framboise, de limette, de bleuets, de malts et de houblons frais. Saveurs de confiture de fruits, de poivre. Notes aigres et acides. Houblon résineux. Belle compexité! Longue en bouche.

Cask conditioned. Cloudy copper color with a medium bubbly head. Amazing aromas of hops and caramel. Huge, incredible flavors of hops and caramel that float on a nice cloud of happiness. Very good and enjoyable.

beautiful floral hop nose. leaves lots of lace. first sip brings beautiful flavors of apples, oak, slightly bitter but extremely floral hops. more of a softest APA I can recal then an IPA but a great beer. Light, packed with hop flavor, not an IPA but very nice.

Clear amber, fluffy head with fine bubbles. Aroma of grapefruit, resinous hops, caramel with some roastiness. Roasted malt sliding to grapefruit zest.

Carried a candy apple-orange pekeoish nose and well hopped body and a dry bitter finish

[Pint, cask at brewpub] Hazy golden/amber/reddish-orange color. I was immediately struck by the smoothness of this I.P.A. No harsh, jarring bitter hoppy flavor right off. Citrus/grapefruit flavors...but not too overpowering. Hops were balanced well with gentle malt flavors. Suprisingly good amount of head, lasted throughout the life of the pint. Overall a very good I.P.A. I feel lucky to have had a pint from a cask of this brew.

On tap at the brewpub, visited June 23 2007 with a big group of friends (no fellow rateberrieans though). On this night, you could have this one hand-pulled directly from the cask. Hazy deep orange amber with scarcely any head. Very floral and fruity aroma with toffee undertones. It smells great! Lots of citrus hoppy goodness and generous toffee malts, moderately bitter finish, low carbonation and silky mouthfeel. Terrific!

On cask at the brew pub. Deep orange, bubbly white head - large head for a cask ale. Huge nose, especially for a cask beer. All orange citrus - not in a really hoppy way, but more like fresh oranges / tangerines- lovely! Very nice orange citrus taste, slightly sharp. Bitter at first, all tangerine middle and end. Thin to medium body. Perfect cask IPA - not in your face, just wonderfully balanced. Maybe just a little bit more body needed to go with the 6% (which is what it was listed at in the pub, not the 5% listed here).

clear copperbalanced aroma of doughy, bready malts, fruity, leafy hops and mild musk. very english tasting. caramel and bready malts flavour, some toast. soft but substantial hop finish. very nicely balanced.