Dieu du Ciel Équinoxe du Printemps

Brewed by Dieu du Ciel
Style: Scotch Ale
Montreal, Canada

11.5 ounce bottle purchased at Knightly Spirits Orlando, FL on 10/10/09 Very good.

11.5 oz. Bottle from spring 2009. Poured into a snifter, it settled with a murky brown color with zero head and no discernible carbonation. Aromatics are definitely sweet and subtly complex. Nose is dominated by malt sugars and has notes of wet wood, vanilla, maple syrup and caramel. Tastes largely the same as the nose, but with a bit of banana bread and dark fruit character. No trace of hops anywhere. This actually seems to be more of a sweet brown ale in style and lacks any peat or smoky flavor typically associated with a Scotch ale. The texture of this one is thick and rests heavy on the tongue with almost no carbonation. Has a bit of alcohol heat combined with some sweet maple syrup at the end. Overall its not a bad beer, but maybe a bit too sweet.

Bottle. Pours mahogany with a small, fizzy light brown head, some retention with spare lacing. Aroma is banana, dark bread, candy, no hops, doughy yeast, plum, bubble gum, and light maple syrup. Heavy sweetness, creamy banana nut bread batter, maple syrup, and alcohol flavor. Full bodied, creamy and alcoholic palate with a spicy and dry finish.

Bottle.
Pours a lifeless, thin, murky tea brown with an assertive aroma of well-aged single malt with caramel bits swirled in old basement air. Flavor is an intense rush of oaky whisky and musty dark fruit with a subtle yet noticeable finish of maple. Sits heavy on the tongue, leaving an oily yet dry finish. Well-balanced and delicious. Definite repeat.

Bottle at chris_o’s "smash kook’s granny tasting". Alround rating: Scotch ale eh, i put anyone from any period in time to take this beer to scotland and give it to people and ask them if they recognise it as anythign like any scotish beer has ever been. Fuckin north americans making up bloody styles to try and market beer. Massive maple syrup character, very sweet indeed, sugary mouthfeel. Not good in any respect, i think everyone at the table poured the remainders away.

Aroma of maple, roasted almonds and milk chocolate. Appearance was murky brown with creamy head. Flavors of maple, chocolate and burnt toffee. Palate was bubbly and creamy. A well crafted beer.

bottle poured a brown amber in color with a thin off white head. aroma has brown sugar, vanilla, maple syrup, and some banana. mouth feel is medium but quite thick and the carbonation is very low. flavor has more heavy sweetness, maple syrup, molasses, banana yeast, and a good smack of alcohol towards the finish.

Aroma is dominated by a banana scent, with maple or caramel lying beneath it. Pours a thin head, and is a hazy amber/brown in color. Starts out with more of a butterscotch or caramel flavor, with hints of roasted malt beneath it, and finishes with a maple flavor that lingers for quite some time.