Aphrodisiaque
(has 4 batches)
Brasserie Dieu du Ciel! in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured Regular|
Score
7.87
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Black ale with aromas and flavours of vanilla, dark chocolate, bourbon and roasted malt. The vanilla and cocoa marry nicely, without out-competing each other, to produce a surprisingly well balanced beer. This beer is mildly hoppy, but the cocoa introduces a touch of bitterness. Its colour may be intimidating, but it is a very smooth beer within reach of most beer drinkers. This highly appreciated dessert beer is brewed with organic fair-trade cocoa and first rate vanilla beans.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Dieu du Ciel! Aphrodisiaque (by Brasserie Dieu du Ciel!):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4/5
8/X/13 - 33cl bottle from Abbaye des Saveurs (Lille) @ home - BB: n/a, bottled: III/2012 (2013-935) Thanks to Franck for the bottle!
Clear dark brown to black beer, creamy beige to almost brown head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: vanilla, caramel, mocha, lots of chocolate, bit sweet. MF: good carbon, medium body. Taste: dark burnt caramel, mocha, vanilla, coffee, dark chocolate. Aftertaste: vanilla, chocolate, pretty bitter, caramel, some coffee, little sweet, hoppy touch.
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4/5
8/X/13 - 33cl bottle from Abbaye des Saveurs (Lille) @ home - BB: n/a, bottled: III/2012 (2013-935) Thanks to Franck for the bottle!
Clear dark brown to black beer, creamy beige to almost brown head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: vanilla, caramel, mocha, lots of chocolate, bit sweet. MF: good carbon, medium body. Taste: dark burnt caramel, mocha, vanilla, coffee, dark chocolate. Aftertaste: vanilla, chocolate, pretty bitter, caramel, some coffee, little sweet, hoppy touch.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2013
at 11:11
9.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Wow, this is excellent! Pours a thick black with a tan head. Nose is toasted malt, vanilla, cocoa. Taste is more of these flavours, solid bitterness from the roasted malt and dark chocolate. Perfectly balanced.
Tried
on 03 Oct 2013
at 03:51
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ sbwf13. Poured black with a brown head. Sweet oatmeal notes, spicy with chocolate cake. Flavor has dark chocolate, mild coffee, with bready notes in finish. High drinkability, albeit quite thin.
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Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2013
at 00:58
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
(bottle) clear dark brown colour with a short lived small tan head; aroma starts with roast, then dark chocolate, chocolate liqueur; somewhat thick palate; rich flavour with long medium strong bitter finish; very good
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Sep 2013
at 16:51
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
A black beer with a beautiful, brown and almost medium head. The nose is roasted, some salt liquirice, chocolate, vanilla and hint of coffee. Nice aroma. Taste is roasted and strong chocolate, vanilla, some coffee. The end is strongly roasted, even burned, but still enjoyable. Medium bodied, quite smooth to drink. The strong roastiness is nicely balanced. Chocolate and vanilla are nice and balanced flavours in this strong flavoured beer.
Tried
on 11 Aug 2013
at 00:40
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
(Draught at Barhop, Toronto) Pours a pitch black with a small dark tan head and some carb bubbles clinging to the glass, with just a little lace. Aroma of milk chocolate, vanilla, wood notes, roasted malt. Flavour fairly sweet and malty to start, with strong roast, vanilla, slightly woody, also slight anise, then gets more of a powdery cocoa/dark chocolate character with bitterness coming from the roast, maybe from the hops too though the flavour doesn’t come through. Finishes reasonably dry but with a bit of sweet malty core lingering. Medium body, silky-smooth, light to medium carbonation. Flavours are strong and distinct but very well-balanced throughout, nothing seems out of place. Asks you to order another.
Tried
on 06 Aug 2013
at 18:13
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ WWT III. Dark brown colour, ruby reddish colour, tan head. Nose is roasted malts, chocolate, dark fruits. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, dark fruits, and a bit of sweet candy. Well done.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jul 2013
at 10:45
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
33cl Bottle at WWT III. Black colour, biege head. Aroma of chocolate, coffee and vanilla, some moccha. Flavour is hard roasted malts, sweet chocolate, vanilla, coffee, hard roasted bitter finish. Medium-bodied. Very nice stout imo.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2013
at 11:48