Dieu du Ciel! Isseki Nicho
This "Imperial Dark Saison" is a collaboration between DDC and Shiga Kogen. It has the grain bill of an Imperial Stout, hops grown at Shiga Kogen and is fermented with Saison yeast.
3.8
435 reviews
Saint-Jérôme, Canada
Community reviews
2015 bottle. 11.5 oz. The beer is a dark brown with a lasting head of beige foam. Looks like an Imperial Stout with how viscous the beer pours. The aroma has boozy dark fruit, leather, and oak. I pick ip more subtle spice character, but sweet and fruity still. Bigger body and medium carbonation. Kind of boozy. Great beer that has held up will to aging.
Bottle at home, köszi Kini! Pours jet black with long lasting off-white head. Nose is coffee, roasted malts, earthy notes, low spicy touch. Taste is sweet booze upfront, then some coffee and roasted notes again, an earthy touch. In the finish there perhaps is a spicy, somewhat estery touch, but other than this I get nothing from the saison character. Medium to heavy body, light to average carbonation. Something's missing from in there, but I can't quite put my hands on what is.
Essai intéressant pour cette collaboration entre Dieu di Ciel et Shika Kogen dont le résultat est plus proche d'un Imperial Stout qu'une saison, mais un Imperial stout qui est "contrarié" par l'utilisation d'une levure de saison. Et j'utilise le mot contrarié à raison, car l'utilisation d'une telle levure ne permet pas à la bière d'avoir une bonne assise et d'avoir des arômes pleins comme cela devrait être. Résultat quelque peu étrange, que je ne peux définir comme complètement heureux, mais pas désagréable pour autant. Le visuel est appréciable avec un noir total surmonté d'une mousse brune de 5 mm. Le nez se porte sur le café, le chocolat, une once de sauce soja, et avec une amertume herbacée et un alcool sous-jacent qui se fait ressentir. L'attaque présente bien des arômes de stout, mais ceux-ci sont quelque peu brouillés par une amertume sur l'orange amère, les herbes et une petite acidité. La deuxième bouche monte en intensité et en complexité (qui est correcte) avec en outre des épices qui se font ressentir et l'alcool à 9,5% qui s'affirme légèrement (tout en étant bien intégré). L’arrière-bouche est la plus stable, sur de beaux arômes de café et chocolat. Si la corpulence est correcte sans plus, la longueur est excellente sur un final présentant une amertume herbacée et des arômes d'amande amère et d'agrumes en complément. Pas certain d'en vouloir une deuxième mais intéressant.
Caramel chocolate malt raspberry aroma. Dark brown colour poor head and lacing. Malt caramel bitter biscuit chocolate flavour. Flat palate.
Rocznik 2017 (Lot: 9, Meilleur avant: 2020-11-22). Pite dwukotnie: w marcu 2018 i teraz, na Dzień Kanady 2019).
Oko: całkowicie czarne, piana brązowa, obfita, grubopęcherzykowa, szybkoopadająca.
Nos: mocno fenolowe przyprawy, dalej lekko kakaowa nuta, estry, nie jestem pewien, czy nie przebąkuje nadal chmiel. (Kolejny raz wyczuwam chmiel w dwuletnim saisonie, więc to pewnie jakieś estry jednak).
Usta: ostre, przyprawowe, delikatny alkohol. Czuć w ciemno, że jest to ciemne piwo.
Podsumowanie: bardzo dobrze się zestarzał! Myślę, że to będzie szło już tylko w dobrą stronę!
341 ml, bottle conditioned, unfiltered, BB Nov 22nd 2020. Pour is thick and gloopy, dark mahogany, medium mocca coloured head. Aromas of roasted malts and chocolate. Rich mouthfeel, well carbonated. Flavours of dark roasted malts, brett, salt, sugar, bitter dark chocolate and dark caramel.
Аромат весьма богатый, немного хмелевой, солодовый, ощущаются нотки кофе, темный шоколад, изюм схожий с портом даже. Пенка кремовая, пышная, долго опадает, цвет темный. Вкус более хмелевой чем аромат, при чем американский конечно. И как результат, очень горький. Снова немного изюма, черствый темный шоколад, немного кислит. При глотке ноты кофе. В целом пиво даже разочаровало меня. Почти никаких ноток от этого стиля, и слишком горько.
On tap at Brewski, pours near black w/rocky head, aroma a bit smokey & bretty. The roasted malt carries through to the palate w/a touch of cherry. Full body but clean dry finish
Draught @ You’ll Never Walk Alone, Kolding. Pours cloudy nearly black with stable tan head. Clear aroma of yeast and fruit, with touches of malt. Bitter, roasty flavour with notes of hops and coffee and touches of malt, yeast and fruit. Roasty aftertaste with estery and perfumy hints. Creamy mouthfeel. Warming alcohol presence. Very nice.
330 ml bottle. Pours a deep, dark coffee brown, near black, with an inch of tan head that settles into a thick ring and film, leaving trailing lace behind. Notes of dark chocolate, earth, citrus peel, florals, dusty and musty funk, and a bit of rubber. Medium-bodied, with moderate carbonation and a bitter, earthy mouthfeel. It’s several years old but drinks like an imperial black IPA.
饮用日期：2019.01.03
饮用温度：6℃-12℃
风格：Saison
酒精度：9.5%vol
灌装日期：2016.09.06
Aroma-7/12
Appearance-3/3
Flavor-14/20
Mouthfeel-4/5
Overall Impression-7/10
Total-35/50
香气：少许烘烤味，一定的马厩酸腐味，另外还有少许发酵酚香？略呈一些馊豆腐、淡老陈醋气息（但没有醋酸）。
外观：不透光黝黑红色酒体，酒头淡棕色，泡沫很厚、较细腻，挂杯很多。
风味：入口杀口感较高，有一定辛香感，能感受到一定甜度，配合明显的深色麦芽风味如焦糖、面包皮、黑巧克力，整体苦度中等、而且在大量深色麦芽风味下不觉得很苦，有微微柑橘类酸；收口中等，淡淡烘烤味、非常浅的焦味；回味brett的霉香很明显。
口感：中度酒体，杀口感较高，整体收口较圆润，且酒精度这么高而没有明显酒精感。
总体印象：一款不多见的烈性深色农场啤酒，除闻香马厩味有些明显，整体入口很圆润，同时保留了Saison的高杀口感。但可惜的是，对于Saison这个风格，大量深色麦芽的运用导致其酵母偏果味的发酵风味不明显，同时发酵度不算很高；不过明显的Brett霉香带来了另一重对Saison的诠释。
建议饮用温度9℃左右。
Black with quick fading head. Aroma is quite fruity and spicy. Lots of yeast. Good body. Flavour is very floral and herbal with a background of slightly burnt bitterness. Interesting twist on a saison.
Pours black, a thin but lasting brow head with great lacing. Aroma of dark malts, caramel, chocolate, spruce. Tastes bitter, burnt caramel, nutty, chocolate, grass and licorice. Full bodied, very thick for this style, soft carbonation and long bitter finish. Atypical saison, closer to a stout, but a great winter beer!
Bottle. Opaque black color with tanned head. Aroma has earthy notes, dark malt, fruits, caramel, chocolate and vanilla. Taste is malty sweet with long quite sweet aftertaste. Flavors of caramel, dark malt, dark chocolate, fruits and some earthly elements. Imperial stout body but fruits, earthy notes and quite high carbonation. A bit strange but tasty.
341 ml bottle, served in red wine glass. It pours pitch black with some brown highlights, almost no head but a tan ring. Aroma is intense: cocoa, rum, coffee, toast. Soft and velvety, with a warm and boozy body. Really dark, long-lasting finish.
Deep brown to black color, brown head. Roasted malt nose, sweet licorice, Belgian yeast, fruity notes, light spicy, nuts, hint of alcohol. Roasted malt taste, alcohol, bitter coffee, raw licorice, fruity yeast, hint of ginger, bitter finish. Full body, average to fizzy carbonation, oily texture.
8, 4, 6, 4, 14
svart, kaffe, brent korn, krydder, gjær, rar kombo..................................
Licorice, Coffee, vanilla, earthy, chocolate, slightly spicy, alcohol, you can feel the yeastiness.
Deep Brown colour, medium Brown head, lacing.
Heavy yeastiness, Soy sauce, licorice, smoked meat, alcohol, rather hoppy.
Fullbodied, soft carbonation, creamy feel, yeasty and roasty finish.
Superb quality, but the marriage between yeast and malt Bill is an uneasy one.
Kolsvart med tunt beige skum. Doftar syrlig bränd malt, lite pepprigt. Smaken fyllig, syrlig och bränd, lite lakrits. Eftersmaken lång med med syrliga, brända toner, lite sur på slutet.
Jet black. Deep brown head without a tonne of lasting power. Aroma is burnt toast and savoury spices. Taste is fig, black pepper, and coffee. Slightly sour finish.
Piana obfita, ale sycząca, gruba, szybko znika. Barwa czarna, nieprzejrzysta. W aromacie owoce leśne, śliwka węgierka, czekolada, melasa, przyprawy... W smaku półsłodkie, rodzynkowe, karmelowe, ziołowe, pikantne, ze średnią, palono pieprzową goryczką i kawowym posmakiem. Dość wysokie wysycenie, lekka mineralność, mało ciała, nieco rozgrzewające procenty...
Dziwne połączenie saisonowej fenolowości ze stoutową słodowością i palonością. Może nie wszystko tu zagrało, bez wątpienia jednak wyszło ciekawie.
0.341l bottle. Black body with a fairly quickly disappearing loose brown head. Aroma of chocolate, coffee, blackberries, nutmeg and even a tiny bit of smoke. Taste of chocolate, coffee, floral hops, blackberries, grapes and pepper. The saison yeast gives it a subtle twist. Nice one.
Dieu du Ciel! Isseki Nicho
Saison
746413
Lukt: Kaffe, bek, lakris, høy, medisin.
Utseende: Sort.
Skum/kullsyre: Dekkende skum, heng.
Smak: Kaffe, lakris, høy, svak alko.
Hvor: Minisamling hos Bryne.
Medium: Flaske@330ml, ABV@9,5%, Når@22.06.2018.
33cl bottle from Abeervinum, Rimini, Italy. Pours dark, almost black, with high brownish foam, quickly fading. Aroma is winey, roasted, barrel-aged (oxidation). Body is dense with moderate carbonation. Taste has a nice sweetness, matched by a good bitterness, and a saison spark of spiciness. Finish is long and complex.
341ml bottle from Bottle, Mug and Boiler in Moscow. Pours black with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malt, yeast, dried fruits. Taste is light sweet, roasted malt, spices, toffee. Dry finish.
341 ml bottle, from Vinmonopolet, Nettbutikken. ABV is 9.5%. Black colour, large tan head. Very nice roasty and spicy aroma. High level of carbonation. Roasty and spicy flavour too, notes of coffee, dark chocolate and black pepper, distinct bittering hops. Excellent beer.
A boozy ara of bourbon, plums and a hint of cheese, pours a reddish black color with a thin tan head. A taste of plums and bourbon with a lighter body oiled feel with a bitter phenolic finish.
Imperial Stout na drożdżach do Saisona. Z początku dziwnie w zapachu; nie spodziewałem się, że będzie aż tak fajnie. W smaku mocno palone, mocno wysycone; powstaje iluzja, że w piwie jest dodatek Chili. Podobnie, jak w piwach z Logsdona, czuć tu dzikość. Piwo bardzo dobre. Czekolada, kawa, Saison. Nie piłem jeszcze czegoś podobnego.
From cervezasespeciales. In Teku glass. Playing Avernum 3. More a black IPA than a black saison, and fairly good at that, but didnt find any funk notes reminding a saison. Very foamy, requiring 2 pours. High drinkability, abv well concealed
Bottle 33 cl. Black with a minimal light brown head. BURNED malt with a spices sense. Sweet, light bitterness with a BURNED malt and spices end.