Péché Mortel - Bourbon
Brasserie Dieu du Ciel!

Péché Mortel - BourbonPéché Mortel - Bourbon
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From:
Brasserie Dieu du Ciel!
 
Quebec, Canada
Style:
American Imperial Stout
Ranked #143
ABV:
9.5%
Score:
98
Ranked #349
Avg:
4.44 | pDev: 6.98%
Reviews:
141
Ratings:
637
Status:
Active
Rated:
Feb 22, 2024
Added:
Jun 30, 2009
Wants:
  474
Gots:
  76
Péché Mortel is an intensely black and dense stout in which coffee is infused during the brewing process. The result is a strong beer where prominent roasted flavours coalesce with a powerful taste of coffee. Once fermentation is complete, the beer is aged several months in bourbon oak barrels, which imparts some vanilla and woody aromas as well as bourbon flavours.
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Reviewed by Brutaltruth from Ohio

4.35/5  rDev -2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
From the bottle in a snifter. This excellent imperial pours a coal black with a
nice head of khaki foam that settles to a thick ring, thin dusty layer, and sports
some nice lacing. Nose of rich bourbon, oak, coffee, char, light smoke, and
dark cocoa. Flavors nail it with dark cocoa awash in bourbon, soaked oak,
light vanilla, char, smoke, and heavy coffee with dark fruit elements in the background.
Mouth feel is full, smooth, rich, coating, lightly slick, warming, light carbonation, and
finishing with a bitter coffee and warming booze note.

Overall, a SOLID imperial!

Cheers
Feb 22, 2024
 
Rated: 4.31 by RMW66 from Australia

Jan 26, 2024
 
Rated: 4.6 by gardner254 from Ohio

Nov 18, 2023
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Rated by pathman from Ohio

4.75/5  rDev +7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
10/11/23 bottle @ home (bottled 08/2021)
Oct 12, 2023
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Reviewed by SABERG from Massachusetts

4.16/5  rDev -6.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from a 12 oz bottle dated 2022/12/30 into the test glass
A - Deep dark and beautiful, a quick to exit tan cap starts things off. As the experience progresses, a steadily fed
thin tan veil rides the surface.
S - Espresso, tannins, vanilla, dark chocolate, char. And that's the begining. As the offering warms, a hint of the barrel treatment comes through with a stronger char presence.
T - Coffee forward, but a complete package, with the bourbon barrel in a supporting role, Bakers chocolate, hint of vanila, again char, and a roasty malt envelop.
M - Medium in body, bitter on the scale, but just off the center. There is a semi sweet thread that sings quietly in the background. Finish is quick and dry.
O - A superb offering, the base is of coarse a classic, this variant is extremely well executed, barrel presence is complimentary, and adds just enough complexity to create a fantastic offering.
Oct 08, 2023
 
Rated: 4.23 by crobinso from Colorado

Jul 18, 2023
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Reviewed by ovaltine from Indiana

4.6/5  rDev +3.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Pours dark cola brown and settles as onyx black in the glass with no leakage - none - on the edges, with a creamy dark tan head that sticks around and provides a surprising amount of lacing. Gorgeous beer.

The nose has significant barrel notes, oak, vanilla, rich cocoa, and a bit of roasty coffee. Stupendous nose on this beer.

The significant barrel and oak notes are aggressively forward on the palate - and not domineering, because they allow room for the rich cocoa and vanilla flavors to take the lead, before the roasty coffee flavors declare they are the captain of this beer nerd ship and will glide this world class beer into a smooth finish with the creamy, decadent mouthfeel this beer sports.

I was curious where I would land with this because the iconic OG is a favorite of mine - and this is better, IMHO. Truly world class stuff.
Jul 08, 2023
 
Rated: 4.42 by ElGallo from New Hampshire

May 29, 2023
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Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois

4.11/5  rDev -7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Brownish black stout pour with a tan head. After waiting years to try this I actually found I prefer the non-ba version! Ah yes, sometimes the chase is more thrilling than the catch. Not that this is bad, far from it! Barrel is a gentle complimentary partner to the coffee and chocolate forward profile, but as such the maltwork is not allow to show off the roasty complexity as much as the original. Thought nose gave more complexity with barrel and base interaction with some warm caramel and wood aromas. Feel is warm, roasty, medium bodied, smooth and has good percolation
Apr 28, 2023
 
Rated: 4.42 by petewheeler from Maryland

Feb 26, 2023
 
Rated: 4.5 by bottmfeedr from Texas

Feb 20, 2023
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Reviewed by cjgiant from District of Columbia

4.25/5  rDev -4.3%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
2021 on tap in 2023:
Lovely pour at cellar temp, loads of head and lacing. Nearly overwhelming dark roast malt and coffee aroma, with bourbon barrel skipping to tertiary (it is 2 years old). I noticed it more in the aroma over time, it never much in the taste - maybe a hint in the late linger. The roast/coffee definitely comes through, though.
Feb 19, 2023
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Reviewed by jmdrpi from Pennsylvania

4.46/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
on draft

black in color, thin tan colored head. Huge bourbon aroma. Oak and vanilla is prominent overtop the coffee and dark chocolate flavors of the base beer. A little boozy in the finish. Super smooth feel
Feb 19, 2023
 
Rated: 4.5 by Ajlvt from Washington

Dec 15, 2022
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Reviewed by TooManyGlasses from Canada (AB)

4.34/5  rDev -2.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Bottled 2021-01-05, so close to two years of age on this - stored at cellar temp 60F.
Pours a clear black with thin brown head.
Aroma has notes of dark chocolate, dark fruit, coffee and bourbon.
Tastes more of bittersweet dark chocolate now, but not without a good bit of coffee, touch of vanilla; moderate bitterness and a hint of bourbon.
Medium full mouthfeel with brisk-ish carbonation - creamy and smooth - very nice.
Dec 04, 2022
 
Rated: 4.5 by kuhndog from New York

Nov 16, 2022
 
Rated: 4 by DruC4 from Michigan

Nov 12, 2022
 
Rated: 4.31 by AnyBeerULike from Canada (ON)

Oct 01, 2022
 
Rated: 4.37 by JakerLou from New Hampshire

Aug 05, 2022
 
Rated: 4.46 by MDDMD from Pennsylvania

Jul 30, 2022
Péché Mortel - Bourbon from Brasserie Dieu du Ciel!
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