Sampling All the Beers at Montreal’s Dieu Du Ciel!

As if I needed another reason to return to Montreal.

Ale, real ale (cask conditioned ale), and lagers are all served up here, and the variety depends on the season. It’s been a few months since my visit, but the patio was overflowing and Cailin and I were confined to a table in the corner. We ordered some grub–typical pub stuff with nachos and wings–and found ourselves a little overwhelmed by the brew choices. The pub actually has 100+ different flavours, although they’ll only have a handful (like 17) on tap at one time. They tend to switch up the menu daily, so each time you visit, there’s something new to try.

Here’s just a taste:

• Aphrodisiaque (Aphrodisiac): Cocoa and vanilla stout, probably the pub’s most popular drink
• Blanche du Paradis (Paradise White): Belgian wheat beer, label features a fair maiden…as in deathly pale
• Corne du Diable (Horn of the Devil): “Horn of the devil” is actually an interpretation for English India Pale Ale
• Derniere Volonte (Last Will): Blond Abbey-style beer, bottle conditioned
• Equinoxe du Printemps (Spring equinox): Very Canadian maple scotch ale…with 9.1% alcohol content
• Rigor Mortis (Rigor Mortis): The most intense of them all, at 10.5% alcohol content

I ordered the beer platter so I could have a healthy sampling of everything on the menu. The bartender unloaded the tray of miniature glasses filled with beer and named them all out automatically, without batting an eyelash. I was in a trance. I was in heaven. Oh, Montreal. I’ll be back!

If you visit, leave the car at home. With beers containing 10.5% alcohol, it doesn’t take long for even samples to hit hard.

Come early in spring/summer if you want a seat outside. Dieu du Ciel!
29, Avenue Laurier O Montreal, QC H2T 2N2, Canada
(514) 490-9555

Hours
Monday to Wednesday, 11:30 AM – 11 PM
Thursday and Friday, 11:30 AM – 2:30 AM
Saturday, 2 PM – 2:30 AM
Sunday, 2 PM – 11:00 PM