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This isn't a heavy stout, it's quite lite and consuming more than one pint wouldn't be taxing at all. The oatmeal part is not overwhelming, providing a subtle flavour more than overpowering the rest\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "beer"","block_context":{"text":"beer","link":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/category\/beer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2983,"url":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/03\/brasserie-dieu-due-ciel-peche-mortel\/","url_meta":{"origin":2852,"position":2},"title":"Brasserie Dieu due Ciel! Peche Mortel","author":"Stewart Smith","date":"2012-06-03","format":false,"excerpt":"It's from Canada, not France. Although it's certainly from a more French part of Canada. This was a nice imperial coffee stout. The coffee flavour was not overwhelming in any way, it was this nice pervasive hint . 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