My road to Dieu du Ciel might be compared to Peter's denying Christ 3 times or Saul's conversion on the road to Damascus (see below).
There is a wide selection of beer styles on tap.
You get spoiled with a choice of pint, half pint, or six ounce pours.
I first tried an ale brewed with forest herds for winter which was way more palatable and balance d then I would have expected. I also tried a buckwheat ale that was more spicy than I expected. At first I thought the two beers has been switched at pour. I moved on to an imperial black IPA that I mistook to be an imperial coffee stout.
Lots of great surprising brews here. At least one cask ale.
Visiting from California I wanted to try some outstanding Quenecois/ Montrealer breweries. I first found Dieu du Ciel on http://www.beeradvocate.com as one of the top rated breweries in Montreal. I jotted down the name in a long list of things to do on my trip.
I then asked a tour guide on my trip what to check out in Mile End and he said Dieu du Ciel. This time I bookmarked it in Yelp.
That night I had dinner at Lawrence and popped up my bookmarks to see what was nearby and lo and behold Dieu du Ciel was a bloc away.