Ommegang Abbey Ale

Brewed by Brewery Ommegang (Moortgat)
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Cooperstown, New York USA

Bottle sampled at the Belgian tasting at Blacklick Wine & Spirits on 7/17/09. Pours brown with a big tan head. Nutty aroma with some Belgian yeast and caramel. Cloying sweet caramel flavor redeemed by a roasty and nutty finish.

bottle. mahogony pour with nice thin creamy tan head. nutty, floral hops, oak, apricot and raison, yeast, musky malt aroma. dark fruits, medium body, smooth. some lively carbonation. nutty, peppery bitter finish. slight tartness throughout. a bit of cardboard.

Cave-aged 750ml. bottle. Cloudy reddish brown color with a nice thick tan head. Nice mold growing on the cork and label. Fruity, spicy aroma with lots of fresh baked bread and caramel. Flavor was malty, bready goodness with dried fruits, caramel and pepper. While I doubt cave aging had anything to do with it, this beer was marvelous. The fact that it was a couple of years old probably made a big difference. I’ve had this a few times in the past but for some reason never rated it. I don’t remember it being nearly this good however. Maybe I should go and buy a bunch to sit on for a couple of years.

Christ,as soome as I opened this the aromas of Ripe bananas and spice bitch slapped me,Man awesome.Lots of candy in the buttery sugar form aka caramel.Heavy carbonation on the tongue which fizzles some of the flavor away but still this brew is pretty descent with the yeast strains and malts producing lotsa’ fruity sweetness.

Bottle. Pours dark ruby, off white head. Aroma is musty, fruity, grassy, malty. Flavor is fruit, caramel, grass, wheat. I’ve drank this beer since it first came out and I always wanted to like it more, but I just can’t.

Bottle. Dark copper pour with generous pillowy off-white head. Very sweet smell- malt, caramel, burnt sugar, cotton candy, and dates. A hint of sour wood on the nose, and also sometimes metallic notes. I swear this beer alternated between a few different distinct smells every third time I sniffed it, and occasionally the smell hit me as unpleasant. Similar on the palate. Sometimes it hit right, but sometimes it just felt too sweet or metallic. Haven’t had a double in awhile, and I know they’re not typically very yeasty, but I just kept wanting something to funk it up just a bit. A very nice beer, though.

Bottle: Pours a good looking deep brownish red with a good sized tan head with a small amount of lacing. Aroma: fruit, lots of malt, raisins, honey. Flavor: Alcohol is very present in the beginning, sweet malt, towards the middle of the bottle it gets much more pleasant, creamy, even some chocolate and wine like qualities. Commercial description describes this beer pretty accurately. Good.

Dark red-brown pour with good sized head that has great lacing. Nose is darker pitted fruits, nuts, yeast with a sweetness as well. Flavor is caramel, cherry, spice and some raisins.