Ommegang Abbey Ale

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

smelt like a squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag. flavour was definitely bulbous, though slow. combination of red winey acidity and super-estery pineapple lolly notes, or should i say chords cause they're all over the bloody thing. definitely out there - points for originality but not for enjoyability.

Pours light brown with a nice khaki head. Aroma is light fruit, banana, chocolate, raisins, and some yeast. Flavor is fizzy banana, raisin, light fruit, and some chocolate and orange peel. Interesting; sour orange comes out in the flavor as the beer warms.

Fills the glass as a dark brown with foamy head. Rich in its aroma of sweet malt and spicey yeast. Flavor reflects the very same with nice tocuhes of sugar and caramel. A real treat that i had been sleeping on for the longest time.

Brown appearance, with a tan frothy head. Not the kind of head that I expected. Spicy coriander in aroma, slight smell of yeast. Flavor is similar, but with alarming spiciness at the beginning. Alcohol afterburn. Good beer.

Dark red. Aroma of raisins, fruit, alcohol. One tasty beer that keeps your buds hopping from one flavor to another - the malts, the raisins, the honey. Good balance of sweet and bitter. The 8.5% alcohol is nicely hidden.

Robe rouge aux reflets bruns légèrement voilée surmontée d’une mousse beige épaisse en dentelle qui persiste. Arômes de levures, de pain, de caramel et d’alcool. Saveurs de cerises, de levures, d’alcool et de caramel.

Bottle. Poured brown with a creamy yellowish head that left a thin layer lasting and good lace. Aromas of fruits, caramel, and a licorice background. The flavor found a nice mix of fruit and malts with a light licorice background. Medium body, dry, lively carbonation. Enjoyable!!

I don’t know what it is with the Ommegang brews, but they’ve each held a bit of disappointment for me. Comparable to an Abbey dubbel, Ommegang was similar in every way to the style ... except the alcohol presence had a vaguely medinical quality to it that I found distasteful. Other than that, it was a pleasant enough brew.