Ommegang Abbey Ale

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

A fantastic American surprise as far as Belgian style Ales are concerned. It has a plethora of tastes that can only be described as vegetable with a taste that supplements the alcohol content which is just right in this beer. The aftertaste is equally as impressive. Fantastic overall.

Delicious. Good size brownish red head that even tastes great. Once you get to the dark amber liquid though, it’s a real treat. Taste of cherries was most prominent for me, but not overpowering. I did note the chocolate and caramel too. I got two of these in my beerswap, and will be buying an entire case very soon.

Had the “cave aged” bottle at Blind Tiger Ale House in Manhattan. Sixteen bucks. It’s a deep red with a nice thick head. I’ve aged this beer in my apartment before, and its usual flavor intensified then, but this takes it to another level entirely. The cave-aged version has a perfumey aroma and a much richer, fruitier flavor. It’s quite strongly alcoholic and very satisfying. Goes very well with chocolate. Thoroughly enjoyed this.

Ommegang is an Abbey Dubble by style, and it is very interesting and delicious one. All of Brewery Ommegang’s beers are brewed with spices, and Ommegang contains spices including coriander, star anise, and even the rare African spice grains of paradise. The brewery likes to call this a burgundian beer, as it shares many traits of burgundy wine, and works exceptionally well with red meats, game, cheeses, and a number of dishes you would match a good burgundy wine with. Ommegang pours to a beautiful, bright, burgundy red color with a thick and creamy white head, and a good bit of carbonation. The nose on this beer is very impressive with lots of aromas of chocolate, malt, estery aromas of fruit, yeast, and peppery alcohol. The palate on this beer is complex and layered with lots of good sweet malt and chocolate flavors, plummy fruit, and hints of toffee and raisin. Ommegang finishes with more of those complex and delicious malt and fruit flavors up front, then ends with some good yeasty and peppery alcohol flavors that linger. This is a complex, delicious, very well done example of an Abbey Dubble, from an outstanding NY brewery. At 8.5% abv, Ommegang is the type of beer to share and relax with. As stated, it is an excellent beer to pair with a number of dishes, ranging from a cheese course, to meats, to a rich desert. Marketed in 750ml caged and corked bottles and 12 oz 4 pack bottles, Ommegang is well worth seeking out in markets where it is sold. If you ever find yourself in and around Cooperstown, NY, a tour of this beautiful country brewery is well worth the time and effort to find.

This beer is so good especially when considering the price...it pours a very attractive red copper color, full tan head with good retention, complicated aroma, a layered and complex taste: fruits, raison, hints of chocolate, spice, smoke; a clean neat finish - if it was slightly smoother with a stronger finish it would have been a perfect score for me

(12 oz bottle poured into trappist glass) Poured a deep brown/mahogany color with beautiful head and lacing. Aroma reminiscent of sugary fruit and toffee. The sweet aroma does not disappoint as the taste brings forward a nice caramel note with a great malt sweetness. Finishes crisp with a slightly bitter note, but overall an excellent mouthfeel and predinner compliment to cheese, or (as I had it) a beautiful compliment to chocolate cake!

Style and Glass: Abbey Dubbel, Trappist ABV, Volume & Calories: 8.5% in 2 fl oz. estimated at 50C Purchased at: Joe Canal’s Lawenceville, NJ for $0 at a tasting event Aroma: Well done Belgian style. Scent of cloves, spices, anise, oak, age, mold, and alcohol. Visuals: Beautiful packaging,nice tan head, sticky lace, and a deep mahogany body. Taste: Well balanced, fruit, oak, wood, anise, great layered flavors. Very well done. Palate: Fruit juice texture, beautiful long lasting deep dark, earthy flavor. Overall: A very well done American version of the style. I’d have it again. Very nice especially for the price. Address : <http://beercritic.wordpress.com/2009/01/23/omm Visited: Thu Jan 22 2009 23:31:56 GMT-0500 (EST)

An excellent abbey ale from an outstanding brewery. It pours a dark burgundy color with a thick white head. The body is dark and hazy, full of wonderful flavor and aromas. The aroma is filled with caramel malts, fruit and spice, as well as an alcohol kick in the nose. The palate is full and the alcohol has a nice warming quality to it. Favors of sweet caramel, dried dark cherries, prune, and yeast dance on the tongue. These favors mingle for a time and finish slowly. Ommegang is grate as it is and could be even better with cellaring.