Ommegang Abbey Ale

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

Huge head that lingers forever. Sweet and spicy aroma. Color was rich and purposeful. Could drink a lot of this stuff if it wasn’t almost $6! Overall - very good , worth trying.

Pours a deep an ruddy brown with a thin film of foam. No lacing. Sweet aroma, with some mild fruit, cork, and a faint scent of port wine. The initial sip is a bit on the dry side, with lightly toasted grain and, what’s this? Tequila? Yup tequila. Then caramel malt kicks in, and then it is full of stone fruit like cherry and dried plum. It finishes moderately spicy and sweet. Unusual - starting dry and ending sweet. Medium body and gently carbonated

Pours a dark brown that is still lets a fair amount of light through. The head is thick off white and plentiful with the correct pour. The nose is sweet with prunes and dark fruit. Touch of malt and hops in the background. Yeasty and sweet at the start. The brown sugar and malt continue through the middle to a long slow finish. A warmness of alcohol nips at the finish but not overwhelming despite its abv. Thick around the tougne with light carbonation. Very very nice. Another great brew from one of the best breweries in the east.

poured with a fantastic, foamy, frothy, textured, off-white to light tan head and infinite lace. Color is a lovely, clear coppery amber. Aroma is yeasty and malty. Flavor is dates, figs, raisins, and dark bread. Body is great as is carbonation. Finish ditto. Session beer??? mmmmm dunno

"Pour a dark ruby color with a nice fluffy head. Aroma was of dark fruit and spice. Had a spicy taste to it, but still sweet with a little malty taste to it as well. This is the 3rd ommegang i have had and they have it together. what a good beer."

This has an aroma infused with: fruit, yeast, roasted nuts/grain, caramel, malt, wheat, and toffee. It is mahogany in color with a thick light brown head. This rich beer moderately thick as it introduces itself with the tastes of wheat, yeast, and prunes/dates. The palate is also able to detect hints of fruit and nuts just before swallowing. The burnt biscuit aftertaste is mildly bitter.

On second tasting, was very impressed with the depth and diversity of this beer. It combines the coffee flavors of a good stout with fruity and malty overtones and solid flavor depth. This stuff held up to buffalo wings and kept its personality intact. An excellent job by the Belgians of Cooperstown.

Ruby red and fruity. I’d say more like a wine than a beer, but I’d only be indulging wine aficionados. This is clearly a stellar Belgian-style beer brewed in upstate New York. Maybe I’ve been drinking too many beers lately (if that’s possible) but I smelled (among the many layers of honey and fruit sweetness) cherry-limeade. This was smooth as silk and simply delightfully palatable. Fantastic!