Ommegang Abbey Ale

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

750 ml fresh bottle. Cloudy amber color with a decent sized head. Nice aromas of dough, grape peel, toffee and caramel. Taste is smooth with the right amount of carbonation. Flavors of chocolate and banana, bubble gum and caramel. Wonderfully complex a much different beer fresh than aged. Both are good.

Re-rate.Corked 750 ml bottle. Pours out in a pale brown amber appearance topped with a rich lasting off-white foam. Fruity and yeasty aroma of figs, sweet cherries, almonds and black currant red apples with undertones of chocolate, mild black pepper, fudge and brown sugar. Full yeasty flavour of fudge, brown sugar, luxury chocolate, almonds and nuts with notes of crackers and yeast dried cherries. Silky smooth body. Long finish of yeast brown sugar, fudge, figs and milky chocolate.Truly a classy brew, if a bit sweet. Another great beer from Cooperstown

Bottle. Must've got a little warm, because this opened with a gusher. Fortunately, I saved most of it. A thin, fizzy head under a dark brown body. Has a deep, rich taste of molasses or brown sugar, with subtle spiciness and tart highlights. Carbonation gives it kind of a champagne-like texture. It's winey-sweet without being cloying, and I also get notes of slow charries and raisins. Pouring in the sediment from the bottom adds an impression of grape tannins. Very finely done.

Pours a dark reddish brown color with a creamy white head. Smells of dark cherries,plums,spices,raisins,caramel,toffee and yeast. Taste is faintly sweet toffee/caramel with strong dark fruity flavors. Black cherries,honey and bread can be detected in the taste. Excellent overall.

Big alcohol fruity aroma, clody dark brown. Rich and fruity complex flavor. Bitterness and alcohol in finish.

bottle from 207th street warehouse wow, deep red brown color fluffy head, complex fruity smell,dryish mouthfeel kinda sweet but not overpowering. very good.

Pours brown with ruby highlights, with a light tan head that leaves a full parallel lacing on the glass. One of the most attractive belgians I’ve ever seen. Nose is vinous grapes, spices, and butterscotch. Flavor is excellent, smooth and sweet. Sweet dry grapes and butterscotch candy. The finish is dry enough to remind you you’re drinking a world-class beer, rather then a belgian milkshake. Alcohol? What alcohol? Creamy palate. This beer is easily on par with the top true belgians. I found it even better crafted than the highly-respected Chimay Bleu. A true gem, and an incredible value. I can’t wait to try the cave-aged bottle in my cellar.

Maybe I am wrong but I always thought of this as the benchmark for all other dubbels. Licorice, figs and plums and outstanding even nicer with some age on it. Page 345 of Michael Jackson’s Great Beer Guide and only 305 out of his 500 Classic Brews to go.