Ommegang Abbey Ale

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

750 mL brown bottle purchased from Home Service Beer Beverage Discount Center, Glenview, NY. ABV 8.5%. Hazy brown ale having a long lasting average tan head with good lacing. No discernable carbonation. Nice fruity and sweet malt aroma. Medium bodied that starts with a sweet malt with fruity and toffee flavors and finishes with a sweet malt flavor and tiny bitterness. This is an excellent drinkable Belgium ale.

Bottle... Poured a cloudy ruby with a great light brown head. Aroma of spices and figs. Roasted malt lend way to raisins or prune-like flavors. Alcohol was hardly present in the flavors making it very easy to drink. Hops are subtle but create a warming balance.

Pours a murky mahogany with a large white head. Nose is rich with sweet notes of fig and cherry followed by drier tones of butterscotch and toffee. Mouthfeel contains a lot of carbonation and strong alcohol presence. The flavor is very enjoyable with fluttering sweetness of changing character that is reined in a bit by the alcohol. Once again, a very nice Ommegang brew that succeeds in achieving the richness of Belgian masterworks if only to falter a little before a too noticeable alcohol content.

Pours a dark copper color with a light tan head. Aroma is of caramel, figs, toasted malts, chocolate, cherry, and a little alcohol. Light on the palate with the figs, cherries, and sweet malts up front giving way to the toasted malts, chocolate, and a slight hint of some tartness on the finish. Pretty delicious brew, probably not my favorite from Ommegang but all their brews are amazing.

Brown bottle, 12 ounces, purchased at Beers of the world (Rochester), via Karl Probst on Elvis’s death 2008, savoured on Sepetember 24 2008; eye: copper, clear, average effervescence, voluminous beige head that falls and turns into a tiny ring; no lacing; nose: molasses, candied fruits, liquorice, alcohol, light smoke, malt; mouth: molasses, candied fruits, alcohol warmth, malt remains present throughout the sip, spices, hops makes a surprise appearance just prior to the finale, juniper, velvety finale in caramel malt with a good presence of molasses and juniper, medium-full body, lightly sweet and bitter, creamy, foamy; overall: quite likable FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 12 onces, achetée chez Beers of the world (Rochester), via Karl Probst à la mort d’Elvis 2008, savourée le 24 septembre 2008; œil : cuivrée, claire, effervescence moyenne, mousse beige abondante qui tombe et se transforme en un petit anneau, pas de dentelle; nez : mélasse, fruits confits, réglisse, alcool, léger fumé, malt; bouche : mélasse, fruits confits, chaleur d’alcool, malt demeure toujours présent durant toute la gorgée, épices, houblon fait une apparition surprise juste avant la finale, genièvre, finale velouté en malt caramel avec une bonne présence de mélasse et genièvre, corps moyen-corsé, légèrement sucrée et amère, crémeuse, mousseuse; en résumé : bien aimé

Poured from the bottle a rich mahogany with a big brown head. Aroma was sweet dark fruits, malts, yeast, and a touch of chocolate. Flavor was sweet malts, with some cherry and prune notes all of this finished up with some caramel/toffee flavors. A great beer.

Bottle in the bar of the Back Bay Hilton Boston where we stopped Dec 05 there is a fantastic range of bottled beers in this hotel bar. This really was a superb beer dark deep reddy/brown colour med’ head loads of fruit and caramel and toffee tastes mmhhh smashing stuff this, wonderful.

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.