Ommegang Chocolate Indulgence

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

2007 Vintage

10/04/2009: Ommegang Chocolate Indulgence... Aroma: Chocolate and hints of vanilla, coffee, and roasted malt; even a little smoke/char. Appearance: Deep, dark brown, opaque color with three fingers of dense and creamy tan-colored hard; inkblot-like lacing; some portion of a head/crown lasts from beginning to end. Flavor: Smooth Belgian chocolate in the front, then some dark fruits (blackberry?), roasted malts, nuts, coffee, and smoke; from the middle to the finish there is some weird alcohol presence and something not quite sour, but definitely out of place that greatly distracts from the overall flavor and drinking experience... Palate: Medium-full to full body; milky texture; smooth, creamy, and mellow. Overall: Aroma definitely delivers chocolate, but not so much in the flavor (definitely not enough to cause my wife to like it); still fairly solid overall; possibly best when fresh...

1 pt 9.4 fl. oz. corked and caged bottle (Alc./Vol. 7%) from ross via trade. Thanks Ross! Rating #585 for this beer.

I guess my cheap butt expected more for $13. I will stick to Youngs when a chocolate crave hits. This is not bad just lacks depth in flavor....not much chocolate going on.

DØE Valby 09. Pours black with a light brown head. Aroma is dark malt, coffee, chocolate and light liquorish. Flavour is dark malt, chocolate and coffe. light acidic aftertaste.

2007 bottle I believe. Pours a very dark brown with no clarity to the light, notable sediment and a dark beige, pillowy, a little foamy, and moderately full head which is somewhat lasting and leaves a bit of scattered Belgian lace. Nose is pleasant but not overly exciting, notes of creamy cocoa, light bakers chocolate, mild espresso roast, a bit of burnt dark sugars, and some almost burnt wood notes. Flavor is similar with more bakers’ chocolate, light dry cocoa, very light crushed pecan notes, mild espresso with a moderate bitterness and decent acidity, lightly burnt dark sugars, and some earthy, moderately light hop bitterness. Palate is nice with a moderately full, nearly lively, velvety and drying feel. Finishes with some dryness and bitterness from the espresso notes and the burned notes but also some chocolate and pecan notes finish the beer in an average finish. While decadent is not the word I would use to describe this one, it is quite complex, very balanced between chocolate, bitterness, and other dark malt tones. A lovely beer to drink but lacks the richness, overall depth, or prominent chocolate sweetness of great chocolate beers. Certainly not very Belgian in any sense but still quite nice.

Draft @ redlight redlight. Pours a dark brown/black with a slight tan head. Nose of chocolate, roast and cocoa powder. Flavor is roast, burnt, a little acrid, more cocoa powder and a slight bitterness at the finish. Thin body, slightly creamy.

Tap at redlight. Very dark brown almost black. Has very strong chocolate malts with a bitter coffee smell. The taste had much more hops in it, which I liked. Still alot of dark chocolate and spicy cocoa. Nice.

Sampled at a craft beer tasting at Curly’s Bar and Grill in Glen Ellyn, IL. as part of the dessert course. Poured a black/brown with a modest, dark tan, foamy head and spotty lacing. The aroma with definately roasty, with mocha notes as pressed coffee and baker’s chocolate. The flavor was similar, adding a moderate hop bitterness and smooth malt. A creamy mouthfeel and lightly dry at the finish.

Bottle. Pours a very dark brown almost black color with a small tan head. Has a sweetish roasted malty chocolate aroma with some hints of coffee. Has a sweetish roasted malty caramel and chocolate flavor with some weak hints of coffee. Has a sweetish roasted malty chocolate finish.