Ommegang Chocolate Indulgence

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

Pours dark brown with a large, cookie-brown head. Awesome roasty, toasty, chocolaty nose with just a touch of Belgian spice. The flavor is decadent semi-sweet chocolate through and through. It gets somewhat smoky on the finish, which is too quick to disappear. Good stuff.

Bottled. Pours opaque, black, with a brown foamy head that left a persistant lace film on the glass. The nose was roasty and malty, with definitie cocoa notes. Flavor was chocolate, roasted malt, and sweet coffee. The finish was dry, with a thin, mildly carbonated mouthfeel.

Decent sized brown head of fine bubbles. Light carbonation. Nice and chocolaty aroma. Milk chocolate, sweet malts, molasses and some roastyness. Color is a very dark chocolaty brown. Mild chocolate in the flavor. Lots of roasted grains, some herbal flavors (parsley) and a dry bitterness late swallow. A quick blast of metallic precedes each sip. Normally this dissipates after a couple of sips but this is tending to stick around for a while. Light coffee also. Finishes dry and chocolaty with some lingering herbal spicy notes. I realize that this is a "belgian" stout but this combination of flavors and textures is not appealing to me. Ommegang is a fantastic brewer and I usually love their stuff but this is not one of their better brews. Maybe after it wams a bit I will revisit the rating.

In the bomber bottle from Gravity in Olympia WA. Black in color with a medium-thick dark beige head. Intense chocolate aroma that also has some interesting smokiness. The chocolate stout-like flavor is clearly dominant, but I had expected a bigger mouthfeel and a creamier palate filled with explosions of chocolate for the $13 price tag.

This is good stuff. Not real strong in the chocolate, neither in the nose nor flavor, but it’s there and the subtelty is quite nice. Smooth and tasty.

750mL Bottle: Pours black w/ a massive brown head. The head slowly dissolves leaving rocky peaks & some great lacing behind. Licorice & roasted malts in the aroma w/ some chocolate hanging faintly in the background. First taste: Heavy roasted malts, creamy, kind of smokey too. Also picking up some sort of fruit in the background. Prunes maybe? Very dry finish. More chocolate in the aroma as it warms. The mystery fruit now seems more cherry cordial like. Nice sipping beer, no need to hurry here. Sit back, relax & enjoy this one.

Deep mahogany color beer with a big, foamy brown head that left sheets of lace on the glass. Nose does not have the obvious chocolate that some beers have, but does have a sublte chocolate and roasted grain nose. My initial impression was that this is one roasty stout. Strong roasted malts with well proportioned chocolate underneath. Almost a dark chocolate. Creamy mouthfeel. This is not nearly as chocolaty as the Southern Tier, but may be a better balanced beer. Very nice beer.

On tap at Capital Ale House - Innsbrook on 08/25/2008. Dry cocoa, molassas, caramel aroma. Fruit and chocolate flavor, chocolate covered cherry. Medium full body with moderate carbonation. 03/14/2008: Dark black body with a medium creamy tan head. Sweet milk and chocolate aroma. Rich roasted malt and chocolate flavor. Smooth creamy finish. Full body with low carbonation.