Ommegang Chocolate Indulgence

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

Pours a dark choclatey color, with a slight brown head. Strong aroma of malt and chocolate. Sweet flavor with hints for coffee and chocolate, and drinkable, not as much flavor as I expected. But good overall.

On tap at Capones. Pours a deep brown bordering on black with a medium creamy tan lacing head. Aroma of milk chocolate, vanilla, nuts, lightly roasted malts and some fruit esters. Flavor of caramel, milk chocolate, roasted malt, some nuts, a touch of bitterness and vanilla.

750ml bottle courtesy of MrBendo. Pour is black with ruby highlights and a one inch tan head. Head had decent retention. Aroma of cocoa and dark chocolate roasted malt. I also detect some earthy vegetable notes as well. An interesting nose, to be certain. Taste has more of an old coffee taste then the cocoa chocolate. In fact, the chocolate was barely perceptible in the taste. A little bit on the bland side. Palate was pretty thin, certainly not as big as expected. Finish is dry and chalky. This was drinkable, but not terribly exciting. Was more or less a straight forward Dry Stout to me.

(on bottle, thanx to thewolf) Pitch(!) black, tan head. The aroma of chocolate is very strong and dominating, still light, like milkchocolates. Burnt toast balances very good and there are also a layer of yeast. A funny beer and plays with the concept of chocolate, but rather single minded in that aspect.

Poured into my Ommegang 10th anniversary glass. Color is about as close to black as it gets while still being brown. Fluffy tan head leaves blotchy lacing all over the glass. Smell is chocolaty and biscuity, maybe similar to those chocolate graham crackers. Flavor is closer to cocoa than the dark chocolate of most stouts. There’s also an oat note, and a faint metallic note. Finish is dry and mildly bitter. A bit faint overall however. As you’d expect for a beer fermented with Belgian yeast, this beer is exquisitely smooth and well-attenuated. Bone dry on the tongue. Body is a bit too light for a stout, but that just makes this beer more similar to mousse than fudge. Drinkability is great.

Bottle. Pours a pitch black colour with a nice creamy light brown head. Aroma of bitter chocolate, yeast and softly roasted malt. Good filling mouthfeel. Flavour of roasted malt, nice chocolate and some dark fruits. Thaaaank you thewolfy!

Bottle @ thewolf tasting.
[thank you, SecretSanta]
Pours pitch black, wonderful creamy beige head. Great lacing on my glass. Aroma is chocolate, lightly roasted malts, prunes, coffee and notes of Belgian yeast. Light and low carbonated. Flavour is wonderfully dry, dark chocolate. Some roasted notes amongst some yeast. Soft, velvety and great.

Pours pitch black with a thick head. Aroma of dark chocolate and...chocolate. Tatse has addistional notes of coffee and roasted malt. Has a bitter finish. Thick mouthfeel. Good stout, but doesn’t quite live up to the name.