Ommegang Chocolate Indulgence

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

Aroma is that of cocoa nibs and nuts. Upon tasting, the nutty component becomes much more apparent, outweighing the cocoa. Good beer.

Pours black, like dark bakers chocolate with a soft tan head. At first sip this beer was to cold, at that temp the beer was very metallic. As the beer warms the sharp metallic notes fade and the rich chocolate falvors show. Light and thinner palate dont’ allow this one to coat the palate well. The chocolate pairs with a raisin fruitiness, the finish is bitter with a almost burnt chocolate roastiness. This beer was good, but I was expecting a bit more from it with a name like it has.

Bouteille 750ml, courtoisie de Hogtownharry. De couleur noire et opaque. Nez de chocolat noir et léger de chocolat au lait (notes lactiques), de malt rôti, léger de café et de levures fruitées (notes de prunes et de cerises noires) ainsi que des petites notes de pain rôti. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture crémeuse aux petites notes sirupeuses. Goût de levures légèrement fruitées (léger de prunes, notes de cerises noires et traces de raisins) accompagné d’un moyen goût de crème brûlée (légèrement lactique) et des notes de vanille lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût amer de malt rôti (faibles notes brûlées), de chocolat noir, moyen de chocolat au lait et avec des notes de pain grillé ainsi que des traces de caramel puis progressivement vient se rajoute un léger goût de café jusqu’en finale, où l’on retrouve également un léger goût de houblon herbeux et d’alcool très doux ainsi que des traces d’épices (poivre). Post-goût long et un peu sec, moyennement amer de rôti, de chocolat noir, moyen de café, léger de houblon herbeux et avec des notes d’alcool doux.

Bottle thanks to beerbill. Pours a dark brown swirling body with a nice beige head. The aroma is moslty chocolate, also some roasted malts. The taste is pretty smooth; creamy rich chocolate, some roasted malts, and perhaps some fruit. Really quite nice, drinkable and a good beer to introduce to those who would not like the heavier Imperials.

25.4 oz bottle-A pitch black body with a head that resembles chcolate milk but a little darker. Aroma of coffee and chocolate with a little yeast and smoke. Taste of this full bodied brew comes across with the same but the chocolate coming out more than the aroma but not a sweet chcolate along with some roasted flavor. A little light for a stout but still darn tasty.

Bottled with Pete. Pitch black. Aroma and flavor are pretty straight forward. Milk chocolate leaning way towards the sweet side. Ends with a tad bit dry, which it really needs. An enjoyable beer, but a bit too thin and watered down to be a stout that I can get really excited about. It’s almost funny how far I’ve come when I can say a 7% stout is "watery" and "thin" . . . thank God for beer!!!!

On tap at Hamilton’s. Pours with a dark brown to black body topped by a medium thick tan head with some lacing left behind. It’s malty and roasty with nice underlying chocolate notes and a bit of sweetness. Full bodied and relatively smooth with a slight underlying warmth.

Bottle. dark brown beer with a tan head. light roasty, spicy aroma with chocolate. Roasty flavor with chocolate, coffee, yeast, and a bit of spice. Medium body. Chocolate and yeast linger with some roast. Nice and very drinkable. Alcohol well hidden.