Ommegang Chocolate Indulgence

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

Dark brown/black color; Medium to heavy creamy body; Aroma of malt, chocolate, and some toffee; Flavor of roasted malt, chocolate, and some caramel with light coffee overtones; A hint of bitterness; Not quite the chocolate taste I was expecting; Overall though, this is a pretty good brew - I did enjoy it.

Aroma of hops and chocolate emanate from this dark and well carbonated brew, however the chocolate flavor is much less prevalent than I had anticipated from a beer named chocolate indulgence. Chocolate indulgence does have a thick inviting head that brings forth the very image of a decadent chocolate desert with its tanned creamy appearance. I will say that I had imagined something more like a young’s double chocolate stout with an obvious chocolate overtone. Although this is certainly not like the aforementioned it is also not any less of a beer!

Had this on daft a while back and it was a lot better. this time it was poured with a very nice light tan head and plenty of lace. Aroma was faintly bittersweet and of cocoa. Flavor is less than the aroma would have you think. Body is ok. There’s not a whole lot here. Shallow. Strange, because the draft version I had a while back was so rich. Finish is fairly short and forgettable. Maybe it was an off bottle or batch.

Bottle. Poured black with a medium dark brown head. Aroma was full of malts with an undertone of dark bitter chocolate. Flavor was malty as well with the chocolate lying underneath. Was expecting the chocolate to be more prevalent.

A nice chocolatey/coffeeish beer with which to finish a holiday meal--if you can’t get Utopias. Better yet, have both. I found it to be very pleasant to the taste and very smooth on the palate. Its flavor improved as it warmed. Nice to give as a gift to a lover of good beer--especially a stout/porter person. But infinitely better to receive...

10th anniversary bottle purchased at the brewery. An impressive pour of dark chocolate brown with a nice, fluffy tan head. The aroma is that of tootsie rolls and flavors of chocolate, some vanilla, roasted malts and yeast. This beer is smooth, soft and velvety. A delicious beer with more hints of dark chocolate than a chocolate beer which to me is a great thing. Nice finish of bitter chocolate.

10th September 2008. A light stout - very light. Barely there toasted malt. Very light chocolate. A minerally finish. Very drinkable but not what was expected. Not that chocolately and not the sumptuos beer I was hoping for. Somewhat underwhelmed!

750mL bottle. Pours deep brown, almost black, with a big dark brown head. The aroma is sour and smokey with a dusting of cocoa powder. The flavor is sour up front with huge dark roasted malts that flows smoothly into dark chocolate with a. Big smokey finish.