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Ommegang Ommegeddon 3.67 597

Ommegang Ommegeddon

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94
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bottled
common

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5973.68/5.03.67/5.0Special8%89.5Tulip
Commercial Description:
Belgian pale & pilsner malts w/ Styrian Golding for bittering and Saaz for aroma. Ginger predominates the spicing. Fermented in primary with Ommegang's house yeast, followed by secondary with Brettanomyces bruxellensis. Dry-hopped in secondary w/ a blend of hops; Tettnang being the stand-out. The flavor profile is very herbal with an earthy undertone (very fitting for a Belgian-style farmhouse ale). The dry finish and pronounced hop aromas hide the 8% abv very well. Dangerously drinkable for its strength and character.
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 Alldaydrinker (558), Norwood, Massachusetts, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Feb 14, 2008  
Cellared for 6 months. Pours a cloudy particulated golden color with small foamy white head. Nose of pear, earthy hops and bretty yeast in the background. Initial taste is fruity with mainly pear and horseblanket. Mid palate displays bretty yeast funk that very tasty. Palate finishes with spicey bitter hops that coats the mouth nicely. Palate duration is awesome. Mild dry finish. Good head retention and some lacing of the glass.


 emerica56 (585), Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/516/20
Feb 14, 2008  
Pours a cloudy orange with some yeast suspended in it. The aroma is very strong with lots of bready yeast funk also some nice fruits notes mainly pineapple and pear. The flavor has a strong initial hop bitterness followed by some fruit flavors. I really enjoy the spice that coats your mouth with that bready funky yeast that sits on your tounge. this is a really interesting beer it has every element a bitter initial taste with a smoth fruity finish and that yeast funk in between.


 JMerritt (1322), Macomb, Illinois, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Feb 13, 2008  
Hazy yellow with a medium-sized egg-white head. Sour yeasty aroma, some slight cookie-dough and musty basement notes. Very lightly sour flavor, followed vanilla cookie maltiness and dry, semi-metallic and slightly alcoholic finish. Sweet straw and hay notes after immediate aftertaste. I honestly was expecting more sour Brett punch than this offering delivered.


 JoeinUccle (911), Brussels, Belgium
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Feb 13, 2008  
Pours hazy yellow with white, fluffy head. Nice lacing. Nose is very lemony and yeasty, slightly floral... like a lemony Orval. Flavor is fairly bitter, but the bitterness is rough, almost chemically clean. Slightly tart. Lacks some grainy, malty depth for a saison. An odd beer. It was nice but my expectations were higher.


 natedoggkc (164), Lenexa, Kansas, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/517/20
Feb 12, 2008  
Pours a straw/gold color with a fair foamy head. Smell of Brett, hops, and some spice. Taste of citrus, yeast, with a slight sourness to it. Pretty dang good.


 Boutip (2390), Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Feb 11, 2008  
Bottle courtesy of Hogtownharry: Poured a light golden yellow color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma consists of light Brett with some very minor notes of horse blanket. Taste is also dominated by some light sour notes with some Brett notes and light horse blanket notes. Body is quite full with some good carbonation. What a big disappointment from the rave reviews I was reading 2 or 3 years ago. Brett character is really too subtle and hops presence was not as I was expecting it.


 gotbeach (138), San Diego, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/516/20
Feb 10, 2008  
Amber color with no head. Wild yeast and fruit dominated the smell and taste of this beer. The finish was dry and a bit abrupt.


ahalloin (54), Arlington, Virginia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Feb 9, 2008  
This beer pours a yellowish-gold color with a generous head and thick lacing that sticks around for quite a while. The aroma is thick with Belgian yeast with some hops. The mouth feel is medium with quite a bit of "bite" from the hops at the nose. The finish is somewhat more herbal but a bit unbalanced against the hoppy nose.



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