Ommegang Ommegeddon

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

The aroma is mostly funk, esters, and spice with a touch of sweet with a hint of hop if you look for it. The flavor is much crisper and dryer than I anticipated with a dash of alcohol warmth as well as a hint of metal. Overall I liked the aroma better than the flavor.

Batch #1, June 2007 750ml bottle courtesy of pimpp, thank you. The label deserves honorable mention for being hardcore and I love it but at the same time nuclear weapons need to be abolished. I have actually been looking forward to this due to my newfound love of the sour, the funk, and my previous experience with Ommegang. Funkhouse ale with brettanomyces sounds delicious. The color is a pale, cloudy yellowish orange with a small head. It smells like funky sour fruits and is very good. The taste has a funk tartness that hits the back of my mouth beautifully, mmmm. Some grassy flavor and just a really nice, enjoyable taste. There is a slight dryness at the end that is perfect. ISO? Update 04/09/08 The smell seems more peppery and spicy with a grassy, slight hay smell. The flavor is not as sour as I remember which doesn’t make sense. There is still a tartness but it is more mellow and it wasn;t strong to begin with. There is a little bit of a lemony flavor and this is definitely still dry. The second glass is a little more tasty than the first and I did let the bottle breathe at least 20 minutes. Still, I wish it was a little more sour. A:4 S:3.5 T:3.5 M:4 D:4 Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 12-22-2007 02:14:16

Bottle. Clear gold pour with a medium white head. Citrusy lemon aroma with plenty of tartness. Tart lemon and wild yeast flavor with a bitter finish. Not bad, but a bit one-dimensional.

Batch 1. This was all right, no better than Hennepin. I’d love to try one of the newer batches. This poured a fairly clear blonde with a nice white head. The aroma was spicy, sort of funky, with some hay. Flavor was spicy with some funk, a little fruitiness and was refreshingly dry. Seemed kind of basic, but enjoyable none the less.

Bottled. Light golden coloured. Unclear. Dense off white head. Sweetness, light sourness, light ripe fruits in the aroma. Flavour is sweetish, fruity, light sour and right spiced. Medium to full bodied. Dry. Has a fruity light sour end. Quite nice and drinkable.

Bottle. Pours hazy yellow with a small lacing white head. Fresh aromas with notes of citrus fruit, coriander, flowers, pepper and yeast. Dry and crisp flavour with notes of herbs, wheat, apples and yeast. Pretty average. Too exspensive.

Shakeyfest 09. Batch 1. Thanks Andy! Pretty boring really. Little bit of alcohol-slightly too much. Hint o’ brett. Kinda fruity. Really rather basic.

Appearance is golden, slightly hazy with a white head. Aroma is slight, somewhat sweet with a bit of yeast thrown in. Taste is spicy with a sweet but dry finish. Nice a crisp but with some substance as well, yeast is also fairly predominant. Overall, a very pleasant beer, not overpowering but very interesting.