Ommegang Ommegeddon

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

Cloudy yellow similar to hefe. Sweet smell. First taste was of alcohol but this was quickly maked by sweetness and fruitiness. Quite drinkable. The 25 oz. bottle is more thann enough for an evening’s enjoyment. Another in a line of quallity offerings from Ommegang.

Bottle. Pours a slightly cloudy straw color with a thin white head. Nice lightly fruity aroma with a slight touch of funk, no real acidic smells. Taste is very dry up front, with some funk coming in after the dryness hits the palate. Although the funk component is light, it compliments the malt base well. The spice component is subtle but tasty. A good saison, will try to age another one longer.

From the first batch that I’ve been ageing for seven months. Broke in my new super-mega-special Sam Adams beer glasses to try this beer with. It is a pale cloudy yellow color with a lingering faint slick of a head. Spicy/straw aroma with faint yeasty smell in there as well. Very clean mouthfeel with a lingering puckery-ness in the mouth after the swallow. One of the better saisons that I’ve had. Not sure about the mushroom cloud on the label though.

750ml, batch 1 from June. Waited to try this in hopes of picking up some funkiness. Pours light, cloudy golden color with a tremendousy rocky white head that leaves substantial thick lace down the entire glass. Aroma is spicy, lemon, a bit of pepper, slightly toasty and biscuity. Brett is mildly present in the aroma, reminding me of a subdued Jolly Pumpkin or Fantome. It’s definitely there but not as much as I would have hoped. Taste is super dry, highly drinkable with the alcohol incredibly well hidden. Slightly bready malts and a little bit of peppery zing in the flavor as well. This is pretty good and one of the better American saisons I’ve had. If I weren’t expecting a little more funkiness I think this would have impressed me even more. I think this will be better with more time.

Bouteille 750ml, courtoisie de Hogtownharry. De couleur jaune et voilée. Nez de levures sauvages et fruitées (citron, traces de bananes et de poires), légèrement épicé (cannelle, muscade, traces de poivre) et houblonné (floral, notes herbeuses). Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement élevé et une texture moyennement crémeuse. Goût de levures sauvages fruitées léger-moyen sûres aux notes acides (agrumes et zest, surtout du citron, léger de pommes, traces de poires, de mangues et de bananes) accompagné d’un léger goût épicé (muscade, notes de cannelle) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût moyennement amer de houblon floral et légèrement herbeux (présent jusqu’en finale) ainsi qu’un goût malté de biscuits au miel, de pain et de faibles notes de sucre bonbon puis en finale l’on retrouve un moyen goût de levures épicées (poivre) asséchantes accompagné d’un goût de houblon légèrement plus herbeux ainsi que des notes de fromage vieilli et d’alcool. Post-goût long et sec, moyennement amer de levures et de houblon floral et légèrement herbeux, légèrement fruité (pelures de pommes, zest d’agrumes) avec de faibles notes boisées.

750 ml bottle from FrumtyDumpty! Batch 1 June 2007; Nose of yeast, light sopices, and very lioght horseblanket notes; hazy gold with a big white head; flavor is light tartness, nutmeg, cinnamon, yeast, and light peppery spiciness.

(sample from irishboy.batch #1june 2007)murky yellow with a small white head.aroma is dusty dried fruit,hay,and belgian yeast.the flavor is full of pepper spice,cinnamon,all spice,and hay.nice brew but wheres the brett?RE-RATE ON 3-16-09.ok now the brett has started to come out.giving the brew a nice funky twist.

Bottle Batch 1. This is a rating for two different bottles. The first one was opened and tasted in July 2007. A very young bottle as the funk was not ready yet. Very dry and earthy. A tad harsh and the flavor seemed to be all over the place. Bottle 2 was opened in January 2008. The funk has had time to grow. So very subtle, the brett is present giving a unique flavor to the original tasting. The dryness has almost completely disappeared and the hops have mellowed. All in all this is so freaking drinkable.