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Ommegang Rare Vos

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bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
9563.56/5.03.56/5.06.5%95.7Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
Rare Vos is flemmish for "Sly Fox," and the name of one of Brussels’ great cafes. It has a sweetly fruity malt character and yeasty spiciness. A fine dose of yeast permits the beer to mature and mellow in the bottle.
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 drjay44 (792), Salida, Colorado, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/512/20
Aug 9, 2008  
750 ml., Exhuberant head, very long lasting, nice coloration, mild nose, well balanced flavors, but mild to my palate. I don’t get the spiceness mentioned by others. My least favored of the three Ommegangs I have had. Interestingly, when I made sure to get all the yeast, the complexity, not unexpectedly, went way up.


 ekstedt (2440), Göteborg, Sweden
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/515/20
Aug 7, 2008  
Bottle (75 cl) at Haket, Göteborg, Sweden. Beautiful amber to mahogny colour, large off-white head. Fruity aroma with peaches apricots, and tangerine, some spicy notes as well. Medium bodied and smooth mouthfeel. Good balance, perhaps a bit short finish.


DarkBeer (47), Ohio, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/105/515/20
Aug 6, 2008  
Amber-red in the glass. Nice head lasts a while. Bready in the taste and body, which I like. Some spiciness, too; coriander notes, maybe. Nicely balanced beer, and another fine product from Ommegang.


 AllAboutStout (605), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Aug 4, 2008  
Pours amber in color with reddish hues. An impressive two inch head forms on the pour and manages to stick around for awhile. Smell is yeasty, bready and a bit musty. Taste is more of they yeasty and bready experience, but there’s a slight metallic flavor as well. Not sure where that is coming from. Very highly carbonated. I’ll let this one sit for awhile and warm up, hopefully the carbonation will die down a bit. Decent beer, but not overly complex by any means.


 rlgk (3377), Vårgårda, Sweden
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 1, 2008  
Bottle at Bishops Arms, Norrköping, Sweden. Hazy orange/apricot color, white head. Malty aroma, yeasty and with fruity notes. Malty, yeasty flavor, some spices, some bitterness. Decent beer, but nothing I will remember forever


 DrDavid (957), Johnson, Vermont, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/515/20
Jul 31, 2008  
(Bottle). Fruity aroma. Hazy honey amber color with medium head. Flavor is moderately sweet, full of subtle fruits, and with nice well balanced finish.


FriarHop (31), Long Beach, New York, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/515/20
Jul 30, 2008  
Bottle. Pour reddish amber with tight bubbly thin head. An alright aroma, really nice yeastiness and caramel feel, a bit spicy. It’s ah-aight.


 riversideAK (2733), Shoreline, Washington, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Jul 28, 2008  
Tap at Stumbling Monk. Pours a nice amber orange with a decent head. Aroma was fruity with lots of yeasty esters and some fruity malts too. Yeasty and spicy up front. Clove, banana, caramel, toasted malts. Finishes with a pleasant fruitiness. Easy drinking, medium sweet, nice carbonation.



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