Ommegang The Dudes Oat Soda

On tap, BCTC 2008. Pours a cloudy dark brown body with a minimal beige head that faded fairly quickly. The nose is a bit thin with roasty malt, coffee, some chocolate, but not a whole lot of oat character. The flavor is pretty thin and watery with dry roasted malt, coffee, and some yeast that dulls everything a bit. Short, watery finish. Mouthfeel is thin with light fizzy carbonation . Pretty disappointing all in all.

Draft at BCTC ’08. Poured deep brownish amber in color with a tan head. Aroma of oats, coffee, and mocha. Tastes of creamy chocolate, coffee, with a large amount of oats, and mild roast.

Sample at BCTC 2008. Pours black with a nice fluffy tan head. Aroma is full of oats and dry chocolate. Taste is very creamy, but kind of thin and fizzy on the tongue. Pretty good overall.

(BCTC, draft) Brown-black body topped by medium brown head. Aroma is medium sweet, milk chocolate, oatmeal, light roast, coffee. Taste is medium sweet, coffee, some chocolate, roast. Light-medium body, light acidity.

Tap @ BCTC. Dark with a light tan head. Aroma and taste are similar and have dark bitter chocolate and roasted malts. Body did not have much to help the taste. Some sweet creamyness but a bit too watery.

bctc 08. Pours a nice deep dark black with a fizzy moderate head. aroma is very toasty, nutty, tons of roasted and chocolate malts- just a straight up nice stouty smell. Flavor is a bit thin in the middle- more toasted and chocolate malts, light smoothing effects from some oats- creamy flavor but the body and finish seemed a bit overcarbonated thin and fizzy to me. Ok overall- I didnt understand the point of this beer other than the name and relation to the theme of the fest- no real belgian character at all.

Draft @ BCTC. Pours dark brown with a tean head. Nose of roasted malt, chcoolate coffee, oats. Flavor is very similar. Medium bodied. Pretty good.

[BCTC 08] Poured a dark brown / red color with a medium sized tan head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of roasted malts, some coffee, light oats, chocolate, and some vanilla. Taste was astringent, not very creamy, some oats present, with more roasted malts, vanilla beans, vegetal, and cocoa. Thinner mouthfeel.