Ommegang Abbey Ale

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

Pours amber color with thick tan head. Sweet aroma of caramel and some fruit. Flavor of malts and hint of alcohol in carbonation. Excellent.

Pours a deep amber color with a foamy, tan head. Smell is of sweat malt with many fruit notes intermingled. The malt caramel-like malt is the first flavor to hit the tongue followed by a slight alcohol presence. The fruitiness comes through in the finish to truly bring all of the flavors together. The carbonation is crisp and body is full but not thick by any means. This is a great sipper that I would gladly sip from again. Definitely a great pick. Reviewed on: 12-14-2007

Pours a rusty red with a slightly off white head 2 inches high. Aroma is burnt sugar and some dark fruits. Flavor is slightly buttery with some deep caramel malt flavors. Really rich with a nice lingering aftertaste this beer is velvety smooth across the palate with carbonation.

Brown pour with one finger head that dissipates. Very fruity with a faint touch of caramel and fruit. Good but not overly memorable.

12 oz. bottle served in trappist glass- poured brown with dark maroon tints, high-medium carbonation, nice tan-brown head formed and dissipated slowly. Aroma of weak molasses, brown sugar, dark fruit, and malt. Hits the mouth with a medium body, spicy from the start, dark cherries and some plum going towards the middle, finish is warming and has more spice. Good.

25 oz bottle, pours dark burgundy. Frothy, off-white head that dissipates mostly, leaves a small head and lacing. Aroma is very nice, of cherries, sweet malt, and a lot of brown sugar. Taste is brown sugar, caramel, cherries, sweet bread, and a slight tinge of citrus. Mouthfeel is a bit lighter and more watery than many Belgians, but not too thin. Overall, a very nice representation of the Belgian dubbel style. I’d buy this again.

(Bottle) Reddish brown colour with frothy, beige head. Fruity, malty nose with toffee, caramel, dried fruit (figs, dates) and a touch of liquorice. Malty, fruity taste with notes of caramel, toffee, dark bread, dried figs and dates, cherries and blackberries. A touch of liquorice, followed by a spicy bitterness in the finish. Big and bold, not far away from a spicy, fruity and harsh oak aged red wine in flavour. Very nice, lots of taste. In short: dried fruit, toffee, liquorice and blackberries with spicy hops.

12 oz bottle, liberated from BCTC VIP dinner. Pours a clear ruby hued brown body with a creamy light brown head, nice retention. Nice figgy and fruity nose with some cherry juice, light bubblegum, yeast, and caramel. The flavor is dark fruity malts with a good bit of yeast influence. Light alcohol, lingering sweetness, and a little bit of an earthy mushroom note on the finish. Mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with a little clinginess on the finish. Moderate fizzy carbonation. Overall, pretty decent, just as good or better than Chimay or Maredsous.