Ommegang Abbey Ale

Large bottle. Malt and fruit aroma with notes of dried fruit and spices. Deep amber with a frothy tan head. Flavors of roasted malt, figs and rasins. Some caramel and chocolate notes. Strong and lively carbonation with a creamy palate and dryish finish. This beer is like a mild version of a quadruple. Not overly alcoholic or strong. Easy to drink but rich and well balanced. Very good.

12 ounce bottle in Duvel glass. Deep dark red color with dense lasting beige head and lace. Earthy, fruity cherryish aroma with yeast and slight alcohol. Fruity ripe cherry/rasin flavor with slight tobacco bitterness and slight tart finish. Medium-full bodied medium carbonation. Absolutely excellent.

Date: 11/04/1999
Mode: Bottle
Source: Ale Atlanta

brown, frothy tan head, rich malty aroma, sliqhtly alcoholic, touch of chocolate, rich malt flavor, warming, balanced, lot like an octoberfest
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Date: 07/27/2002

rich fig aroma, very rich with lots of fruity character,
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Date: 12/27/2006
Mode: bottle
Source: taco mac woodstock

lots of the rich ripe fruit aroma and flavor, no sign of the alcohol

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

Bottle. 750ML. Pours extremely dark brown with light redish tint and the head is creamy and a red tinted tan. Aroma is light and fruity, with some yeast and malt. Fairly faint aroma overall or my smeller isn’t working right today. Body is light with abundant, light, and very active carbonation. Flavor is moderately to highly sweet, with a pronounced yeastiness, hint of toffee, wood, and light berry tartness. Finish is fairly heavy with alcohol and lightly bitter. Good stuff, slightly out of balance and missing in complexity though.

Great richness and carbonation with berry-like flavor. Good tartness and acidity which are married with the creamy nutty flavors, making this a very good Belgian. It was better than I remembered it when I tasted it a year ago and an economical choice too. Great color.

Pours a very deep red mahoganny color with a nice dark tan bubbly head. Aroma is of candy and wine. Sweet assertive flavor indicative of belgians, tastes nice at room temperature. Alcohol flavor is pronounced but only adds to the appeal of this brew. Has a tart raisin flavor that gives way to the dry warming alcohol flavor.

Ommegang... Oh, what a head. A huge, melted styrofoam, creamy head. The beer itself is the darkest shade of magenta I could imagine. Dark, but not obscure in hue. It’s really turbulent and cloudy. It’s a candidate for ’best head ever’ along with Hennepin. Head and lacing are so tenacious. The aroma is of deep grain, alcohol, grass, hay, plum, black cough drops-- all soft. It’s dank, like a basement. It has a medium to heavy body. It’s soft and syrupy with an acidic flick at the end. It lingers. The flavor is like wood with tarragon, fig, plum, fennel, tamarind and brazil nuts. It’s very complex and very boozy with an aftertaste like scotch. It actually tastes stronger than 8.5% ABV. Great beer.

12 oz bottle purchased at the brewery. Poured a murky brown with a large off white frothy head. Aroma was complex with the standard yeastiness of a Belgian style but also had a ton of fruit including raisins, plums, prunes, banana tied in with a light maltiness. For some reason on my initial sip I got a mouthful of a metalic flavor but after that first sip it disappeared. Flavor was dark fruit, yeast and candy sugar. This beer was far better then I remembered it and was a nice suprise on a rainy day off from work.