Ommegang Abbey Ale

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

Serve in Trappist glass

Plum wine and cinnamon nose, rich and semi-sweet initially, with apple notes coming through, and ending dry and spicy. Superb.

17/09/2011 12 Fl. Oz. bottle @ Ginger Man NYC (2011-450)

Little cloudy purple to dark brown beer, yellow to beige creamy head, very stable, fairly adhesive. Aroma: sweet, caramel, mocha, milk chocolate, dried fruits, cherries, coffee, bit of tobacco. MF: a bit too much carbon, medium body. Taste: fruity and a bit tart in the beginning, ripe cherries, grapefruit, some alcohol, dried fruits, dried orange peel, spices (liquorice and a dash of cloves), hop bitters with some citrus. Aftertaste: carbon sour, some hop bitters with citrus, peppery.

Tasted from a 12oz bottle in early 2011. Pours cloudy amber-orange with an average white head that slowly recedes to thin, even lace. The nose is spicy Belgian yeast with tons of brown sugar and caramel malt. The flavor is the same spicy yeast from the nose, along with caramel, burnt brown sugar, bread, and light bitterness. The body is medium with average carbonation and a long caramel and lightly bitter finish.

Bomber. Reddish-brown with fluffy yellowish head. Wonderful lacing. Aroma big raisins and figs. Taste more dark fruits, plums, caramel, bread. Finish brief with bread and a little alcohol burn especially with warming. Palate a bit fizzy, full but not thick..

Good dubbel from Ommegang.

Ar: Raisins, figs, dark caramel and a touch of moss. Ap: Very deep rust red - clear - large tan head with very good retention and a thick lacing made of fine bubbles. T: Rich dark caramel dominate up front - follows with raisin, pear, and a clean rum-like alcohol warmth - medium-sweet up front, but dries out with a lingering slightly tannic fruity and earthy finish. P: Medium-full bodied with high carbonation - rich without being cloying at all, and the finish is quite dry. O: This is a beautiful beer - a picture in the glass, enticing aroma, wonderful caramel and dark fruit flavors, and a rich palate.

Dubbels are just an amazing ale and this brew doesn’t fall short of greatness! This brew poured up a deep, dark copper-colored body topped off with one hearty, bubbly (tiny bubbles) head with a retention and lacing effects like nothing I have ever experienced! I was still licking up foam when the liquid was completely gone! Aromas of sweet roasted malts, caramel, toffee, honeycomb, dark fruits (grapes, figs), and cloves along with other spices. The flavors are so complex that you must truly enjoy this brew on your own to gain a true understanding of what I try to describe. Medium-bodied, smooth and a finish that is dry and spicy. Truly worthy of induction into my all-time favorites list!

Bottle. Pours reddish brown with big fluffy long last white head. Nice aroma of sweet dried fruits and honey. Nice dry flavor. Taste of roasted malts. Biting carbonation.

big raisin, prune, and fig flavors. yeast spice, tight sturdy head. spicy hops and burnt brown sugar. slightly boozy and a lot of caronation make this a little hard to drink much of. but incredible flavors.