Ommegang Abbey Ale

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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Fermented cans of spiced cherries, plums and other ancient dark and dank fruity malts unearthed from George Clinton’s Patriotic Pantry. Saddened by the lack of Sir Loyalist Licorice.

180513. Bottle at home. Pours clear deep ruby with a nice head. Aroma licorice, caramel, toffee. Some spices. Nice balance. Should age really nicely. Not Bad.

355ml bottle from Appellation Wines. Pours a colour that is somewhere between copper and prune - the head is generous and typically Belgian. The nose has toffee, apple and prunes. The taste has raisins, prunes, stewed apples and just a hint of toffee. The palate is rich and full bodied with a big creamy yet tangy texture and the finish still has a degree of elegance despite having a lot of sweetness. Overall, a really complex beer which engages the brain with its layers of flavour.

Bottle, from BOE, split at JF’s, 20/04/13. Hazed dark amber with a thin beige head. Nose is toffee, dark malts, brown sugar, light booze. Taste comprises toffee, yeast notes, dark malts, cocoa, dates, brown sugar, a little booze. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, touch of bitterness in the finish allied to booze. Decent enough dubbel, whilst the booze was evident it was never all encompassing.

A - 2 fingers of cream colored foamy head that takes forever to melt and leaves blankets of tight knit lacing. Body is Dark ruby/garnet. S - A huge mix of fruit, cantaloupe, red grapes, apples, tart cherries and raspberries, mango, some muted under-ripened bananas, creamsicle, some faint oak notes, hints of chocolate and fruity alcohol. T - A very complex blend of fruit, pick the fruit and you can taste it, lots of papaya and cantaloupe when chilled. A mix of soft spice and brown sugar, yeast is dark fruit dominates as it warms. M - Full creamy body with lush mouthfeel. In the top running for the American made Dubbel. Very complex fruit aromas and flavors. Excellent mouthfeel as well. A go to Dubbel for sure. Serving type: bottle 07-14-2011

Deep copper from bottle at Dylan's Chicago. Sweet doesn't describe this. Chocolate and cherries take over then smooth out with a long mouth feel. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

This score is from my backlog at a different site. Full reviews written for all new beers tasted.

[330ml bottle, The BeerHive, Edinburgh] Lots going on in this one – light brown, slightly hazy pour with a small, thin white head. The aroma is liquorice, on top of other tingling spice, some raisins, sweet stone fruit and alcohol. On the taste, again, the liquorice comes out on top overall, but there some woody, tannin flavours at first. The aftertaste is where the cumin comes out, which is something of a shame (despite loving cumin). Maybe there’s just one too many ingredients here, that ends up spoiling what could have been a great twist on the classic Belgian-style abbey beer [25042013]

Tasty beer; just expected a lot more based on the breweries reputation. Smells great, tastes ok; just a little too carbonated. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Sweet fruity smell. Pours thick brown with burgundy hints. Great flavor, complex mixtures with a long finish.