3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pretty impressive for upstate NY! Let’s of cherry and choclate flavors. The bittering hops were more evident than in other dubbels, but it worked nicely.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Aroma indicates plum, cinnamon, and raisin. The flavor is complex offering caramel malt notes supported by toffee, licorice, and spiced cake. Love this beer.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Served on draft in a tall pilsener glass at a froo-froo steakhouse. I believe that the glassware faux pas severely limited the aroma, but what I could get was enjoyable. Burnt caramel, chocolate, and sweet cherries all came through on the nose. The flavor was nice and sweet with the slightest vinuous dry quality. As the beer warmed, the mouthfeel improved, linearly adding a nice smooth creamy texture. I’d certainy be happy to drink this again.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Tap into a chalice. Dark reddish-brown pour with a small head. Big aromas and flavors of red apples, yeast, and a hint of metal. Not usually a fan of dubbels, but this one is excellent.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle pours a redish color nice head that all ommegang seem to have. Smells tastes of caramel, bread, honey licorice, medium sweetness, lightly bitter, lightly sour, full body, lively, slick feel, great beer one that you can enjoy almost year round and still want more.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
33cl bottle Euston Tap. Nose of black olive and blue stilton, mellowing into salted caramel and candi sugar. Tastes biscuity, almost of wholegrain continental wheat bread dipped in quality schnapps. Not much hop character, but well rounded and appropriate for style.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Love Ommegang’s Abbey Ale. Such a full bodied ale with a great aroma, will definitely be a surprise for your tastebuds, it is one of the more unique flavorings out there.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
My first try at a belgium style. It was a good flavor but a little better than I like.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
12 oz. bottle. Pours a cherry caramel color. Smell is a light and wafting mixture of light yeast, complex fruit (elements of fig, grape, and cherry), and sweet honey and caramel. Notable for its complete lack of banana character. Flavor is a rich, complex layering of fruit, sweet sugars, and hints of candied licorice and chocolate with weaving traces of yeast notes. There is initially a caramel honey malt base, which is followed by gradual injections of fruit notes before arriving at the fruity belly full of deep fig, date, and cherry. This follows through into a rich finish with hints of assorted sweets -- candied fruit, toffee, chocolate, and licorice. Palate is thick and moderately sticky with a brisk champagne-like initial carbonation. An exceptional brew.
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