Ommegang Adoration

Brewed by Brewery Ommegang (Moortgat)
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Cooperstown, New York USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Draft. Pours a mahogany body with a tan head. Chewy malt body, fruity with some apple and banana like esters. Heavily influenced by ginger and plum and vanilla. Nice brew. 10%, hmm i know why that imperial pint did me in.

Tap @ Palm Tavern. The beer pours to a very deep red/brown body with a fully coating creamy dense tan head. The aroma is heavily Belgian. Bananas and some dark malts. Wind of wintery but not like a winter lager. Dashes of yeasts or nutmeg and cardamom. The flavor is very nice with sweet bananas and Belgian dubbel yeast meets a nicely spicy (cardamom and cinnamon with a light clove and nutmeg). Sweet but not sugary or sticky. Tons of bananas. Green raisins. Almost like a dubbel meets the complexities of a quad. Sweet medium-full body that has a balanced carbonation.

Tap at BCTC 2009. Pours a deep amber with a medium off white head that laced. Aroma of dark fruits, brown sugar, spices, Belgian yeast esters, wood, vanilla, kinda herbal and hints of cherry. Flavor was a mix of the same. An interesting, lightly spiced Belgian ale.

Served on draft at the 1st Annual Relentless Thirst tasting in Richmond, VA. Pours a slightly hazy bronze color with a large head. Good head retention and lacing. Yeasty aroma with big bready notes along with nutmeg and other spices. Taste is cherry, plum, spice, yeast, bread and caramel. Full bodied.

[2380-20090801] Sample. Mild fruit malt aroma. Clear, bright red body with a long-lasting creamy light tan head. More fruity malt in the flavour with a long sweet finish. Medium-full body. Not bad.
(BCTC @ Ommegang; Cooperstown, NY)

Draught at BCTC. The only one of the special Ommegang beers I got to try at the fest because they would only tap one at a time and I didn’t time it right, apparently. Tasted a lot like the Obama-gang beer they made some months back. Dark fruits, spices abound aroma and flavor. Yeasty, dark Belgian finish.

Draft, at BCTC 2009. Pours orange-brown, capped with a medium sized tan head. Aroma is fairly sweet, with brown sugar, dark fruit, festive spices, and a little alcohol. Flavor is sweet as well, again with notes of brown sugar, cinnamon, prune, and other spices. Alcohol becomes more pronounced towards the finish. I enjoyed this, and look forward to drinking it again in the appropriate season.

Tap at BCTC 2009: Ruby rusty copper with a strong tan head. Bitter fruit aroma with some vegetal and metallic notes- green raisin. Silky feel. Flavor is mainly dark fruits and malty sweetness. Has notes of toasted marshmallow, raisin, and figs. Peppery nondescript finish. Eh.

2009-08-01. Dark red-brown body with a modest beige head. (3+) Sweet aroma is reminiscent of a dubbel or quad, sugary sweet malt and yeast with a touch of alcohol. Flavour is quite fruity, moderate sugary malt, light alcohol. Average palate is just a touch lighter than my preference for it. Pretty decent. I really enjoyed it, but I am not sure I would enjoy multiple glasses of it as much. On tap at BCTC 2009

Tap at BCTC. Once again, I disagree with Eric to a large degree! I dislike everything he likes and vice-versa. Funny how that happens. This beer was a kick in the face, very alcoholic, with a sun-drenched, grizzled sweetness more often found in mead. Lots of winter spices and botanical notes such as elderberry, spruce and juniper. Perhaps I’d like this more in the winter, but on a 90 degree day in the sun this was not hitting the spot, to say the least.