Ommegang Biere de Mars

Brewed by Brewery Ommegang (Moortgat)
Style: Bière de Garde
Cooperstown, New York USA

[bottle @ RBESG 2009, Grant Tasting] Orangey herbal horseblanket aroma. Hazy orange under a white ring. Spicy herbal flavour with some gentle fruit. Kind of watery finish. Light body, moderate carbonation, clean finish.

Pours hazy orange with suspended particles and a foamy beige head. Aroma- honey, floral, funky yeast, sweet fruit. Taste is sweet fruit and some yeast tart. Slightly bitter finish with spice. Very flavorful. Medium body, lively carbonation.

Bottle that I’ve had on hand for over a year, and I honestly can’t remember who or where I got it from. Pours a fairly clear golden-brown - gets a bit hazier towards the bottom of the bottle, would be even more so if I agitated the sediment a bit more. Aroma is musty and a bit funky, with some spiciness (clove? allspice?) and tart fruit and orange zest. Quite a good amount of carbonation, clears the palate nicely. Delicious flavour that has all the notes suggested by the aroma, along with some hints of Orval-ish band-aid. Nice hit of sweet/tart orange in the finish. A lovely beer!

Bomber purchasesd at Wegmans. This is a style I’m not too familar with but most stuff from Ommegang is damn good. Pours a muddy brownish orange body with tons of yeast sediment at the bottom of my glass. Big, fluffy off-white head. Aroma is mild citrus, grass, yeast, malt and funky notes. Flavor is spicy, slightly hopped, lemon, caramel, yeast and malt. Lively, zesty mouthfeel, full of carbonation. Solid beer, but there wasn’t enough bold flavor for me.

Bottle. Pours an extremely hazy orange with lots of sediment and small white head. The aroma is tart. The taste is very smooth, extremely smooth actually, reminds me of a Jolly Pumpkin Beer. Little less flavor than a JP.

Bottle into tulip. Batch #2. Amber body is topped by a two fingers of tight white head. Nose is musty, citric, floral with notes of strawberry at times. Flavor bready, lightly spiced with some tart and bitter elements. Finishes nicely dry with lingering funk and spices. Soft and smooth. Very enjoyable.

Bottle shared by kmweaver on 8/7/08: Pours a transparent copper bronze with a stringy-lacing froth of off-white head. Aroma of earthy musty biscuity malts and some coriander and light spice. Body starts light and effervescent with a grassy bittering and flavor hop balance atop a lightly sweet biscuity maltiness. A pretty refreshing and enjoyable brew.

Batch 2, October 2008 bottle. Poured a clear copper-orange color with a towering, pillowy off-white head that slowly settled and and left some spotty lacing as it did. Aroma of funky, dusty yeast with light hints of barnyard hay paired with soft, delicate fruit (tangerine, peach skin) and some earthy, dry hops. Moderately tart, crisp entry with hints of hay and some light fruit (apple, tangerine) combined with some lightly dry, earthy hops that give way to a lightly funky, dusty yeastiness that lingers into the finish with some light undertones of dry fruit (orange peel, peach skin). Moderate carbonation and relatively dry, authentic palate. Overall, a nice and enjoyable beer, but I thought it would develop a bit more dryness over a years time.