Ommegang Chocolate Indulgence

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

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

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I wish I had a Young’s to compare this with. I think this one wins for being the best chocolate creamy easy drinking beer. Really is very good, but strong on the chocolate.

Bottle @ Belgian Brewfest. This is about as chocolaty as you get. I would say its even further out that Young’s. Plan on using this for a chocolate themed dinner party.

Bottled on October 16, 2012.
Appearance: This is a massive looking beer, the head is a towering tan leaving huge lacing as it dissolves slowly creating a plateau, this sits on a near pitch black body, bits on the edges are brown.
Aroma: The aroma is strong of chalky yeast with some sweet cocoa.
Taste: This has a nice balance of chalky yeast that provides hints of banana that blends well with the bittersweet cocoa giving this a semi-dry flavor. There’s nothing else going on though and I’m not huge on the blend of the flavors.
Palate: Thick and slightly syrupy, moderate carbonation with a slightly stabbing pang on the tongue.
Overall: This is decent, but I’m not too huge on it. The flavors just don’t work for me and I would pass on this in the future if given another option.

Aroma: dark, roasted malts with no chocolate perceptible. Appearance: Typical dark stout. Taste: Dark, very roasted, burnt taste. No chocolate taste present. Tastes like a typical stout but more roasted/burnt than average. Palate: medium mouthfeel. Overall: Was very excited about this beer prior to opening the bottle. Not up to my expectations.

Dark brown with minimal head. Roasty, chocolaty aroma. The Belgian yeast comes through in the nose with some dark fruit character. In the taste its pretty big chocolate flavor and belgian yeast fruit flavor. Belgian yeast in a stout isnt my favorite. Not recommended unless you know you enjoy stouts with fruity esters.

Pours a pitch black with a nice pillowy cappuccino colored head. Aroma is of sweet chocolate with some bitter, smokey notes. First off, this beer if very well done. All of the notes meld into a very, very nice beer. Taste is of sweet chocolate, followed by a nice bitter caramel, smokey hint that sweeps through the chocolate malts to create a nice carbonated, very palatable finish. I believe the carbonation helps cut through the sweetness. This could be session-able. Another great brew from Ommegang.

Pours black with a large tan head. Aroma of lightly roasted barley with some chocolate. Smooth velvet feel on the initial drink with some malt bitterness and more chocolate. Nice filling finish. A work of art.

On draft at rustico Alexandria. Pours black with a tan head. Coffee and chocolate in the nose. Chocolate toffee and dark cherries. Smooth finish.

A nice brew! Aroma is rich chocolate with a hint of roast. Pour is the usual dark brown with a voluminous off-white head. Taste, again, is full of rich chocolate, some light roast, and a belgian style yeastiness. Pretty nice and very drinkable for 7%.

There was a nice aroma of roasted malts and cocoa, while the soft yest notes gave a soft scent. The taste had a good amount of chocolate and caramel, while the finish was a tad roasty and dry. This beer wasn’t all that bad, lots of chocolate and Belgian influences all about.