Ommegang Chocolate Indulgence

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

750mL Bottle: Pours black w/ a massive brown head. The head slowly dissolves leaving rocky peaks & some great lacing behind. Licorice & roasted malts in the aroma w/ some chocolate hanging faintly in the background. First taste: Heavy roasted malts, creamy, kind of smokey too. Also picking up some sort of fruit in the background. Prunes maybe? Very dry finish. More chocolate in the aroma as it warms. The mystery fruit now seems more cherry cordial like. Nice sipping beer, no need to hurry here. Sit back, relax & enjoy this one.

Deep mahogany color beer with a big, foamy brown head that left sheets of lace on the glass. Nose does not have the obvious chocolate that some beers have, but does have a sublte chocolate and roasted grain nose. My initial impression was that this is one roasty stout. Strong roasted malts with well proportioned chocolate underneath. Almost a dark chocolate. Creamy mouthfeel. This is not nearly as chocolaty as the Southern Tier, but may be a better balanced beer. Very nice beer.

On tap at Capital Ale House - Innsbrook on 08/25/2008. Dry cocoa, molassas, caramel aroma. Fruit and chocolate flavor, chocolate covered cherry. Medium full body with moderate carbonation. 03/14/2008: Dark black body with a medium creamy tan head. Sweet milk and chocolate aroma. Rich roasted malt and chocolate flavor. Smooth creamy finish. Full body with low carbonation.

750 ml bottle from mgumby10; have another coming from iowaherkeye! Nose of chocolate, and some yeast, along with light sweetness, but mostly chocolate; black with brown edges and a big, glass-lacing, tan head; flavor has a bit of hop bitterness, a light smoky note, and the bigtime chocolate! Finish is chocolate and light hops!

Draft. Black with creamy tan head. Yeasty light sour aroma. The taste was light mal, peat, with roasted light bitter finish. Pretty smooth on the palate.

Thewolf tasting. Pour pitch blach with a nice beige head. Aroma of malt and chocolate. Flavour is malty sweet and has a lot of chocolat and a great aftertaste of coffee.

Poured a deep, opaque, slightly watery black with a medium, tight slightly off white head. Smells of dark chocolate and coffee. Flavor was all chocolate, hardly any malt to speak of, with maybe a hint of Belgian Candy or something else lurking behind the chocolate flavor. Fairly silty on the palate with a dry finish. I paired this with a chocolate peanut butter pie I made for my girlfriend’s birthday and it was outrageous. Certainly not a session beer, but a great dessert beer none the less.

Bottle. Black pour with some light brown head. Nice chocolate aroma, semi-sweet, and some roasted malt. Flavor is semi-sweet chocolate, lightly roasted malt, and some underlying fruit / slighly funky yeast. The chocolate and roasted malt creates a bitter finish. Overall, it is an enjoyable chocolate stout with a unique mouthfeel.