Ommegang Ommegeddon

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

C&C 750, Batch #1, 2007. Murky gold with a big white head. Nose is odd, but pleasing - lemon and a bit of bretty funk, fruity and dusty. Fruity flavors, dry and dusty. Bouncy medium body, well carbonated. I freakin’ loved this one!

Batch 1.
Pours a light, straw colored with a nice, well carbonated, frothy white head. Smell is somewhat floral, with a tart aroma as well. Taste is wonderful brett, as well as some floral and spice. The perfect amount of carbonation as well. This is a pleasant surprise. I went into this beer not knowing what to expect and it has exceeded my expectations in every facet. This is a wonderful summer night while watching baseball kind of beer.
Creamy and smooth on the mouthfeel. Non-cloying and refreshing with each sip. Very easy drinking.

Batch 1, so about a year old now. Light golden color, big fluffy white head, big brett nose at first but that seems to die off after a few minutes. Flavor is mildly tart, little bit of green apple with a bit of a bready finish.

bottle - Pours hazy yellow-orange with a big, billowy head. The aroma is of that house yeast and some brett along with some light citrus and spice. The flavor had a nice balance of malt and mildly citrus accented spice. Up front the brett is subtle, but it kicks in more in the finish. This beer is medium bodied, lively on the palate, complex, and quite easy to drink. I really enjoyed it.

Corked & caged bottle. Large frothy, very fizzy white head that mostly diminished, very little lacing, carbonation noted, hazy, and a yellow hue. The aroma was sweet, hops, coriander, fruity, some spicyness, sour, citric, slightly tart, some brett, and yeasty. The flavor was sweet, sour, tart, fruity, orangie, coriander, some spicyness, and a semi-dry finish. The mouthfeel was tingly and semi-dry. Medium in body. Quaffable, balanced, but it did not leave me wanting to seek this beer out again as I did not acquire a liking for the flavor.

ACBF 2008. These guys know what they’re doing. Another nice Belgian interpretation from Ommegang, smooth with some nice sourness that’s very present without being overpowering.

Pours a cloudy orange with a rich, foamy white head. Great lacing. The nose of this thing is straight brett, beautiful and funky in all it’s glory. Apples, pears, stinky blue cheese, sour milk, bitter tea, and orange. Boatloads of funk for sure! The taste is damn near perfect - the brett is not particularly sour or biting, but its clean, clear, effervescent, herbal, bright and earthy. Packed with complexities in each sip; Bread, apple, clove, pepper, hay, ginger, Sprite, and bubblegum, with a long, dry, herbal, fruity, mineral finish. Funktastical goodness in ever glug. Really, really, really great to drink - it’s fun, refreshing, interesting, creative and devilishly drinkable. Hats off to the Ommegang crew for this masterpiece!

Batch #1 Pours hazy gold with a one-inch head of fizzly white. The moderately porous foam retreated quickly, leaving behind zero lacework and a placid, bare surface. Aromatics lead off with lemon zest, quanine, fresh cut hay, and grapefruit pith. Hints of musty cedar, pine bark, crushed orange seeds, and menthol follow through. Medium bodied, with a drying and lightly tart mouthfeel. Crisp and quenching. A tonic-like dryness starts the pallet, with lemon pith, pepper-laced menthol, bitter orange rind, and clove-studded apple skins. A drying bitterness picks up, and the tart, citic bite continues. Some faint dried pineapple skins and tannic white grape flesh follow through. Finishes with lingering crushed juniper on wet hay, spritzed with lemon oil. The Brett has really started to take hold, but the base beer is faded, and I’m missing the vibrant hop character and freshness that I enjoyed a year ago. I guess the trick is to get the Brett kicked in while the beer is still young. Orval seems to have figured that one out! Batch #3 Pours cloudy, orangy gold with lively carbonation. A myriad of bubbles cling to the goblet, and a half-inch head receded to a skim coat. Aromatics are lightly tart and dry with citrus fruit. Wet grass, pineapple skins, menthol, and cloves. Hints of lemon zest, grapefruit follow through. Light to medium bodied. Crisp, snappy, and drying. Dried citrus fruits, cut grass, lemon pith, pinapple skins, and cloves lead off the pallet. Light malt and a drying yeast bite follow through along with hints of white pepper, peach skins, and grapefruit. Finishes with a light, drying bitterness and lingering lemon-spritzed hay. Much more brett is apparent in this fresh batch than in batch #1, which is now over a year old. Also, the hops and malt are much more vibrant than batch 1.