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Ommegang Rare Vos

Ommegang Rare Vos - Belgian Ale

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 Percentile 
91
overall
Brewed by Brewery Ommegang (Moortgat)
Style: Belgian Ale

Cooperstown, New York USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
9473.56/5.03.56/5.06.5%95.6Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
Rare Vos is flemmish for "Sly Fox," and the name of one of Brussels’ great cafes. It has a sweetly fruity malt character and yeasty spiciness. A fine dose of yeast permits the beer to mature and mellow in the bottle.
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 tlind2 (560), Helsinki, Finland
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/101/511/20
Jan 29, 2009  
750 ml bottle @ Pikkulintu, Helsinki. Amber color, off-white head. Floral aroma with spices. Sour berries and grapefruit in the flavor and some malts in the finish, which stops dead quite abruptly -- the beer is literally gone as soon as you swallow. Medium body, very high carbonation. The (lack of) finish kills the appeal for me.


 Kirill (264), Durham, North Carolina, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/102/511/20
Jan 25, 2009  
very yeasty and bland, i can tell theres a hint of fruit but the yeast overpowers everything... its too sweet too... i guess its part of the belgian style thing but come on


 FatPhil (3449), Espoo, Finland
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/513/20
Jan 25, 2009  
750ml bottle (Pikkulintu, Helsinki, American Weeks 2009)
Sweet fruity aroma, some hops, a touch of sharpness. Bready body, accentuated by the yeast. Buddy hoppy taste, and finish too. Very Belgian, and quite sophisticated.


 zeke626 (302), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Jan 24, 2009  
Bottle, pours a clear, golden amber body with generous, fluffy, white head. Aroma of belgian malts, yeast, banana, and clove with a hint of citrus. Flavor of sweet malts and orange with hints of spices, hops, and banana. Light fruit finish. Palate is light for the style, but not watery. Slightly fizzy on the palate and soft. Finish is fairly clean and dry.


 bradlyc77 (226), Sebastopol, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/514/20
Jan 23, 2009  
Pours hazy golden orange with thin white head that hangs around. Aroma is spicy, banana, yeast, and some citrus. Taste is pretty much the same with some added earthiness and caramel. Hops bitterness is appropriate at light to moderate. Nice and crisp with dry finish. Mouthfeel is very prickly. This is a pretty good brew.


 kopher (296), New York, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/102/514/20
Jan 20, 2009  
hazy orange pour, thick bubbly offwhite head fruity and yeasty aroma, a bit if spice very sharp mouthfeel, overcarbonated and a bit offensive flavor is clean and well balanced, though maybe a bit thick and sweet in the finish


 doboy (175), Morehead City, North Carolina, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Jan 17, 2009  
Pours a dark orange with a fluffy head that retains well. Nice spicy Belgian aroma. Nicely carbonated. Tastes of malt, hops, corrieander and spice blend well. Nice bittering and dryness on the back side. Happy 50th to me!!!


 jkwalking05 (1483), Arlington, Texas, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Jan 14, 2009  
The look is a hazy golden orange colro with a decent head. The aromas is fruity with banana, citurs, spice, and yeast. Flavor is little hop bitterness, with a sweet fruit taste, and yeast.



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