Ommegang Rare Vos

Bottle at Eulogy, Philadelphia, in the company of Loz, Casey and Traci on my fortieth birthday, 16-11-08. A decent fruity and spicy beer that poured reddy amber. There is a slight yeasty sourness to this but the fruit is surprisingly punchy. Maybe this was chilled just a little too much as its taking some time to get all the little things that are going on in this beer, but its fine, in fact its better than fine, its nice. A7 A3 F7 P3 OV14 3.4

750ml bottle. Poured amber with thick lasting white head. Bready and malty aroma. Malt, with spicy notes in the flavour. Lingering notes of mixed spice and a pleasant yeastiness. A worthy pale. Fruity notes throughout.

750 ml bottle shared by KnutAlbert. Fingerthick fine-laced offwhite head. Hazy, deep golden colored body. Belgo-yeast, spices and a mild fruitiness in the aroma. Mellow, slight peppery malt flavor. Some yellow fruits and a quite sharp bitterness in the backbone. Smooth in the mouth, medium to light body. Mild spicy and soft malty ending.

Biggish offwhite head doesn’t last. Hazy amber body with vigourous carbonation. Tropical fruity malty honeyish aroma with yeasty herbal notes. Dry-sweet sharpish fruity yeasty taste with soft metallic herbal notes. Soft mouthfeel. Fullish body. Dryish herbal yeasty aftertaste. Nice, mild, drinkable. (0.75l bottle from KnutAlbert.)

True Belgian beer in CNY? Word. I got to sample a variety of Ommegang brews at my college’s pub (yes, Hamilton College has a pub on campus). Anyway, the Rare Vos was delicious. Rich amber color with a frothy head. Spicy with a full body. Bittersweet but smooth. Drink up.

Pours a nice...surprise...amber color with a nice huge off-white head. Smell is pretty floral with some spices. A bit of of citrus fruit as well. The taste is more of the same with a bit of bittersweetness. Mouthfeel is champaign like, only a bit fuller in body. I could polish off this 750 bottle with little difficulty. A very nice brew overall. The best Belgian style Amber I have had to date. Reviewed on: 04-06-2007

Found this one bottled at Binny’s in St. Charles, Illinois, and had it on Election Night 2008. Another amazing brew from Ommegang, which does not disappoint. Beautiful bright orange pour with a thick, frothy off-white head, and a dry spicy, citrusy nose. The flavor is typical for a good Belgian: complex, with buttery smoothness, clover honey, orange peel, spice, a bit of banana, bounces in between sweet and dry. Soft spiciness in the finish, and well balanced. For my 1000th, I could have done far, far worse than this excellent brew!

750 bottle. Nice Belgian with coriander, orange peel, and Belgian ale yeast character. No alcohol on the aroma or flavor. Not my favorite style but very drinkable.