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Ommegang Rare Vos

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bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
9503.56/5.03.56/5.06.5%95.6Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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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 tarheels86 (732), Washington DC, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/515/20
Dec 17, 2008  
330 mL. Pours a hazy light orange with a modest white head that settles down. Aromas of bread, light fruits, bitter orange. High carbonation. Taste is fruity and yeasty but little sour with a dry, metallic aftertaste. Overall lackluster.


 minch25 (355), Columbus, Ohio, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Dec 17, 2008  
Hazy yellow/orange, intially frothy head, settles down after a while. Nice aroma, somewhat fruity, spicy, sort of nondescript. Tastes great. Dry, mildly spicy, fruity but not at all sweet. Light touch of brett.


 KnutAlbert (3118), Oslo, Norway
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/103/514/20
Dec 8, 2008  
Bottle from a NYC supermarket. Fruity Belgian aroma. Round, smooth. Flowers, a bit yeasty, pleasant. A hint of sourness. A fine Belgian-style pastiche.


 Fin (3408), Merton, Oxfordshire, England
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Dec 7, 2008  
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


 troopie (866), USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/516/20
Dec 3, 2008  
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.


 OleR (2033), Oslo, Norway
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Nov 30, 2008  
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.


 larsga (2958), Oslo, Norway
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Nov 29, 2008  
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.)


 Leighton (265), New York, New York, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/103/517/20
Nov 28, 2008  
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.



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