Ommegang Rare Vos

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are malt, hops, caramel and fruits.

I cannot believe I haven’t rated this. Had this near the end of last summer. poured a light copper with a white head. aroma malts, sugar, yeast, fruity. flavor sweet citrus, cloves and sweet malts very drinkable

Pale clear amber orange with two fingers of white head. Banana and clove aroma, some caramel. Taste is mild caramel, mostly banana and a light Belgian yeast spice.

On tap at the Mountaindale Inn. Pours a clear amber with a thin white head. Spicy, yeasty aromas. Medium bodied, crisp, and with a malty sweetness to it. Finishes light and mild.

750 ml corked. Pours orange/amber, mostly clear, with terrific head. Smells fruity. Body is light-to-medium with assertive carbonation, not unusual for a Belgian, but a bit more than I’d like (maybe it wold feel better in the summer). Fruitiness of apples, nectarines, peaches, etc., and some spiciness. Finish is abrupt in its dryness. Not quite the best from this brewery.

Ok not too bad. Aroma is great. Taste not so much. A little like rotten pineapples. Different try it if you want to.

Nose of toast, biscuit, light toffee and esters, pear, apple and light orange. Medium to light mouthfeel, mostly carbonation filling it. Flavors of biscuit, toast, light toffee, pears, apple, light white pepper and clove. Rather dry and light mouthfeel at the finish, more toast and biscuit than esters and phenols.

Pours a dark orange with a nice, creamy off-white head; good lacing. Assertive stone-fruit aroma and a bit of barnyard funk with a hint of citrus hop. Flavor is mild fruit, white grape mostly, slightly spicy, with just enough hop bitterness to balance the malt. Medium, round body and a slightly sour finish. Probably the best Ommegang brew I’ve had and one that really showcases the yeast character.