Ommegang Rouge Grand Cru

Brewery Ommegang (Moortgat)
Formerly brewed at Bockor
Style: Sour Red/Brown
Cooperstown, New York USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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On draft at Kickbacks for RBWG Welcome Dinner. Yowza! Pours a red-brown with an off-white head. Nose is vinegar funk, sour fruit, oak, cherry, and some light sweetness from the malt. Flavor follows the nose with some tartness, some vinous character, some mild sweetness, and some tart cherries. Medium in body and a top-notch sour overall.

on draft @ kickbacks in florida .. . this was a treat .. . pours a very dark ruby .. . mild foam .. . deep dark fruit with a perfect tartness .. . slick mouthfeel, and a crushable finish .. . the 5 years on this were spot on! .. . . telling a girl to calm down works about as well as trying to baptize a cat.

On tap at Kickbacks for RBWG wecome dinner, 2008!
Appearance: Clear mahogany with a small beige head, some lacing
Aroma: Dark fruit and mildly tart
Taste: Tart fruit, caramel, sour malts, oak with a dry finish
Very good, smooth

2/12/13. On tap at Kickback’s... reserved for RBWG ’13... shhhh... 2008 vintage. Holy crap this stuff is awesome. Nice red brown pour with a thick khaki head that sticks and laces plenty. Awesome aroma of funk, plenty of sour, a hint of oak and spice, and a dash of cherry. The flavor parallels with an awesome sour kick, plenty of cherry, some funk, with wood, spice, and cream in there. To quote hopscotch - this beer rocks!

Shared by one of the guys, can’t remember. Thanks! The beer appears a pretty ruby hue with a soft head that leaves sparse lacing in its wake. The aroma brings cherries, cider, oak, vinegar. Smells great. The taste delivers as well. I’ve been anxious to try this beer for quite some time and it does not disappoint. Acetic and tart, yet highly drinkable. Potent aroma and a bold flavor. Light to medium in body with a zesty finish. A strong example of the style. I would most definitely have this again.

At Holy Grale courtesy of Tyler - thanks! Deep ruby maroon color. Compared side by side with Jacobin, this one is slightly softer, a tad lighter, but with very nice sourness and character.

Served in an Ommegang Rouge tulip; thanks to yourefragile for the glassware. Pours a nice reddish-caramel color with a good short off-white head and not much in the way of lacing. Nose carries slight cherry with a bit of bread and acidity through the background. Flavor has a nice bit of cherry and light malt. Medium body with moderate acidity. Nice take on the style.

Found this randomly at Town Hall, saved this rate for #2500. Pour on tap is deep ruby red with nice thin slightly off white head. Aroma is fantastic, big funky leathery notes, some tobacco and more funk leads into tart fruit notes, hints of lemon and cherry with a touch of sweet vanilla as well, dark fruits interlaced. Taste, was an almost perfect mix of sweet fruity cherry and berry notes, dark fig and plum notes mixing into tart lactic and lemony sour notes, touch of bitter and dry funky leather and horseblanket, finishing with a sweet yet dry and still tart finish. Excellent.

Aroma has a slight funkiness to it - if it was great, I’d be damn close to giving this a 5. Amazing sour cherry tartness is balanced perfectly and ends without the sour face. It is just so damn good, get it if you can!