Ommegang Scythe and Sickle Harvest Ale

Brewed by Brewery Ommegang (Moortgat)
Style: Specialty Grain
Cooperstown, New York USA

Serve in Shaker, Tumbler

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Draft at Eulogy. Dark amber pour with a frothy white head that leaves some foamy lace. Some nice darker barley and rye flavors on top of an otherwise average wheat beer. Sort of a fauxtoberfest.

amber pour with a cream head. nose is light rye, oat, farmhousey, and dry. nice on the palate, heavy oat notes, backed with, yeast, and faint rye.

Bottle. Pours hazy amber with white head. Aroma has some citrus & fruity esters, even hints of banana. Flavor has some obvious rye note and much the same as aroma with a light tang and hints of earth and toast. Mouthfeel is nice....light-medium, a bit soft/silky with fizzy carbonation. Overall, solid brew!

Amber pour, small white head. Sweet flowery hop and grain aroma. Flavor has more citrus in it than the aroma. Sharp, fresh finish.

Bottle. Orange-amber pour with a tall, foamy white head. Aroma is herbal and floral hops, soft grains and fruit notes. Taste is strong herbal hops, light mint, floral notes, tropical fruit, soft citrus, grains, sweet malt, soft spiciness and light caramel. Body is light-medium with a soft bubbly carbonation. Ends with more herbal hops, soft spiciness, caramel, toasted grains, light wheat, fruit notes and hints of toffee.

Big foamy pour from a bottle, liquid is very much like any pale ale, perhaps a tad darker. When lid was popped there was this clean fresh beery aroma. First taste is strong bitter something, its as if its trying to be orval but goe2 over the top in personality. Yes, does not hide its alky content too well. Now, with a second pour, I see there is plenty of sediment on the bottom of the bottle. That big head just stays put and goes rocky. Has that yeast effect that I have known east end to have. Quite coarse at times. Does have some fine creamy co2 in there. overall, much more personality than this lager lover can appreciate. Somewhat medicinal on the finsh. $2.75 at morinos in sylvania.

On tap. Poured a golden color with an average sized head. Grains, some spices, rye, and some earthiness.

Aroma of belgian yeast. Nice balance on the palate with phenolics from the yeast as well as good malty presence. Hint of rye spice.

Pours deep gold into a snifter. Huge white head with excellent retention recedes leaving spider lacing. Sweet pumpernickel and wheat aromas. Medium bodied with sweet caramel upfront turning to spicy rye in the lasting finish.

Pint at the Anchor. Grassy with a touch of sourness. Malty finish. Underwhelming.