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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Bottled. Poured clear, medium orange with a dense, very tall beige head.. lots of rising carbonation.. looked great! The aroma picked up banana, cloves, rye, and peppered earth over caramel and bready malts.. spicy overall and Belgian Ale-like.. very good. The flavor found a strong yeast impression (peppery notes, banana, white pepper, and slight musty earth) plus rye around a semi-sweet, mostly bready core.. finished spicy and very tasty. Medium-bodied with high carbonation on the palate.. creamy feel.. everything worked almost perfectly for me!

Light, clear copper with big, foamy, white head / Light, perfumy nose of banana, tropical fruit, soap, and spice / Medium body, very creamy, a hint watery, moderately sweet, with excellent balance and lightly bitter finish / Perfumed flavors of banana, cream, coriander, clove, orange, passion fruit, and coconut / A very fine Belgian ale.

12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 8/2/2012. Pours a hazy orange copper color with an awesome 3 finger fluffy off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a thick cap that lasts. Nice foamy lacing clings to the glass. Aromas of big lemon, orange, pear, grass, pepper, herbal, clove, biscuit, rye, nuttiness, earth, and yeast spiciness. Very nice aromas with great complexity and balance. Taste of pear, apple, lemon, biscuit, rye, herbal, floral, pepper, earth, clove, and yeast spiciness. Light bit of peppery bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of light fruit, herbal, floral, biscuit, rye, pepper, clove, and yeast spices on the finish for a good bit. Great balance and complexity of flavors; with no cloying on the finish at all. Medium-high carbonation and medium body; with a lightly creamy and very crisp mouthfeel that is very nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is an excellent Biere De Garde! Great balance and complexity of flavors; very smooth a crisp to drink. Highly enjoyable offering.

A - Pours a hazy amber-orange with a finger of frothy slightly off-white head. The head fades down fairly slowly leaving behind some nice lacing. S - Aroma is a mix of caramel malts, grapefruit, pine, and floral hops, oats, spicy rye, and some bready malts. T - Starts off with a mix of sweet caramel malts with some grapefruit hops, spicy rye, and some oats. Through the middle, some pine and lightly spicy hops come through with some bitterness alongside some bready malts. The finish is a mix of pine and floral hops, some bitterness, some bready malts, spicy rye, and oats. M - Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Feels smooth with a dry, lightly bitter, and spicy. D - Very drinkable. Good overall balance and complexity. Like the rye.

12oz bottle. Orange pour with a big pillowy head of tight white bubbles. Aroma is sweet and lightly grassy. Flavors are crisp, sweet malt and a nice grassy hop finish that cleans up the sweetness. A really nice, easy-drinking beer. I know it’s good, when it is half gone before I even start thinking about taking notes.

12 oz bottle bottle served in my Ommegang 10th Anno tulip: Pours a glowing amber with an initial huge frothy head and very good lace. The aroma has notes of the house Belgian yeast notes with a bit of clove and banana but plenty of grapefruit and mango esters from the hops too. Nicey spicy nose and the bit of rye and oat makes it more inviting. The taste is well executed with a balance of juicy hop bitterness, yeast profile and wheaty biscuity malts. What I am really digging is the spicy rye finish, a very nice touch. The mouth feel is a tad heavy for the genre and the rye does add that dryness to the finish. This is one time I wished the bottle was a 750ml, I drank this far too quickly and want more.

Bottle. Grainy malt (rye dominates) aroma with a hint of lemon and cherry. Golden yellow with giant fluffy head. Sweet-tart lemon and grainy malt flavor - again, rye seems to be the most prominent but a nice blending. Mildly bitter lemon peel finish. Very tasty.

12 ounce bottle from Beer Run. Pours a golden color with a slight hazy. Large frothy, rocky tan head. Good head retention. I can already detect a pleasant aroma coming from this. Aroma of citrus, oats, wheat and and herbal finish. The taste is citrus, soft malts, bitter herbal hop, faint nuttiness. Medium bodied. This is quite nice.

12 oz bottle, thank you samp01 for sharing. Pours hazy orange with a long lasting, foamy, white head and a lot of lacing. Aroma is of yeast, spices, hops, bready malt and hint of pears. Body is full and tangy. Yeast, spicy rye, herbal hops, caramel and bready malt, some fruit combine on the palate. Finish is long and spicy. Delicious, complex brew.

Cloudy carrot-orange. The head is mega-puffy, but that might be a pourer’s error. (Don’t judge.) Sticky gobs of lace. Looks quite excellent actually. Aroma is some light Belgian funk, but with some spicy malts that are similar to rye. Touch of lemongrass and orange peel. Major malt funk on the front of the tongue, and in the back, a heavy dose of rye malts. Peppery and spicy. The citrus (orange rind, lemon) and grassy flavors are a nice balance. Feels slick and smooth. A little chunky but not a choker. Somewhat akin to Ommegang’s BPA, but with a grittier grain bill. A little overpriced for a 4-pack but a very nice pint.