Ommegang Three Philosophers

Brewed by Brewery Ommegang (Moortgat)
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Cooperstown, New York USA

Pours a deep brown with garnet tints and a super tight beige head. Aroma is loaded with fruity esters that fill the room before the first sniffs even transpire. Plum, prune, dates, raisin, caramel, toasty sweet malt, molasses, brown sugar and light fruity notes that seem to proliferate with the accompanying of some mild alcoholic warming notes. Fruity esters that showed up in the aroma make a similar impression in terms of the light fruit flavor profile. Dark fruits, however, take the day with nearly every facet making its respective way in the swirling dark sugar torrent that is so prevalent. Dark syrup like sugars are complemented nicely by a wholly evident alcohol note that warms the nasals but doesn’t detract from the experience. Palate is effervescent with lots of bubbly prickling amongst a high viscosity torrent. Mouthfeel is thick and quite rich- even chewy with warming booze and an ever so slight roasty dryness. This is only very subtle, though, for the overall theme of the finish strays away from attenuation and presents itself with a sticky smacking fullness. I was pleasantly surprised by this American example of a style that American brewers rarely edge out the Belgians in...

Great and complex beer that is true to the belgian style, but with some more fruit to it.

An unclear almost dark brown beer with little head. The aroma is fruity & is like apple pie. The taste is very smooth, fruity, & like the other offerings from Ommegang would not think that it is made outside of Belgium. Has some characteristics of wine as it warms up.

750ml bottle poured into a trappist glass. Almost identical in color, taste, and aroma to the Abbey Ale from Ommegang, however, it seemed a little "fizzy", more like a champagne than a beer.

Poured a dark brown with a ruby red tint with a tiny white head, aroma of cherries with some other fruits lingering and a sweet taste maybe caramel? and pretty malty with some alcohol in the finish, pretty well hidden, excellent beer.

deep amber with a thick head. smells of nice malts and of course cherries. taste is very malty with overpowering cherries and tart finish. the cherry taste is not distracting from the the other flavors such as caramel, oats and barley with a sweet twist. an excellent example of how beer should taste when having one single fruit dominating the palate. one of my all time favorites.

Tasted the 2008 batch. Pours dark brown with an amber lacey head and a strong cherry aroma. Alcohol taste dominates with a hint of cherry. The cherry aftertaste lingers.

Bottle. Pours a deep, cloudy amber, with a foamy, pale amber head. Aroma of cherries, vanilla, roasted malt, and very slight hint of clove. Full, crisp body with a sweet, tangy finish. The taste of the cherries and malts hide the alcohol nicely. Excellent quadrepel from Ommegang. This will be my 100th beer ratings, so I raise my glass to all the other craft beer lovers and look fondly towards the future and my next 100 brews.