Ommegang Three Philosophers

Pours a medium brown with a big creamy tan head that lasts. Nice lacing forms on the glass. Hefty dark fruit aromas, most notable cherry. Some spiciness as well, and lots of brown sugar sweetness. First taste is a bit shocking, but it mellows over time. Lots of sweet fruitiness, with a hint of alcohol on the finish. Really really really good.

Dry and bready. Lots of yeasty esters. Cinnamon, black pepper. Some hidden cherry flavor, but really overwhelmed by the malt and yeast.

Looks great, and smells even better, this gets perfects there. The taste is strong and good, but its too much to really get into. Good for a taste but the whole bottle is alot to tackle. You do get alot of bang for the buck, so that boosts the overall.

Pours tea-brown with a large tan head. Aroma is great, cherries, citrus, alcohol, baking bread, anf faint all-spice in the bouquet. Flavor starts bready, quickly moving through a woody section, cherries, hop "pepper", alcohol note, and a lingering, rye bread-like finish. Very nice.

Bottle (75 cl) from Systembolaget. Hazy ruby with medium creamy yellow/beige head. Dark fruits, burnt sugar, cherries and wood in the aroma. Medium bodied and very smooth mouthfeel. Good balance, perhaps just a bit too sweet.

Bottled, 2007. Poured clear brown with ruby highlights and a tan, foamy head. Nose was cherries, yeast, and malt. Flavor was sweet malt, cherry pits, wood, soft alcohol notes. Finish was dry and nicely bitter with a finely carbonated mouthfeel.

I love this beer. At this moment, this is my favorite beer. Brewery Ommegang has won my heart. I buy this at the grociery store down the street from me in the corked bottle. It pours a very dark amber, with a scent of black cherries, and other glorious fruitiness. The flavor of this beer hits you as soon as it enters your mouth and hangs around long after it has left. Almost perfectly smooth. Anytime I have friends over I share some of this with them and they are immediately overcome with the greatness of this beer.

Bottle from Total Wine, -poured into a Chimay glass. Handsome looking beer with a nice burnt amber color. Smallish white head. Interesting beer, the palate on this is light cause it has quite a bit of carbonation, yet that makes it more drinkable than the 9.8% would indicate. Some of the complexity of it is lost due to the carbonation though, but as it warms you get some raisin and cherries the cherry comes through more than is typical but thats to be expected because of the cherry infusion. There is a cool smoke note on the end almost like it was aged complemeted by vanilla and more cherry a tiny bit of sour funk comes through also, very welcome. A little bit of bitterness but not alot considering its an American belgian. Very classy brew from Ommegang.