 fluffy (229), Florida, USA
Mar 25, 2008 bottle to glass. dark red and cloudy, the smell of berries and fruit. some sticky lacy head. immediate hit of sweetness and cherries. not as sweet as some, but sweeter than others. for the alcohol content, very little burn. ends smoky and woody with a little herbiness, but just barely a bit of bitterness. good stuff, not really re-drinkable.
jmuhops (663), Winchester, Virginia, USA
Mar 23, 2008 Pours cloudy amber-orange with a one-finger white head. Yeasty, earthy, lightly oxidized aroma (bottle is from 2007, so I think it’s intentional). Faint tart cherry and alcohol. There’s a flavor somewhere past all that carbonation. It’s raisiny, musty, and somewhat funky. More Bernardus than Rochefort, by which I mean more size than fruity complexity. Good, but nowhere near as delicious as the best Abts. I have some 2004 bottles that are begging to be cracked, so we’ll see how it’s aged.
Ljunkan (379), Karlstad, Sweden
Mar 23, 2008 Updated: Jan 5, 2009750 ml bottle from Systembolaget, shared with a friend. Complex, vinous aroma with a lot of fruitiness. Flavour is pretty much the same. Quite sweet with a light acid note from the kriek, which makes tis very special. Ommegang seems to have catched the belgian taste (from two belgian styles) here, in a very good way. Palate is great, very smooth and nice. Very nice abt, one of the better ones I’ve tasted and it carries the alcohol very well. Balanced! Reminds me a bit about Chimay Blue. To bad I doesn’t have a bottle to store.
emerica56 (575), Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
Mar 20, 2008 Pours an amber color with a thick white head that thins out fast, but maintains a small head. The smell is of german yeast and bitter hops. As you take a sip the initial flavor is really earthy and nutty like almond and sweet caramel. You can really taste the belgin yeast and that barnyard funk that comes with it. The finish is smooth and full of caramel malt with other rich flavors and hop bitterness.
Vas19 (293), Maryland, USA
Mar 19, 2008 2007 bottle. Opaque red pour with a thick yellow head. Tons of fruit on the nose and a little alcohol. Lots of dark fruit, cherry, and a woody aftertaste. Hides its alcohol really well. Good beer.
k4df4l (154), DTown, Pennsylvania, USA
Mar 18, 2008 Bottle - pours a ruddy copper with a lightly off white head that quickly dissolves into a light slim of bubbles with some lively carbonation visible. Aroma is spicy and tart with yeasty phenols, alcohol and cherry & apple. Flavor is initially sweet & malty then the yeasty spice and lambic character w/ cherries, raisins, cedar/woody notes and tart flavors become present. Finishes with a faint alcohol that becomes stronger as the glass warms with a dry, spritzy finale.
Moz (613), Gothenburg, Sweden
Mar 16, 2008 Bottle, 75cl. Reddish brown colour with a beige head. Sweetish aroma with notes of wood, yeast, candy, cherries & apples. Malty, caramelly sweet taste with slightly sourish notes.
Tilley4 (218), Huron, Tennessee, USA
Mar 15, 2008 The liquor store close to the house here just recently picked this one up so I had to give it a shot.
Pours a beautiful coppery reddish color with a very persistent light cream colored head.
Aroma is of sweet dark fruit and booze soaked cherries. A bit of a boozy aroma here.
Way too much carbonation in the mouthfeel of this one. Taste is of booze, some cherries, some dark fruit, and maybe a little oak or something kind of woody.
Not a favorite after having this. It was just OK.
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