Ommegang Abbey Ale
Deep burgundy color with a big, fluffy head. Complex fruit aromas with a layered sweetness (honey, then caramel, then toffee) with a hint of licorice and chocolate. A big, rich, abbey-style ale that dries out nicely on the finish.
3.8
2238 reviews
Cooperstown, United States
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I poured it from the bottle into a tulip glass. It pours burgundy with a fluffy, tan head and lacing. The aroma is dark fruit, alcohol, and spice. The taste is raisin, plum, spice, and Belgian yeast. It's smooth. It's a good sipper and packs a punch. Like most beers from these guys, it's a great example of the style.
Not too bad, doesn't taste like beer
(> baie red, rasp, candy, mûre, > onctuo-fruitée (= nez), ~belge, levure pas divine, figue, µ-poire, ~orange, ~indus)
It pours dark amber with reddish hues. It has excellent head retention with a light brown head that is tinged in red. It has strong caramel aromas with raisins and plums. The fruity smells because stronger as the beer warms a bit. There is some sugary sweetness to it. There is a very low level of chocolate in the nose. It is rather sweet to start with featuring sugar, plums and raisins. The is a combination of caramel and toffee in the malts with a slight bit of honey in the background. There is a hint of chocolate. It has a moderate body with a surprisingly semi dry finish. It has very smooth alcohol warming. Overall, a great combination of malts and fruity esters to produce a great dubbel.
Side-by-side blind taste test with Chimay Red, difficult to tell the difference. Ommegang lacked a little of the yeastiness, but other than that a very close match. Good beer.
Very nice Belgium style beer with lots of spices, nice chocolate flavor combined with dark fruits. Very well put together. Some burned sugar with a very nice sweet finish. Well done!
Bottled. Gift msdlab. Brown coloured. caramelized cane sugar, malty, light dark forest fruits. Average sweetness, not cloyingly so. Med bodied and carbo.
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Bottle at home. Slightly reddish chestnut colour, creamy and nicely stable and lacing beige head. Dried fruity and candied sugar roasted malts first, gingerbread, liquorice, clove, herbal, bready, light coke, quite bitter finish but balanced altogether. Aftertaste lingers nicely. Firm body, medium-high but soft carbonation.
Poured from the tap. Reddish brown with beige head. Yeast, caramel malt, candied sugar, dried fruit.
(Bottle) clear, bright amber brown colour with a tall brown head; aroma of brown sugar, spice; balanced flavour with a long, light bitter sweet finish
Many thanks to kappldav123 for sharing this bottle. Deep caramelly nose. The beer starts malty and deep. Plums and raisins, malt with a nice deep malty aftertaste.
33cl bottle shared with Erzengel. A clear orange brown beer with a small beige head. Aroma of strong caramelish malt, red malt, riped sweet fruits. Taste of strong riped fruits, dried fruits, caramel, a bit sticky, carbonation is soft.
Thanks to kappldav123 for sharing. A darkest red brown in the glass, smallest head. Malty on the nose with some winery notes. Taste starts fruity, also a litte bit old wood. Malt and belgish sugar in the middle part. Some fruity elements. Warming alcoholic. Nice.
Better than it scores, hampered by a somewhat lackadaisical nose and a very non-Belgian appearance. Otherwise, an enjoyable American take on the venerable Abbey style, intensely fruity and up front with its yeasty joy, overflowing with sugary red apple, caramel, black cherry, cocoa, clove, and wheat bread, backed up by a mild bit of soapy hops and a bready, clove-n-sugar laced finish. A bit lacking in the fade for a dubbel, and the texture could use a little taming, but a fine pint nonetheless. Makes me very curious as to what a little barrel aging could do. Again, better than it scores.
12 oz bottle. Scents of yeast and barnyard. Pours a dull opaque brown with a big thick persistent tan head. Some lacing. Tastes of raisins, alcohol and sour yeasty notes. Very fizzy mouthfeel. Long lingering sour finish. Well made but not my favorite style.
A sweet dark fruity aroma. An also deep ruby body with bold off-white head. The heavy fruitiness fallows threw in that taste.Hints of cherry and sweet raspberry. Dry bold finish. Delicious and enjoyable. Amazing!
Deep red amber with thin beige head
Aroma is malty slight fruity sweetness
Flava is very sweet malty
Feels medium and silky and very sticky cloying
Finishes dryly sweet malt
In growler from draft, poured into chilled glass. Intense malt flavor with complex spices - clove, banana, butterscotch. Plenty of hops to provide balance. Nice example of the Belgian Abbey ale style. Will go well with the pork & sauerkraut dinner that I have planned for tonight. Perfect beer during cold winter months.
Complex, fruity and malty aroma. Jam, caramel, dried fruits, toffee. Taste is the same as the aroma, just a touch of licorice and a very nice fruitiness. Great aftertaste, sweet and malty. It's a very nice dubbel.
12 ounce bottle. Hazy burgundy red color. Large rocky tan head. Rich earthy caramel malt nose. Flavor has notes of fig, dark cherries and toasted raisin bread. Soft and luxurious on the palate. Quite delicious with warming alcohol and dark fruit notes in finish. Quite simply one of the best Abbey Dubbel styled ales I have tasted. Wonderfully nuanced and richly complex.
Sweet, dark malts, caramel, molasses, Belgian yeast. Hazy, dark brown, medium, creamy, beige head. Medium sweet. More sweet grain and bread malts, sweet, candied, dried, dark fruits, prunes, figs, soft carbonation, full bodied. Beautiful Dubbel. Bottle at GABF17, Denver.
From Oct 2005
Poured into the glass a very nice dark amber with a good sized head that didn't stick around very long. What was left was a fine lacing around the glass.
The smell is quite inviting with fruity tones mixed with a sweet malty aroma and a bit of alcohol.
The taste was less complex than I thought it would be with a good dose of plum notes and some malt but not much else. Still, all in all, I liked it and would drink it again.
Pod heavy ale
Malty heavy but fruity finish
Not a light beer
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0.355 l bottle from 'Beergium', 2016 vintage. Clear, very dark red with a medium large, frothy, almost stable, beige head. Sweetish-malty, moderately yeasty-spicy and sligthly fruity aroma of caramel, plums, raisins, licorice root and coriander. Quite sweet, malty, rather yeasty-spicy and a bit fruity taste of caramel, coriander, licorice root, some chocolate and a touch of dark fruit, followed by a medium long, moderately bitter, quite yeasty, rather spicy and minimally roasty finish. Medium to full body, slightly creamy and rather effervescent mouthfeel, average carbonation. Spice-forward, saturating Dubbel for the colder days.
Cloudy, reddish brown pour. Sour, plum aroma. Lively and sparkling palate. Likely my least favorite of Ommegang's great lineup.
Bottle. Unclear copper, light brown beer with average tan head. Aroma: caramel, cherry, plum, dried fruit, notes of molasses. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter, caramel, cherry, raisin, plum, dried fruit, light spice. Plum and cherry in the finish. Medium body, average carbonation. Good, tasty dubbel.
2014 vintage.
Into an Ommegang chalice at cellar temperature. A dull chestnut in the glass misted by the yeast. Head is short-lived and fades to just a ring of beige on the meniscus. Plump, savoury fruit nose hinting at prunes, caramelised dates, sultanas and bitter raisins with a touch of Bovril™ and Worcestershire sauce. Medium light on the palate and effervescent so shaking this off is a must. Sticky and sweet form there on. Sugary, sherbet-like berry infused front end moving through a muscat wine, vinous tale end. Soapy in feel; really does lather the tongue. Good length. Bitter, charred, savoury fruits dominate the aftertaste. Not the mind-blown Dubbel I had highly anticipated. Flawed by its soapiness. Lacking complexity and hasn’t aged well even well cellared. Disappointing. (12fl.Oz, The Liquor Shed, Jandakot)
This beer has a dark and rich amber-brown pour. Fluffy off-white, tan head. Flavor is mild. A little bite at the front and a little bit at the finish. Very smooth caramel notes throughout. Nicely done. Alcohol is nearly completely masked.
on tap pours dark auburn with beige head aroma and taste is caramel and dark fruits very smooth