Ommegang Zuur - Brewery Ommegang

Bmoyer0301

Pennsylvania

4.1/5  rDev +6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Appearance:

Wrangled out the cork and cage off this champagne bottle, and I only needed a slight tug on the cork and it literally shot out of my hands and hit the ceiling. Poured into two over sized wine glasses and decided to go straight on and was left with a generous three finger thick off white tan head. Appears a deep ruby red almost like cherries with some brown hues around the edges. Lots of haze and some yeast chunks floating around even through I poured carefully with some light passing through. On the swirl there is some light viscosity but nothing really clinging on hard.

Smell:

Tart, funky, musty, fresh cherries, and horsey hay like aromas. There is some slight acid and vinegar notes, fair amount of sweetness. Some caramel and brown sugar notes round of the finish.

Taste:

Slight puckering on the initial taste, loads of cherry juice, barnyard funk, with no real hop flavors. Dark Plums, acid, fait toffee, and caramel. Mouthfeel is prickly and very dry with a long finish. I really enjoyed this becuase it has just the right amount of sourness to it. I really have a hard time enjoying a sour beer that is like drinking pure vinegar and battery acid, this perfect and quite easy to drink to whole bottle.

Serving type: bottle

01-16-2011 21:56:48 | More by Bmoyer0301

BigJim5021

Indiana

3.75/5  rDev -2.6%

05-05-2013 06:34:42 | More by BigJim5021

ejeffer11

New York

4/5  rDev +3.9%

04-12-2013 02:20:43 | More by ejeffer11

MeowMixz

New Jersey

4/5  rDev +3.9%

03-09-2013 23:11:18 | More by MeowMixz

slimntubbs

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -2.6%

03-03-2013 19:33:38 | More by slimntubbs

CaptainNomihodai

Illinois

4/5  rDev +3.9%

03-03-2013 04:13:41 | More by CaptainNomihodai

lpotter

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -9.1%

02-11-2013 13:28:58 | More by lpotter

DmanGTR

New York

4.25/5  rDev +10.4%

01-28-2013 22:28:27 | More by DmanGTR

fmccormi

New York

3.75/5  rDev -2.6%

01-16-2013 03:50:05 | More by fmccormi

bismarksays

Iowa

4.25/5  rDev +10.4%

01-15-2013 10:44:57 | More by bismarksays

westcoastbeerlvr

California

2.5/5  rDev -35.1%

01-09-2013 18:29:44 | More by westcoastbeerlvr

KickbacksSteve

Florida

4.43/5  rDev +15.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

750 ml bottle poured into a small snifter. Thanks Will...Small, beige head, low retention on a clear, dark copper body. Minimal, clear lacing. Aroma includes tart green apple, a deep earthy must, maybe some overripe cherries and some caramel. Taste is puckeringly tart, dominated by old, rotting (in a good way) Granny Smith apples and some caramel malt. Really satisfyingly sour and quite delicious.

Serving type: bottle

01-08-2013 03:57:48 | More by KickbacksSteve

thecheapies

Pennsylvania

4.18/5  rDev +8.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Best by 07/04/12. Served in tulips.

Pours a decently clear red-brown (I succeeded in decanting a lot of the gunk from the yeast cake, which looks pretty compacted). Head had about an inch to inch-and-a-half in height before resting to a thin cap. Foam was taupe in color.

Mild acetic nose with tart cherries in the forefront. Vinous grape notes, plus blackberry, prune, and tobacco. I'm already stoked to revisit this beer.

First sip brings me right back to the first time I tried this Flemish sour. Tart cherry, cranberry, plum, and more of the leather and tobacco that I picked up in the nose. A big gulp really accents that essential balsamic quality that I love. Notes of mild oak and some tinniness from the malts use bitterness to balance the vinegary notes. Fruity, sour, and gently woody. A great oud bruin.

Good feel in that it's wet and juicy, yet there's still some lovely mouth-drying tartness. Carbonation is pretty low, but the body has great weight.

Definitely one of my favorites of the style. Didn't see this appear on shelves last year, for whatever reason, and I missed it. Glad I found this bottle.

Serving type: bottle

01-04-2013 03:56:34 | More by thecheapies

Treb0R

Oregon

2.75/5  rDev -28.6%

12-13-2012 17:25:51 | More by Treb0R

harrymel

Washington

3.33/5  rDev -13.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

First release, 2010

Pours a lovely cola with some cherry hues, some soapy tan bubbles hedging an etched surface. Smells of lactic, acetic souring with a spicy malt background and some sour cherry character. A bit of wood in the nose as well. Flavor is slightly sweet, tart and malty. A bit of a bicarbonate flavor initially, then some balsamic, cherry, bread, some almost nutty flavors. A complex flavor profile, but I don't know if I like it.... Medium bodied with a little higher carb than I'd like with a nice disappearing finish. The feel is refreshing. This beer is better than it was two years ago, but not anything I'd spend the asking price for (~$13 IIRC)

Serving type: bottle

11-14-2012 04:24:54 | More by harrymel

RelentlessLefty

Iowa

3.25/5  rDev -15.6%

11-08-2012 00:17:40 | More by RelentlessLefty

bauermj

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -9.1%

10-19-2012 19:44:57 | More by bauermj

muletrane

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +10.4%

10-01-2012 22:13:36 | More by muletrane

t0rin0

California

4/5  rDev +3.9%

09-02-2012 03:43:48 | More by t0rin0

draheim

Washington

3.88/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

750mL into a tulip. Pours a murky mahogany brown w/ a 1-finger beige head that settles to a thin film, sustained by moderate carb.

Aroma is subtle tartness and vegetal; an almost tomato-like acidity. Not really getting much on the nose.

Taste is sharply tart and sour. Nose didn't indicate this at all. Sour cherries, lactic acid.

Mouthfeel is light and crisp, spritzy. Drinks cleaner and brighter than a lot of beers, but also leaves me a little disappointed by the light, slightly thin body.

Overall a crisp, refreshing beer that's still somehow not quite as good as I was hoping.

Serving type: bottle

07-26-2012 04:14:40 | More by draheim

beenitty

New Jersey

3.5/5  rDev -9.1%

07-14-2012 00:36:22 | More by beenitty

cowboy83

New York

3/5  rDev -22.1%

06-06-2012 15:14:32 | More by cowboy83

csustar001

Ohio

4.75/5  rDev +23.4%

06-05-2012 18:25:22 | More by csustar001

OriolesFan1008

Maryland

4.5/5  rDev +16.9%

05-30-2012 14:29:10 | More by OriolesFan1008

beerhorn12

Oregon

4.25/5  rDev +10.4%

05-16-2012 01:25:13 | More by beerhorn12