Rare Vos
Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular|
Score
6.95
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Our take on the smooth, easy drinking ambers poured in cafés across Belgium, Rare Vos (Strange Fox) takes its name from a tavern near Brussels known for cycling contests, pigeon races and outstanding ales. Pouring a brilliant copper with a creamy white head, this bright, beguiling beer is sensational to session, and pairs wonderfully with mussels, frites and other pub fare.
Because at the end of the day, it’s good to enjoy the end of the day.
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Maverick (5074) reviewed Rare Vos from Brewery Ommegang 9 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Draft. This is a deep yet easy drinking brew, pours medium amber w/plenty of head. Lots of sweetness and flavor, but not too much to not ask for another.
tnkw01 (4059) reviewed Rare Vos from Brewery Ommegang 11 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Cloudy, deep golden-amber with a giant long lasting head. Spicy aroma. Taste is coriander and fruity.
kristincedar (7052) ticked Rare Vos from Brewery Ommegang 1 year ago
willisread (9761) ticked Rare Vos from Brewery Ommegang 1 year ago
SaltyGrog (4618) reviewed Rare Vos from Brewery Ommegang 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Notes from June 2010 Bottle via Stop & Shop. It was cheaper then usual. I'm suspicious. No print in the best by date area. 750 poured into my Rare Vos tumbler. Left most of the yeast cake on the bottom. Yay for me. Body is an ever so slightly stirred, amber/orange color, with an inch of slightly yellowed, wispy head. Smells sort of like unripened pears, Kaiser rolls, a bit of pine, & sticky beer residue. Honey bread crust, a little green grape sweetness, & pepper stand out most. Cereal grains, salt, mild yeast, muted orange rind bitterness, & a touch of alcohol burn. Mild bittersweet grain finish. Yeasty sediment makes it feel somewhat creamy, though the carbonation is a touch strong. 6.5% ABV feels about right. Probably tied for my least favorite Ommagang Beer(along with the Witte). I don't think it deserves the big bottle treatment or the pricetag, as it's just an everyday so-so amber in a flooded market. Though even then, it seems it gets a decent score from me.
Stuu (34525) reviewed Rare Vos from Brewery Ommegang 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Served by hand, by a penguin, in a conga line at the brewery. Pours clear amber, nose is caramel, burnt toffee, spice, citrus, taste is sweet, cloying spice, caramel, citrus.
Chalumeaux (4962) ticked Rare Vos from Brewery Ommegang 2 years ago
explosivedog (14050) reviewed Rare Vos from Brewery Ommegang 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at Alamo Drafthouse. Pours amber. Estery, fruit, biscuit, lots of toffee. Medium body. Fine.
KevinReddirt (2121) reviewed Rare Vos from Brewery Ommegang 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Ommegang is mostly good with their Belgian style brews. I purchased Rare Vos the first time I saw it and have to sample it a bit sooner than expected due to a partial opening during the trip home. The pour arrives a dark orange-gold topped with a heroic eggshell tan head. The scent gives promise of something bigger than your basic dark Belgian ale. I have a drink, well, it touches all the bases mostly. Red plums, yellow raisins, coriander, yeast, malt and grain. Slightly sweet, slightly bitter concluding but a little thin in sensation.
GRM (7524) reviewed Rare Vos from Brewery Ommegang 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Glass, 4-ounce, draught, drunk at Maxfield, trip to Dark Lord Day with Luc Bourbonnière, savoured on May 17, 2019; eye: bronze, clear, no effervescence, nice fawn head, good lacing; nose: malt, fruity, slight spices; mouth: malt, fruity, slight spices, malty finale, medium body, below average carbonation, slightly sweet, a bit thin; overall: correct
FRANÇAIS
Verre, 4 onces, en fût, bue chez Maxfield, voyage à Dark Lord Day avec Luc Bourbonnière, savourée le 17 mai 2019; œil : bronze, limpide, pas d'effervescence, belle mousse fauve, bonne dentelle; nez : malt, fruité, très léger épices; bouche : malt, fruité, très léger épices, finale maltée, corps moyen, carbonatation sous la moyenne, très légèrement sucrée, un peu mince; en résumé : correct