Gnommegang
Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Brasserie d'AchouffeBelgian Style - Strong Ale Rotating
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7.17
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Gnommegang - Belgian-Style Blonde Ale
A little magic and a lot of mischief. This time the gnomes brought more than just yeast from their Belgian farmstead Brasserie d'Achouffe! While Coop and the gnomes were spicing things up at the brewery, our brewers were carefully fermenting signature, fruity, spicy Chouffe yeast to create the flavorful unique blonde ale we all love! You’ll enjoy the smooth drinkability, fruity aromas and flavors, and warming finish.
A little magic and a lot of mischief. This time the gnomes brought more than just yeast from their Belgian farmstead Brasserie d'Achouffe! While Coop and the gnomes were spicing things up at the brewery, our brewers were carefully fermenting signature, fruity, spicy Chouffe yeast to create the flavorful unique blonde ale we all love! You’ll enjoy the smooth drinkability, fruity aromas and flavors, and warming finish.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On draught at Winking Lizard. Pours a hazy golden color with a medium foamy white head that evaporates slowly. Patchy lacing on the glass. Aroma of citrus, spice and yeast. Medium to full body with flavors of earthy yeast, fruit and grainy malt. The finish is sweet with a banana and yeast aftertaste. Above average overall.
Tried
on 03 Jun 2013
at 20:38
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
750 ml bottle into signature tulip glass, bottled on 1/23/2013. Pours lightly cloudy golden straw color with a nice 2 finger fluffy white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with plenty of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Aromas of big lemon, pear, apple, light banana, clove, pepper, wheat, bread, floral, grass, candi sugar, and earthy yeast spiciness. Fantastic aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/spicy esters with moderate malt balance. Taste of big lemon, apple, pear, grape, light banana, clove, pepper, wheat, bread, candi sugar, floral, and earthy yeast spiciness. Lingering notes of light fruits, light banana, clove, pepper, wheat, bread, candi sugar, and floral on the finish for a good bit. Fantastic balance and complexity of fruity/spicy esters; with a great malt/spice flavor balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium-high carbonation and medium bodied; with a lightly slick and very crisp mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a small warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is an absolutely incredible Belgian strong pale ale! Huge balance and complexity of fruity/spicy esters with light-moderate malt sweetness; and dangerously smooth and crisp to sip on for 9.5%. An insanely delicious offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2013
at 20:49
4.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottled, thanks oh6gdx! Hazy golden. Fruity nose with evident butter, hay and alcohol. Sweet with medium-full body and rounded mouthfeel. Buttery with pear-like esters, some hay-like, resiny hops, menthe candy and calvados. Peppery finish with some resin and rather extreme alcohol heat. Unbalanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2012
at 14:25
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
75 cl bottle @ vPBF, bottled 27.06.2011, ”Best By 06/2014”
Aroma is very light with some apricot and yeasty notes. Flavour is rather fruity and yeasty with hops, some apricot and hints of mandarin. Hints of alcohol too. Palate is slightly too high on CO2. Good!
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2012
at 12:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
750ml bottle @ vPBF
Pours yellowish orange with a foamy head. Aroma of spicy malts, fruity hops, yeast and earthy notes. Taste is hoppy and spicy with some fruity malty and earthy notes. Finish is quite fruity and hoppy with hints of spices. Nice, quite well balanced and hoppy Belgian style ale.
Pours yellowish orange with a foamy head. Aroma of spicy malts, fruity hops, yeast and earthy notes. Taste is hoppy and spicy with some fruity malty and earthy notes. Finish is quite fruity and hoppy with hints of spices. Nice, quite well balanced and hoppy Belgian style ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2012
at 12:36