Gnommegang
Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Brasserie d'AchouffeBelgian Style - Strong Ale Rotating
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Score
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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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750 mL bottle, packaged 02/24/11, best by 02/2013. Pours a hazed golden with a white head. Yeasty bubble gum aroma, apple, spices. Flavor is apple, pear, cloves and bubble gum, grassiness. A very nice Belgian golden here, though it doesn’t tread any new ground.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2011
at 22:19
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Crunchy’s, East Lansing. Hazy light orange-brown body, thick puffy off-white head. Fruity, herbal nose with hints of banana and clove in addition to vinous light fruit characteristics (white grape), wet grass, and fennel. Delicate, sweet and spicy. Sweet, herbal, dusty body, grassy with flower nectar, candi sugar, bubblegum, clove, white wine, soapy/herbal hops, and a soft, herbal finish. Warming alcohol. A delicious, complex beer, fruity but not heavy or syrupy.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Sep 2011
at 12:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 750ml. @ RBESG 11 Grand Tasting at Dean Swift, 10 Gainsford Street, London, England SE1 2NE.Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, herbs, moderate yeasty, overriped fruit. Flavour is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, yeasty, overriped fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110807]
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2011
at 14:19
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at RBESG Grand Tasting, held at Dean Swift. Cloudy deep gold with lace. Tangy lemon nose, with cream, herbs. Tangy and sweet flavor, with lemon, earth, greasy and dirty hops. Very sweet, though the finish is woody with citrus.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2011
at 14:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
75 cL bottle. Pours cloudy yellow with a small white head. Aroma is yeasty, light estery and mild spiced. Phenolic, malty, sweet, caramelish and into a dry finish. Lasting phenolic impression mixed with a light fruity note. Ends dry and bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Aug 2011
at 09:06
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Poured a hazy amber color ale with a super large off-white foamy head with good retention and some very good lacing. Aroma consists of sweet Belgian malt with light bready yeast notes and light fruity ester. Taste is also a mix between some semi0sweet Belgian malt with a bready yeast with light peppery notes and some light refreshing ester also noticeable. Body is quite full with great carbonation and very light alcohol noticeable. Another winner from breweries that don’t get it wrong very often.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2011
at 11:56
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
A solid collaborative beer, and one that I wasnt too surprised about, Ommegang is the US’s Belgofile’s dream brewery, and although Brasserie d’Achouffe only brews a few beers, they make them very well. This was what I was expecting, a nice belgian strong ale with flavors and a palate reminiscent of a tripel, saison, and belgian strong pale combined. The two yeats however, made this pretty funky by the time the bottle was getting to the last few sips. A good beer, pretty expected, nothing too far outside of the box, but doesnt mean its not delicious.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2011
at 06:11