Biere de Mars
Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown, New York, United States 🇺🇸
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Score
7.22
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Ommegang Biere de Mars is a Belgian-style dry hopped amber ale with a bit of magical space dust woven in Brettanomyces bruxellensis, a wild-yeast used in the secondary fermentation. The Brett imparts added tartness, a bit of zing and some farmhouse funkiness.
Biere de Mars reveals a copper-amber body and a frothy white head that builds, clings and stays. Aromas are of malt and grain, clove, fruit and a bit of funk. Flavors are full-bodied with delicate malty sweetness, followed by spicy, peppery yeastiness and Brett-induced funk. Hopping is subtly bitter and aromatic, bumped up a bit by dry hopping. The finish is dry and gently lingering.
Biere de Mars reveals a copper-amber body and a frothy white head that builds, clings and stays. Aromas are of malt and grain, clove, fruit and a bit of funk. Flavors are full-bodied with delicate malty sweetness, followed by spicy, peppery yeastiness and Brett-induced funk. Hopping is subtly bitter and aromatic, bumped up a bit by dry hopping. The finish is dry and gently lingering.
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a thin off-white head. The aroma is sweet with notes of malt and fruit, and so is the flavor, leading to a dry and bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 May 2009
at 15:23
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
#21 at papsø blind tasting cloudy ornage, small white heaad. aroma is peach, slightly sour fruits, slight sourness. mild and gentle. flavor i s strange mix betwen beer and dark fruits, and some caramel.
Tried
on 03 May 2009
at 07:08
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From bottle, Papsoes blindtasting #21. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Dry wheaty, light brettish and mild fruity aroma. Smooth carbonation mouthfeel. Light coriander flavoured with a mild yeasty, light peppery and brett-ish mild flavour. Medium dry and mild wheaty like malt flavoured finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 May 2009
at 04:12
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
750ml bottle-pours a foamy off white head that disappeared and gold/amber color. Aroma is a funky yeast, white grapes, grainy/bread, some spice/vinuous. Taste is very funky yeast, dry, dry, white grapes/vinuous, lemon-sour/tart. Cold is better, but not my taste. Thanks to Joe-jwc215 for sharing this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2009
at 10:16
8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle courtesy of Cletus Batch #1 tasted in April 2009: Poured a clear medium amber color ale with a quite big bubbly head with minimal retention and some light lacing. Aroma of zesty Brett notes with some great Belgian style malt. Taste is quite a complex mix with some dry Bretty notes, some zesty refreshing notes with a lightly sweet bold Belgian malt backbone. Body is about average with some good carbonation. Very well done and something I wish I could have more often.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2009
at 23:10
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Whole Foods, Short Pump on 03/31/2009. Batch #2, October 2008. Slightly hazy amber body wirh a large frothy off-white head with a bit of fizz. Sweet pale fruit, belgian spice, and light floral aroma. Slight tart hints with a bit of banana flavor with some pale fruit and more belgian spice. Medium light body with moderately high carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Mar 2009
at 19:03
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared by Marcus. Batch 2 - 10/08. Bright copper color with small floaties and a huge off-white head. Mild Brett aroma with florality. Medium plus body with frothy carbonation.Flavor is light funk, roasted caramel and near perfumey floral hop. Finishes wonderful.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2009
at 20:55
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Batch #2, Brewed October 2008. Pours with a generous (three finger), creamy, off-white head. Solid head retention throughout; this thing sticks. Thick bubbles. Effervescent, hazed sunrise orange body below. Thick, foamy sheets of lace. Aroma has a bit of funk and earthiness from the brett, a touch of citrus (lemon peel), toast, caramel, florals, and a some hops. Could use a bit of time, aroma seems a bit under developed (biere de garde = beer to keep). Taste is citrusy with brett earthiness, and leather, a bit of citrus peel, toasted bread, caramel, light spices, horse blanket and CO2. Pleasant. A bit metallic in the finish, as well as a bit bitter. A lot of earthy character. Soft, creamy and effervescent mouthfeel, light on the palate, with lively bubbles on the tongue. Refreshing, and should age with good complexity.
Tried
on 10 Mar 2009
at 00:02
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Amber beer with an off-white head. Nice tart aroma with green apple, yeast, and malt. Tart flavor with malt, yeast, and light spice. Medium bodied. Tartness lingers with malt and light spice. Nice beer. Well balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2009
at 20:09
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
April 2008 bottle from Secret Santa. Has 10 months on it at time of sampling and the brett is coming through. Aroma has notes of leather and musty barn loft. Still quite a bit of residual sweetness in this, so I could see another year bringing out some more funk. Malt sweetness is finely caramelized, with a a spicy finishing hop rounding out the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Feb 2009
at 14:19