UPDATED: OCT 13, 2021 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.

UPDATED: JUL 3, 2021 Ommegang Rare Vos Belgium Ale - Dark Hazy amber/copper color; Medium slightly creamy body; Aroma of yeast, floral/fruit, caramel, & coriander/spice; Flavor of slight sweet malt, yeast, caramel, coriander, clove, some hops, and spice; Nicely balanced; Actually, very good for what it is.

UPDATED: DEC 18, 2020 Bottle. Pours a dark amber with small tan head. Aroma is malty and fruity with some spices. Heavily fruity flavor up front with bitterness and then some sweet malty notes later. Not bad.

A boring brew. Drinkable but not much going for it. Disappointing as this brewery has some pretty decent offerings. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

UPDATED: MAY 16, 2020 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

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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

UPDATED: APR 11, 2020 Beste Amber ale jeg har smakt noen gang!! Lite/middel kullsyre. Nydelig smak av appelsin og krydder. Drukket på Emmett O’Lunney’s Irish pub New York

UPDATED: OCT 15, 2019 Pours clear amber with a full, off white head. Aroma is dried fruit, coriander and Belgian yeast. Taste is light fig, moving to coriander and Belgian yeast. Finish is Belgian yeast and coriander.

UPDATED: SEP 8, 2019 Found on tap at blue ridge beer hub in Waynesville, NC. Medium brown appearance with thick white foam. Great Fall option.

9/2019 Visiting the Brewery site and sampling the brews. Decidedly Belgian flavors abound. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

UPDATED: AUG 7, 2019 12 oz. bottle was marked for $2 in a bargain bin. Burnt orange sunset pour with white dense, billowy crown. Nose is tart citrus with hints of some funk. First taste is full of spices. Cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, coriander, grains of paradise -- it's all here in some measure. Backbone made up of richly toasted caramel malts. Chewy toffee flavor compliments the spiced character of the beer. Good complexity and a creamy rich mouthfeel go a long way to making this yet another standout offering from Ommegang.