Brewery: Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY

Brewery Description: Named after a Brussels bar made famous as the starting point for bicycle and pigeon races, our Rare Vos Amber Ale is also a great place to begin your virtual taste test. As you pour, you’ll notice the beautiful coppery-amber color and the rich creamy head. Lift the glass to your mouth and enjoy the aroma of spicy orange blossoms. Taste, and the pleasant mellow flavor of caramel malt glides easily into a dry, hop finish. Once you’ve finished, start again (after all, this isn’t a race). Intended for the café as well as the dinner table, Rare Vos is an amber ale of medium color and strength. It sports aromas and flavors of caramel, orange, hops, plus an elusive fruity-yeasty flavor which will have you tasting in circles.

Brew Style: Belgian Dark Ale, 6.5% ABV

Recommended Glassware: Trappist, Tulip, Tumbler, Snifter

The Ugly Truth: Another great offering from the Brewery Ommengang, NY’s own small chunk of Belgium sitting in Cooperstown. Poured a beautiful rich and luminescent amber color in the glass. Topped with an off white, almost faint amber/peach color head that left a fair amount of lace on the glass as it went down. The aroma was fruity, with traces of sweetness and malt that blended quite well. The taste was incredibly smooth, with some very delicate flavors coming together to create a truly enjoyable experience. There’s a subtle taste of citrus to it, and the sweetness of the taste just lingers for a long time and spreads across the tongue. I found the body to be in the light to medium range, with a very dry finish that was great. The tastes seem to linger into the finish. There are definitely a bunch of subtle flavors that I’m just not quite getting. The more of it I drink, the more the hop finish comes out. Rare Vos is a really good beer, definitely one to be savored and not just pounded down like Macro swill.  I definitely recommend it, especially if you are already a fan of the Brewery Ommegang.

Verdict: Giving it a rare 9 out of 10 bottlecaps.

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