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Zuur
Brewery Ommegang
- From:
- Brewery Ommegang
- New York, United States
- Style:
- Flanders Oud Bruin
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.83 | pDev: 13.84%
- Reviews:
- 212
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 11, 2017
- Added:
- Jun 06, 2010
- Wants:
- 30
- Gots:
- 25
Collaboration with Brouwerij Liefmans
A beautifully made, carefully blended, and well-aged sour beer, (it is aged on cherries) made in collaboration with Brouwerij Liefmans of Belgium. Ommegang brewmaster Phil Leinhart went to the Liefmans brewery in Oudenaarde, Belgium, and worked side by side with their master blender to create a distinctive beer unlike any other. Complex, lightly malty, tart, ruby color, with just a touch of hops. (Zuur means "sour "in Dutch).
A beautifully made, carefully blended, and well-aged sour beer, (it is aged on cherries) made in collaboration with Brouwerij Liefmans of Belgium. Ommegang brewmaster Phil Leinhart went to the Liefmans brewery in Oudenaarde, Belgium, and worked side by side with their master blender to create a distinctive beer unlike any other. Complex, lightly malty, tart, ruby color, with just a touch of hops. (Zuur means "sour "in Dutch).
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Ratings by DeanMoriarty:
Reviewed by DeanMoriarty from California
4.5/5 rDev +17.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +17.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Poured from a corked and caged 750ml bottle into a Bitburger branded footed pilsner glass. Side note - the cork from this bottle has to be the smallest one i've ever seen. I honestly thought I broke the cork in half at first when I popped the bottle!
A: Dark brown with a little reddish tint to it. Surprisingly (for the style) it pours a nice solid head that leaves thick lace in the glass.
S: Fermented cherries, vinegar and yeast.
T: Real similar to the smell, but even more cherry with a nice bready finish. The sour dominates a little but not in a bad way at all.
M: Light/medium bodied - good carbonation with small bubbles that just roll.
D: Super easy to drink. I could post up on these guys all night.
Jun 27, 2010A: Dark brown with a little reddish tint to it. Surprisingly (for the style) it pours a nice solid head that leaves thick lace in the glass.
S: Fermented cherries, vinegar and yeast.
T: Real similar to the smell, but even more cherry with a nice bready finish. The sour dominates a little but not in a bad way at all.
M: Light/medium bodied - good carbonation with small bubbles that just roll.
D: Super easy to drink. I could post up on these guys all night.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by brewandbbq from New Hampshire
3.75/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
750ml bottle from 2010.
Pours chestnut brown with crimson edging and barely a trace of head. Zero retention or lacing. Aromatics lead off with mild cherries and tart fruit. Medium bodied and slick. Tacky and barely carbonated. Lightly tart on the palate with some sweet malt and cocoa-dusted cherries. Finishes with a lingering tartness, a hint of chocolate, and fading fruit.
A pretty meek attempt at a Oude Bruin and the cherries are faint.
Jan 11, 2017Pours chestnut brown with crimson edging and barely a trace of head. Zero retention or lacing. Aromatics lead off with mild cherries and tart fruit. Medium bodied and slick. Tacky and barely carbonated. Lightly tart on the palate with some sweet malt and cocoa-dusted cherries. Finishes with a lingering tartness, a hint of chocolate, and fading fruit.
A pretty meek attempt at a Oude Bruin and the cherries are faint.
Reviewed by Phyl21ca from Canada (QC)
4/5 rDev +4.4%
4/5 rDev +4.4%
Bottle: Poured a Deep hazy reddish color ale with a nice medium size dark foamy head with OK retention and minimal lacing. Aroma consists of tart and sour notes with light cherry and some easily identifiable oak notes. Taste is also dominated by tart and sour notes with light cherry notes with some oak notes. Taste is well balanced without much acidity and with some light residual sugar notes. Body is quite full with medium carbonation. Very enjoyable but I would take a Rodenbach Grand Cru over this one though.
Nov 07, 2014
Zuur from Brewery Ommegang
Beer rating:
86 out of
100 with
320 ratings
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