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Art Of Darkness
Brewery Ommegang
- From:
- Brewery Ommegang
- New York, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Dark Strong Ale
- ABV:
- 8.9%
- Score:
- 89
- Avg:
- 3.96 | pDev: 10.86%
- Reviews:
- 139
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 09, 2024
- Added:
- Feb 13, 2012
- Wants:
- 41
- Gots:
- 125
Let us now acknowledge the dark arts of brewing. Our limited edition Art of Darkness Ale is deep, dark and magical, with champagne-like carbonation and rich matiness from a complex recipe of multiple barley and wheat malts, as well as flaked oats.
Using no spices or flavorings, Art of Darkness gains all its rich aromas, tastes, and apparent spiciness from the malts and Ommegang's proprietary house yeast.
There are no secret ingredients or magical incantation. There is only Ommegang brewers' creating the finest quality dark, strong ale of complex and deep character.
Art of Darkness is a fine ale to enjoy immediately, and is excellent to cellar.
Using no spices or flavorings, Art of Darkness gains all its rich aromas, tastes, and apparent spiciness from the malts and Ommegang's proprietary house yeast.
There are no secret ingredients or magical incantation. There is only Ommegang brewers' creating the finest quality dark, strong ale of complex and deep character.
Art of Darkness is a fine ale to enjoy immediately, and is excellent to cellar.
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Reviewed by SABERG from Massachusetts
4.06/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.06/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from the 750ml cage and cork bottle into the test glass. Bottle from the basement
A - Dark mahogany color, thin ring clings to the vessel
S - Raisin, touch of sherry, dark cherry, with some Anise
T - All the aromatics, with a solid malt base, with some light brown sugar.
M - Thin in body, Easy drinking for the ABV. Clean dry finish
O - A very good offering, with enough texture and flavor to sip on for the afternoon
Mar 09, 2024A - Dark mahogany color, thin ring clings to the vessel
S - Raisin, touch of sherry, dark cherry, with some Anise
T - All the aromatics, with a solid malt base, with some light brown sugar.
M - Thin in body, Easy drinking for the ABV. Clean dry finish
O - A very good offering, with enough texture and flavor to sip on for the afternoon
Rated by pathman from Ohio
4.25/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
05/28/20 bottle @ home
May 28, 2020Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.25/5 rDev -17.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.25/5 rDev -17.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Thanks to bonerhog for breaking this out back in a July 2015 fight night. Only time I've ever had it.
Pours a dark brown, but not a hefty imperial porter or stout viscosity, firmly in the BSDA realm here. Lighter brown head 1/4". Aroma was of belgian chocolate, wheat, alcohol, dark fruit. That chocolate hit surprised me a bit.
Taste brings the dark fruit bitterness melded with the substantial alcohol that actually tastes stronger than the abv would indicate, I woulda thought this was a double digit abv booze bomb, but slightly short of that in actuality. Carbonation was fine, body was nice and relatively light, I guess they did a little hazy ipa trick here with the flaked oats, which was nice for the body. I wonder if all barley might have absorbed the alcohol and dark fruit yeast bitterness a bit better though.
Never gonna be my favorite style, but this was drinkable, especially when split like 5 ways. Still team tart of darkness here.
May 13, 2020Pours a dark brown, but not a hefty imperial porter or stout viscosity, firmly in the BSDA realm here. Lighter brown head 1/4". Aroma was of belgian chocolate, wheat, alcohol, dark fruit. That chocolate hit surprised me a bit.
Taste brings the dark fruit bitterness melded with the substantial alcohol that actually tastes stronger than the abv would indicate, I woulda thought this was a double digit abv booze bomb, but slightly short of that in actuality. Carbonation was fine, body was nice and relatively light, I guess they did a little hazy ipa trick here with the flaked oats, which was nice for the body. I wonder if all barley might have absorbed the alcohol and dark fruit yeast bitterness a bit better though.
Never gonna be my favorite style, but this was drinkable, especially when split like 5 ways. Still team tart of darkness here.
Reviewed by BeerAndGasMasks from Virginia
3.92/5 rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
From the older bottle, it pours a dark brown with a light brown head. Lacing as you enjoy it. There are prunes, raisins and the like in the nose. The mouth gets the dried fruit and alcohol in the mouth.
Jun 26, 2017Reviewed by WunderLlama from Massachusetts
3.9/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.9/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Caged and corked bomber poured into a snifter
Dark brown liquids, pencil thin taupe foam layer
Aroma of dark fruits, raisins, figs
Taste of dark fruits, figs, raisins malts
Taste and feel the alcohol
Nice beer
Jan 22, 2017Dark brown liquids, pencil thin taupe foam layer
Aroma of dark fruits, raisins, figs
Taste of dark fruits, figs, raisins malts
Taste and feel the alcohol
Nice beer
Art Of Darkness from Brewery Ommegang
Beer rating:
89 out of
100 with
692 ratings
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