Brewery Ommegang

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Brewery Ommegang
Location Cooperstown, New York United States;
Belgium (occasionally)
Opened 1997
Annual production volume 35,000 US beer barrels (41,000 hL)[1]
Owner(s) Duvel Moortgat Brewery
Website ommegang.com

Brewery Ommegang is a Belgian brewery located near Cooperstown, New York that specializes in Belgian-style ales.

History

Ommegang began brewing Belgian-style ales in 1997. Founded by Don Feinberg and Wendy Littlefield, owners of Vanberg & DeWulf beer import company, and three family owned Belgian breweries including Duvel Moortgat. Ommegang started up in a purpose-built building based on a traditional Belgian farmhouse, set on a former 136-acre (0.55 km2) hop farm in the Susqehanna River Valley, four miles (6 km) south of Cooperstown, New York in the Town of Milford.

Since its opening, Ommegang has grown rapidly — in early 2005, its owner said they have been unable to meet demand for their ales and as a result would add 40 percent to their production capacity over the next year.

By 2003, the Belgian breweries had all been absorbed into large corporations. Feinberg and Littlefield sold their share of Ommegang in 2003 to Belgian brewer Brouwerij Duvel Moortgat, brewers of the world-renowned Duvel Golden Ale. Duvel Moortgat brewed limited amounts of beer for Brewery Ommegang in 2006 to help meet demand, but has not brewed any since then.

Brewery Ommegang currently distributes its beers in 44 states and Washington, D.C., including Alaska and Hawaii but excluding Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Mississippi. Ommegang has also begun exporting to Canada and the US Virgin Islands.

Each summer, the brewery hosts a large beer-tasting event, known as Belgium Comes to Cooperstown. The event, which occurs on a Saturday in July or August, includes four hours of unlimited beer sampling of over 200 Belgian and Belgian-style beers, followed by food, live music, and a bonfire.

On 7 October 2007, Brewery Ommegang hosted the inaugural "CX @ Ommegang," a cyclocross race, organized by Team SCARR, a cycling team with Brewery Ommegang as their title sponsor. Cyclocross is wildly popular in Belgium and a cyclocross race on the grounds of a Belgian-style brewery was a natural fit. Well over 150 racers from all over New York State registered for the event. The course included a hairpin turn inside the main event tent.

Ommegang Abbey Ale

Ales

Active

Ommegang brews six ales full-time:

Ommegang Abbey Ale and Three Philosophers can be aged for flavoring. Ommegang recommends ageing Hennepin up to 3 years, Abbey and Three Philosophers up to 5 years.

Special Releases

Ommegang brews several one-off beers with a few repeat visits.

2007:

2008:

2009:

2010:

2011:

2012:

2013:

Brewer's Obsession Series

Game of Thrones Series

In 2013 Ommegang will make available the first in a series of brews based on the HBO TV series Game of Thrones:

Seasonal

Ommegang currently brews 4 seasonals:

Awards

Witte

BPA

Rare Vos

Hennepin

Abbey

Three Philosophers

Gnomegang

XV

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Our Brewery". Retrieved 2015-10-22. Our brewhouse is capable of making 50 barrels (1500 gallons or 650 cases) per batch. We are currently producing about 35,000 barrels (455,000 cases annually).
  2. ↑ http://www.ommegang.com/#limited_release
  3. ↑ "2004 Great American Beer Festival Winners List". Great American Beer Festival. 2004. Archived from the original on April 22, 2006. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
  4. 1 2 "2006 World Beer Cup Winners List.pdf" (PDF). World Beer Cup. 2006. Retrieved 2013-04-28.

External links

Coordinates: 42°37′37″N 74°56′43″W / 42.62694°N 74.94528°W / 42.62694; -74.94528

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