Ommegang Chocolate Indulgence on tap at Aroma Thyme Bistro

On tap for a limited time at Aroma Thyme Bistro in Ellenville, Ommegang Chocolate Indulgence.
For reservations call 845 647-3000.
Ommegang Chocolate Indulgence

The success of the 2007 Anniversary beer encouraged us to brew Chocolate Indulgence again in 2008. As of the end of October, 2008 the recent batch of Indulgence is now beginning to make its way to your local retailer.
Since the 2007 10th Anniversary Edition, our brewstaff and Department of All Things New and Delicious have been conducting strenuous research and exhaustive experiments to improve the character of the Chocolate Indulgence. We were happy with 2007's version, but, we tend to never sleep when it comes to fine-tuning the flavor and character of our beers. We feel that this year's batch has been honed to sublime levels of chocolatey / malty / decadent goodness. We hope you agree.
For a little background, the story behind the beer:

On October 13, 2007, at out Brewery Tenth Anniversary Party (Waffles and Puppets) we introduced Ommegang Chocolate Indulgence Stout to the world. Chocolate Indulgence comes with a thick tan head of foam resting on top of the rich onyx-colored liquid. The aroma immediately speaks of dark chocolate and dark malts. The gentle herbal nose of Perle hops compliments the darker notes, making the beer savory to the senses.

The taste continues with the intense Belgian dark chocolate gliding across the tongue; starting sweet up front but giving way to rich cocoa flavors at the back. Through it all, a subtle fruitiness from our special Belgian yeast gives the beer brightness otherwise foreign to a beer style normally associated with gray foggy skies.

Lingering chocolate entices the drinker to taste more. Go ahead. Dessert is good for the soul.

Chocolate Indulgence wins award

Feb 2, 2009
The Beverage Tasting Institute in Chicago, Illinois has tastes and tested Ommegang Chocolate Indulgence, It awarded the beer a Gold Medal and rated it at 92 points (exceptional.)

Ommegang Adoration Limited Winter Ale in the Hudson Valley

Ommegang Adoration is on tap at Aroma Thyme Bistro in Ellenville!!!!! Hurry this one won't last and it won't be back.

Ommegang announces our first Strong Winter Ale, named Adoration, becoming available from mid-October through December, all across the US.

Ommegang Adoration, brewed in the authentic style of Belgian winter, or noel beer, is dark, strong, malty and assertively spiced.

At 10% abv Adoration is not a lightweight beer, and is best sipped before a roaring fire, or on a sleigh ride over the hills to Grandma’s house. (But let someone else drive.) It would also be a tasty accompaniment to dark roasts and wild game. Even at the strong abv, the beer is well-balanced and not at all hot or fiery. The dark malts give it lush, malty flavors and aromas, strongly complemented by the five spices, including coriander, cumin, mace, cardamom and grains of paradise. Hopping is modest, as befits such a beer.

Ommegang Adoration is the first in a series of special beers to be released every two months through the end of 2010. Look for Chocolate Indulgence in January-February and then an entirely new group of beers throughout 2010.

Adoration is available on draft and in 750ml bottles only. You’ll need to look for it in your local retailers or taverns, as we have released it all to meet huge demand, and we none left to sell through our stores, either online or at the brewery. Let us know what you think.

Extreme Beer Dinner with Dogfish Head

Aroma Thyme Bistro
165 Canal St
Ellenville NY 12428
845 647 3000

Extreme Beer Dinner

Elizabeth Lyons from Dogfish Head will be your host for this 2nd annual Dogfish Head Beer Dinner on Friday November 13^th , 2009 at 7pm.

Off-centered ales, for off-centered people ... that's what they do at Dogfish Head! Whether it's weird ingredients, super-strong extreme beers, or crazy, made-up styles, you can be sure that a beer from Dogfish will challenge your perceptions of what beer is supposed to be!

“Dogfish Head is one of our favorite breweries”, says Chef Owner Marcus Guiliano. “explosive big beers”.

We had overwhelming response to last years Dogfish dinner we had to do it again. And with their creative and large selection of beers there is always something new and exciting.

This EXTREME beer dinner is priced at $49 per person and includes five courses and beer.

This dinner will sell out. Call to RSVP today 845 647 3000.

Dogfish head beer dinner menu

Shelter Pale Ale

Shrimp Crostini

Burton Baton

Squid & Merguez Sausage

90 Minute IPA

Roasted Trout, Arugula, Apples, Bacon Mustard Vinaigrette

Palo Santo

Slow Braised Akaushi Brisket

2006 Raisin D’Extra

Coconut Rice Pudding and Apricots

Cask Beer Night at Aroma Thyme, Otter Creek Quercu Vitis Humulus

“There is finally a place for beer lovers to unite” Bill Helms


It's that time of the month again!!! CASK BEER NIGHT!!!
Wednesday November 3rd from 5pm

Are you a beer lover?
Then this is your night.

Are a beer purist?
Then this is your night.

Do you like interesting beers?
Then this is your night.

Do you like awesome food? Then we are your place.

THEN DONT DARE MISS THIS EVENT

About Quercus Vitis Humulus:
QVH is our brewers' tribute to the mighty oak, luscious grape, and humble hop. The homage begins with a bold 27 degree plato barley-wine, warm-fermented with Bohemian lager yeast, then blended with Sauvignon Blanc grape juice and fermented a second time with a pure culture of Champagne yeast. When this intricate brew was complete, our brewers aged it on lightly toasted French Oak. The six week journey through our brewery results in a deeply complex ale which clocks in at 12% ABV, with 38 IBU.

Malts: 2-row, Wheat, Vienna, Crystal, Munich, Aromatic
Hops: UK Goldings, Strisselspalt

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CASK-CONDITIONED BEER ('REAL ALE') IN THE U.S.A.
What exactly is real ale?
Cask-conditioned beer, often referred to as 'real ale', is brewed from only traditional ingredients and allowed to mature naturally.

The unfiltered, unpasteurized beer still contains live yeast, which continues conditioning the beer in the cask (known as 'secondary fermentation'); this process creates a gentle, natural CO2 carbonation and allows malt and hop flavors to develop, resulting in a richer tasting drink with more character than standard keg ('brewery-conditioned') beers.

Real ale is always served without any extraneous gas, usually by manually pulling it up from the cellar with a handpump (also known as a 'beer engine'). This is the traditional way of brewing and serving beer; only a few decades ago did filtered, pasteurized, chilled beer served by gas become normal.

The only place in the world where cask-conditioned beer is still commonly available is Britain.
Is there much difference to keg beer?
Keg beers are generally sterile filtered and pasteurized as part of the brewing process. This kills the yeast, preventing any further conditioning, and the beer is then racked into sealed, gas-pressurized kegs. Such beers generally taste blander than their cask-conditioned counterparts, and the use of flash-chillers or cold rooms (*very* cold!) is standard as part of the serving process. That said, some microbrewers rack cask beer into kegs - though these are usually served with extraneous gas.

In many common brands of keg beer, cheap ingredients ('adjuncts') such as rice or maize are mixed with the malt to cut costs, but resulting in a 'light' beer with hardly any aroma or flavor. Chilling and the absorption of extraneous gas jointly mask the lack of flavor - with carbon dioxide you get an unnaturally fizzy pint; with nitrogen (or mixed gas with a larger nitrogen ratio) you get a pint with an unnaturally smooth and creamy head - either way these beers are always refreshing but usually taste of very little. Micro-breweries generally avoid the use of cheap adjuncts, so their keg products usually taste far superior to the nationally available brands. Also, all beers imported from Germany are required by that country's laws to be free of non-traditional ingredients.

I'm not criticizing all keg beers, simply outlining the often little-known qualities of real ale by comparison. There are many really tasty ales which are 'keg' (but plenty more which aren't tasty!), though well-kept cask versions of the same brands would undoubtedly be found to be even more flavorsome if compared side-by-side.
But keg beer is 'normal' -
what's it got that real ale hasn't?
Keg beers have a much longer shelf life, especially when compared to a partially full cask. Real ales have to be manually vented and tapped, and left to settle (or the customer gets a cloudy pint due to the presence of yeast and protein - though harmless if drunk like this). Also, real ale will start to taste of vinegar (known as 'oxidising') if left in a part-full cask for too long. This is caused by acetic acid forming from a reaction with oxygen in the atmosphere.

New York Beer Dinner

cool, dark & wet

in a different world

6 million years in the making

one brewery brave enough

Ommegang cave-aged beers

In the depths of Howe Cavern’s

We now have cave-aged beers from Ommengang.

And our Next Beer Dinner will feature the Cave aged Hennepin.

We are featuring New York State beers this October for our beer dinner. We hand picked some of our favorite New York beers, which was not easy.

New York Beer Dinner

Friday October 30^th, 2009 7pm

$49 per person

www.aromathymebistro.com

Seafood Cakes

Autumn Squash

Ithaca White Gold

Local Farmstead Cheese

Blue Point Hoptical Illusion

Chicken, Apple & Leek Roulade

Potato Puree

Ommegang Cave Aged Hennepin

Pork Tenderloin, Sweet & Sour Cabbage, Plum

Captain Lawrence Saint Vincent’s Dubbel

Crème Brulee

Southern Tier Porter

Cask Beer Night at Aroma Thyme, Hudson Valley Restaurants

Our next cask beer night at Aroma Thyme Bistro is Tuesday October 6th 2009. This month we are featuring Geary's Autumn Ale. The tapping starts at 5pm and goes until the cask is empty.

Geary's Autumn Ale is a faithful interpretation of the classic brown ales of Great Britain. With a deep auburn color and a subtle nut-like flavor, Geary's Autumn Ale is the perfect choice as the seasons change.

Availability: August - November

Original gravity: 1058

Alcohol by volume: 5.8%

Ingredients: Two row English malt (clarity, crystal, chocolate and wheat); Cascade, Golding & Fuggle hop

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CASK-CONDITIONED BEER ('REAL ALE') IN THE U.S.A.
What exactly is real ale?
Cask-conditioned beer, often referred to as 'real ale', is brewed from only traditional ingredients and allowed to mature naturally.

The unfiltered, unpasteurized beer still contains live yeast, which continues conditioning the beer in the cask (known as 'secondary fermentation'); this process creates a gentle, natural CO2 carbonation and allows malt and hop flavors to develop, resulting in a richer tasting drink with more character than standard keg ('brewery-conditioned') beers.

Real ale is always served without any extraneous gas, usually by manually pulling it up from the cellar with a handpump (also known as a 'beer engine'). This is the traditional way of brewing and serving beer; only a few decades ago did filtered, pasteurized, chilled beer served by gas become normal.

The only place in the world where cask-conditioned beer is still commonly available is Britain.
Is there much difference to keg beer?
Keg beers are generally sterile filtered and pasteurized as part of the brewing process. This kills the yeast, preventing any further conditioning, and the beer is then racked into sealed, gas-pressurized kegs. Such beers generally taste blander than their cask-conditioned counterparts, and the use of flash-chillers or cold rooms (*very* cold!) is standard as part of the serving process. That said, some microbrewers rack cask beer into kegs - though these are usually served with extraneous gas.

In many common brands of keg beer, cheap ingredients ('adjuncts') such as rice or maize are mixed with the malt to cut costs, but resulting in a 'light' beer with hardly any aroma or flavor. Chilling and the absorption of extraneous gas jointly mask the lack of flavor - with carbon dioxide you get an unnaturally fizzy pint; with nitrogen (or mixed gas with a larger nitrogen ratio) you get a pint with an unnaturally smooth and creamy head - either way these beers are always refreshing but usually taste of very little. Micro-breweries generally avoid the use of cheap adjuncts, so their keg products usually taste far superior to the nationally available brands. Also, all beers imported from Germany are required by that country's laws to be free of non-traditional ingredients.

I'm not criticizing all keg beers, simply outlining the often little-known qualities of real ale by comparison. There are many really tasty ales which are 'keg' (but plenty more which aren't tasty!), though well-kept cask versions of the same brands would undoubtedly be found to be even more flavorsome if compared side-by-side.
But keg beer is 'normal' -
what's it got that real ale hasn't?
Keg beers have a much longer shelf life, especially when compared to a partially full cask. Real ales have to be manually vented and tapped, and left to settle (or the customer gets a cloudy pint due to the presence of yeast and protein - though harmless if drunk like this). Also, real ale will start to taste of vinegar (known as 'oxidising') if left in a part-full cask for too long. This is caused by acetic acid forming from a reaction with oxygen in the atmosphere.

Flying Dog Dogtoberfest now on tap at Aroma Thyme

The origins of Dogtoberfest are shrouded in mystery, but scholars think it has everything to do with an insane German king and a crazed Oompah band. You can read the full historical record of Dogtoberfest below. Dogtoberfest is deep mahogany in color with an intriguing caramel finish and brewed with 100% imported German ingredients for a true German flavor.

ABV:	5.3%
Plato:	14
IBU's:	30
Specialty Malts:	Vienna, Munich 90, Munich 100, Light Munich
Hops:	German Perle, Hersbrucker
Process:	100% imported German ingredients for an authentic flavor

2005 Bronze Medal Winner - Great American Beer Festival (German-Style Marzen) 2008 Gold Medal Winner - Great American Beer Festival (German-Style Marzen)