Brewery Ommegang, Liefmans & Birrificio Del Ducato Collaborate On Passport Royale

Today I have an exciting new collaboration can coming soon from Brewery Ommegang in Copperstown, NY.

This is Passport Royale and it will be a collaboration with Liefmans & Birrificio Del Ducato. The beer will be a mixed-culture sour IPA that hits 7.5%-AbV and it will be packaged in these 16oz cans. Stay tuned for full release details.  zzubreebym

Label Text:

“This unique collaboration celebrates the art of brewing and blending. A mixed-culture IPA born from three iconic breweries—Liefmans, Ducato and Ommegang – it brings together sour mastery, hop innovation, and Belgian-inspired tradition. Fermented with Saccharomyces and Lactobacillus, Passport Royale delivers bright acidity, subtle fruit, and layered hops. Made to honor Belgian National Day and Month, it’s a toast to global creativity and complexity.”

About Brewery Ommegang:

A Tradition Born in 1549

Holy Roman Emperor King Charles V visited medieval Brussels in 1549 with hundreds from his Royal Court. To welcome the King, merchants, vendors, cooks, brewers, musicians, theater troupes, dancers and more lined up around the city walls and joined in a celebration as his entourage passed by. That parade became known as the “Ommegang,” a word that variously means “coming together” and “walking about.” The Brussels Ommegang Festival continues to this day.

The First Farmhouse Brewery in America in 100+ Years

Belgian breweries Duvel Moortgat, Affligem, and Scaldis join with importers/entrepreneurs Don Feinberg and Wendy Littlefield to build an authentic Belgian-style farmstead brewery in Cooperstown, NY. They locate this cultural transplant on an old 140-acre hop farm in the Susquehanna River valley, in a part of upstate New York once known as Nova Belgium.

Our First Beers

We open in winter with Ommegang Abbey Dubbel, an 8.5% ABV traditional Trappist-style dark ale. Brewed with a complex array of spices and packaged in 750ml bottles, Abbey breaks the mold of the emerging American craft beer scene.

Our Portfolio (and Reputation) Grow

We expand our offerings with Hennepin Farmhouse Saison, Rare Vos Amber, and 12oz bottles. High-end culinary magazines and restaurants across the US take notice.

Ponder the Profound

Responding to a fan’s fantasy of “the perfect beer,” we introduce Three Philosophers, a Belgian-style quadrupel ale. A touch of Belgian kriek – a cherry beer – makes it distinctive, and offers a delicate note of dark fruit.

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