Brewery Ommegang Liefmans Pale Sour Collaboration Returns

Today I have a returning international collaboration returning in 2026 from Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown, New York. This is Pale Sour Ale, and it will be a mixed-fermentation sour ale brewed in collaboration with sister brewery Liefmans in Belgium. The beer will remain at 6.9%-AbV, and you’re looking at the 16-oz can. Stay tuned for 2026 release details.

Label Text Brewery Ommegang Pale Sour Ale:

“Gently tart, delicately sweet and completely refreshing, Pale Sour is an incomparable ale crafted exclusively for Ommegang by Liefmans, our sister blendery in Belgium. A mixed-culture fermentation in open copper vats is followed by months of aging in stainless steel. Master blenders regularly mix new batches with older ones to achieve the perfect balance of sweet and sour.”

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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