(Cooperstown, NY) – Brewery Ommegang has a couple new beers coming in the next few months.

The week of July 18th will bring a specialty draft-only offering called Belgian Independence Day Saison. The beer is a celebration of Belgium’s big day, July 21st. Marketing Chief, Larry Bennett, said that this will differ from the brewery’s year-round Saison, Hennepin, in that it will bring a more prominent spiciness due to the addition of white pepper.

The launch of this beer will take place at events throughout the country that week though it may appear at a couple limited special events before then.

Another upcoming specialty release, whose name is still being finalized Aphrodite, is scheduled to hit shelves and draft in August. Aphrodite is fermented with Brettanomyces and features raspberries and pears in fermentation.

For kegs, fermentation with Brett will take place over the course of two months. For bottles, an Ommegang yeast strain will be used in primary fermentation with Brett being incorporated in bottle-conditioning.

Bennett describes the concept as a light-bodied beer (uses Pils malts) that is dry and balances barnyardy notes from the Brett with sweet and tart notes from the fruit. The brewery is aiming for an 8% ABV target on this beer.

As noted in Ommegang’s 2011 schedule, Ommegang Adoration will return this fall.