Abbey Monks’ Ale

Abbey Beverage Company
Brewed at Sierra Blanca Brewing Co
Style: Belgian Ale
Santa Fe, New Mexico USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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From tap at Churchkey. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is fruity and dry pine. Sweet malty, light pine hoppy. Toasted malty and caramelish into the finish. Light pine bitterness.

(12oz bottle, courtesy of Dixonian) Pours a clear golden body with a moderate white head. Aroma of florals, citrus, and yeast. Flavor of candi sugar, yeast, grass, apricot, and pepper with a dry finish.

12oz bottle-pours a rich off white head with trailing lace and hazy amber color. Aroma is medium malt-bready/toffee, some spice, yeast.

Draft. Hazy golden brown color, white large bubble head. aroma of hay and subtle lemon. Taste is floral bitterness and light spice. Decent.

12oz bottle. Poured a medium and clear amber color with an average sized head. Aromas of grains, some spices and some citrus. Tastes of citrus, grains, bready, and some spiciness.

On tap @ Falling Rock poured a clear copper with a small off white head. Aroma was carmel, fruity and a hint of spice. Palate was medium bodied and smooth. Flavors of carmel, lightly fruity and a hint of spice with a slightly astringent, dry finish. A very drinkable beer!

FIRE IT UP! Gold pour. Aroma is sweet, lots of caramel, light bitterness and yeast. Flavor is sweet, bitter, corn, honey. Bleh.

Wow, a New Mexico beer. Much rarer than an illegal alien crossing via New Mexico, which is a goddamned shame. The pour here is clear deep gold with little head, a 3. Nose is pale malt, roasty and slightly charred with some funky yeasty esters, apricot and honey. Good nose. Taste is pale malty, slightly sweet and with a solid fruity front note, and with late spicy yeasty estery notes, finishing like a fine chardonnay mixed with apples and a bier de garde. Good complexity here, and a nice brew here.

Bottled. Poured clear medium golden with a short-lived dusting of white head. The aroma picked up peppery spices, cloves, and lighter spices with some orange peel toward the back of the nose.. spicy and welcoming.. no complaints. The flavor found dry spices more than anything else, with cloves and white pepper leading.. fruity and bready sweetness supported.. a lot more spice on the finish.. tasty stuff. Light-bodied, dry, and spicy as mentioned on the palate.. nice sweet undertones.. I enjoyed this.

At GABF on Thursday October 11, 2012
Clear golden color, off-white head. Sweet, some phenoles scent. Spicy, phenolic taste. Medium mouthfeel, medium bitterness.