BJs Abbey Normal

Brewed by BJs Restaurant & Brewhouse
Style: Abbey Dubbel
, USA

Serve in Trappist glass

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Had this on a couple different occasions at the BJ's in Boulder, CO. Just found my "weathered" notes. Overall, I enjoyed the beer, even though it was rather mild. Had a mild clove-like aroma with an underlying banana sweetness. Light, bread-dough malts. Would've liked to see more aggressive hops to balance out the sweetness, but that's just me. As far as light, easy-to-drink Belgians go, this one is pretty good.

Pint at the Brewhouse in the Pembroke Pines, FL location for $5.99 Very good.

A: The pour is a dark amber color with a finger of off-white head that has fairly good retention. S: Quite malty and heavy on the bread notes. Lots of toffee with a caramel aroma that is only moderately sweet. Touches of dark fruits are present in the background and there is some yeast there as well. T: Once again, heavy on the bread as you take a few drinks of the beer. Despite a rather modest alcohol content, the beer has an alcohol flavor to it. Fairly heavy on the dark fruits and banana with mild caramel and spices such as clove. M: Medium in body with a smooth level of carbonation. O: Not too shabby for a BJ’s beer. Could have done with a better flavor, but you can’t win ’em all.

On tap in Lewisville. Pours a hazy brown with a ring of head. Very faint aroma of spice. Taste is heavy spice and some banana peel. Not too bad.

Tap Mesa, Az Location; Sweet malty aroma with some alcohol fermantation. Darker body mabe a mahagany hue to it was dark in restarant. Small head but tyical with abbey’s. Moderate sweet flavor of cherry in the finish. Alcohol flavor up front and fermentent like plum aftertaste.

Was hoping for something similar to the Grand Cru and was very disappointed. Dark brown pour, thin tan head. Medium body and very little distinguishing flavor.

I too was hoping for a dubbel as good as BJs tripel-style Grand Cru - but this one missed the mark. Hard to tell what "notes" it had because it was served too cold. As it lost its superchill the Belgian character started to come through a little but overall this was a disappointment.

Pours a reddish brown copper color with aroma of mild fruit and spice. Taste is lightly spice, almost pumpkin in flavor. A light tasting beer with alittle complex flavor. Overall a nice tasting beer.

[At BJ’s in Boulder, Colorado] A clear dark orange beer with no head. The aroma is sweet malty with hints of caramel and alcohol. The flavor contains notes of alcohol, yeast, spices, and nutmeg, leading to a dry hoppy end. Not bad, just not interesting.

Sort of a semi-sweet malt aroma. Flavor had a pale malt texture to it. A litte watery, not much body. No real distingishable characteristics. Bland and dry to the end. Looking forward to this beer but a big waste of the palate.